1、郑州电子信息职业技术学院毕业论文课题名称：阿甘正传中阿甘的语言特色作 者： 贺 瑞 瑞 学 号： 1004250109 系 别： 工商管理系 专 业： 商务英语 指导教师： 张 琳 娜 2013年05月17日Agams Language Characteristics in Forest GumpSubmitted By:He rui-ruiSupervisor: Zhang lin-naMajor: Business EnglishZheng Zhou professional institute of Information and Electronics, Zheng Zhou, Chi
2、naMay, 2013摘 要Agams Language Characteristics in Forest GumpAbstractAgam Gump is an epoch-making classic movies. Because the whole story of natural smooth, the art of highly infectious and the impact force, can be comparable with the Elvis Presley aliens and President Lincoln. The huge success of the
3、 movie, thanks to the film itself and to deepen the United States grand narrative theme and sublimation. It cleverly reveals the traditional and the modern poetic carnival, a true record of the metaphor of the traditional spirit of writing a fool, on the other hand, implicitly expressing a hippie on
4、 modern life to a play. While the film Agam story in the dialogue, due to special reasons Agam IQ and childhood growth environment, formed out of the ordinary non metaphorical language view. This paper studies the dialogue, mainly in what Agam said as the object.Keywords: Agam story; language featur
5、esI郑州电子信息职业技术学院2013届毕业论文ContentAbstractIIntroduction1Chapter 1 The synopsis of movie Agam Gump 1Chapter 2 The language features of Agam22.1 Regional pronunciation22.2 Concise language, popular32.3 The use of personalized language32.4 The use of slang42.5 The use of rhetoric42.5.1 The use of Euphemis
6、m42.5.2 The use of irony52.5.3 Metaphor5Chapter 3 Conclusion6References7Acknowledgements8IntroductionClassic film Agam Gump over the years has been widely praised by people, attracted many scholars to study it. Academia thinks, the films success should be attributed to its film profound social meani
7、ng, cultural connotation and high-tech computer special effects. However, mining the character discourse of movie Agam Gump in English from the perspective of linguistics, a full analysis of the characteristics of discourse, in order to enable more people to appreciate and enjoy the unique charm of
8、the movie in the characters of discourse.Agam story is the United States heavyweight director Robert Zemeckis in 1994, meticulously created a visual feast. The film adaptation of the play, because deep excellence, directed have great originality, actor Tom Hanks acting skills, movie clips delicate a
9、nd vivid, visual effect is thrilling, eventually won the annual American Academy Award for best adapted screenplay, best director, best actor, best film editing, best visual effects, six Oscar awards. At that time, with sharp Bifeng good American time entertainment weekly magazine also praised it to
10、 perfection, because the whole story of natural smooth, the art of highly infectious and the impact force, can be comparable with the Elvis Presley aliens and President Lincoln. Great success Agam Gump, hand is certainly full of classic film industry dosomethinpreviouslyunreleased audience, on the o
11、ther hand is the film the United States grand narrative theme acceptable, because Agam story reveals the traditional and the modern poetic carnival.Chapter 1 The movie Agam Gump synopsisThe film begins with Agams memories. Agam is an IQ of only 75 imbecile. In high school, because of the extraordina
12、ry run can be appreciated, was promoted to admission into the University, and became a football star, by President Kennedy met. After graduation from the University, Agam was drafted into the army in vietnam. The end of the war, he served as war hero by President Johnson at the meeting. Agam break t
13、heir own piece of the sky, in his life and made many American celebrity. Finally, Agam through the shrimp has become an entrepreneur. Although experienced many historical period of transformation, but Agam remain unchanged, simple and kind. Living in seclusion, Agam often miss their friends Jeanne.
