Comparative Analysis of English and Chinese Humor Culture Phenomenon from the Pragmatic Perspective —— Takes Urban Sitcoms for Men and Women, for Example

Abstract

Based on the maxims of quantity, quality, relation and manner under the principle of cooperation in pragmatics, this paper discusses the internal relationship between pragmatic principles and humor culture through the analysis of Chinese and Western sitcom of urban men and women. To have a deep understanding of the diff erent mechanisms of Chinese and English humor, to improve our ability to understand and appreciate the cultural phenomena of humor in English and Chinese, to provide convenience for the communication of the cultural phenomena of humor in English and Chinese culture and to provide reference for Chinese culture to go abroad better, the paper should come into being.