The Rhetoric Art of Register Variation in Comedy—Taking Comedy Lines as an Example

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10.2991/emcs-15.2015.69How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Register variation; Field of discourse; Tenor; Mode of discourse; Rhetoric art

Abstract

Register variation is composed by there elements, the language field, tenor and mode of discourse, which is in a close relation with the context in the language. No matter how the language context changes, it will bring the change of the semantic meaning, while the semantic change can cause different registers. Register variation is a non-routine deviation in a concrete language context. In this non-routine deviation, the language field, tenor and mode are three different variables in the discourse. Due to the close relation between language context and register, the various contexts can cause different kinds of register variation. Register variation is the language deviation phenomenon on different language fields, tenors and modes, as well as a kind of rhetorical art in language according to the different needs. This kind of language deviation or the art of rhetoric has been widely used in comedy lines, which brings an aesthetic taste of humorous and interesting with the good artistic effect.

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© 2015, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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AU  - Jiugen Xiao
AU  - Xijuan Chen
AU  - Jingwen Cui
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TI  - The Rhetoric Art of Register Variation in Comedy—Taking Comedy Lines as an Example
BT  - Proceedings of the International Conference on Education, Management, Commerce and Society
PB  - Atlantis Press
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EP  - 333
SN  - 2352-5398
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