14、Finally one day, Jeanne came back. However, she and Agam living together for a period of time and then quietly leave. The loss of Jeanne Agam suddenly began to run across the United States, and attracted many followers. In the run on the way, he received a letter from Jeanne, see the terminally ill
15、Jeanne and their sons. The three men returned to his hometown, had a happy time. After the death of Jeanne, Agam a person to send her son to school, sitting in the bus stop bench, to passers-by about the experience of a lifetime. So, how to appreciate this movie from the perspective of linguistic fe
16、atures? We can start with the characteristics of English films, and then combined with the film to make a concrete analysis .Chapter 2 The language features of Agam2.1 Regional pronunciationAccording to the United States of America famous dialect scientist Hans published in Kurath1949 A Word Geograp
17、hy of the Eastern United States a book, American dialect can be divided into three dialect areas, namely the northern dialect (Northern), the central dialect (Midland) and the southern dialects (Southern), the hero of the film, Agam grew up in southern Alabama, pronunciation with the typical charact
18、eristics of the people in the south. First reflected in the nasal. As the vowel letters in M, n anterior nasal pronunciation is very heavy, such as Gump, behind, our own. Once again, the most obvious characteristic is the speech time slowly out (called Southern drawl), this is not only due to the sl
19、ow way to pronounce, but the word stress vowels to double vowel (diphthongization) results, such as the yes /5jZIs/ read, class read /5K|AIs/. In addition, in the ending consonant clusters tend to swallow the last consonant sounds, such as the last read /las/; kept /kep/ read find read /fin/. These
20、pronunciation features enhances the authenticity of the film.2.2 Concise language, popularThroughout the film, concise, popular expression can be seen everywhere, movie English material originates from the life, the object is the general audience, only their identity, the film will be successful. Th
21、ere are many examples of this in the film: Seat s taken, sure will, Mama., Get the bikes, Let s get him! Come on!, Where you at?, It was co-ed, You twins? you can see these sentences with great the randomness, the use of oral, ellipsis, abbreviations, which accords with the principle of economy dail
22、y communication, ensure the timeliness of information transfer and rapidly; at the same time in words, direct use of popular, popular language, this feature to our actual oral communication has certain enlightenment, for example, in some oral communication, we should not use too formal, difficult to
23、 understand the words, so that not only will not give you the language points, will also affect the understanding of the listener to speak to you the meaning of, and even cause unnecessary misunderstanding.2.3 The use of personalized languageAs the saying goes the writing mirrors the writer. is this
24、 truth. This point in the film embodied most incisive, this paper uses a large number of obvious mistakes in grammar of the sentence, such as That s how me and Mama got money There was always forks coming and going College ran by real fast, I ran and ran just like Jenney told me to, Because he didn
25、t have no leg, Isn t he beautiful? in order to highlight the Agam 75 low IQ, the movie deliberately applied these mistakes in grammar of the sentence, the sentence (1) should be me with I; (2) the sentence, this should was use were; Article (3) sentence should be real with really; (4) the sentence s
26、hould be like with as; (5) the sentence with the double negation; (7) the beautiful cannot be used to modify the boys; in addition, in words, Agam is also very personality. The expression of the Agam defect in wisdom, made a sharp contrast with his success in career. People came to this conclusion,
27、a persons success is not how smart wisdom, but rather have the good opportunity, confirms the movie theme, won the American peoples identity.2.4 The use of slangSlang is informal idioms, they are deliberately used in place of standard terms in order to achieve the vivid, humorous, or other effects.
28、Slang is an objective existence in the film have been frequently used language, with force, strong appeal and life. The movie slang develops rapidly, has become the United States of America culture is a special carrier. But the curse words is too much, and there are many, such as: pig, Gillian, imbe
29、cile, pus, ball, maggot, jerk, nuts etc. Of course, the film and other cultural slang, such as Red neck (a), Beatnik beauty (A duck in rebellious beauty) water (Out of blue sky feel just like a fish in water) (suddenly) Come on now, people, let s get on the ball (everyone come on, living together) M
30、y legs are just fine and dandy (my leg is very good). These slang in expressing the speakers mood attitude at the same time, also add to the language effect.2.5 The use of rhetoricAs an art of language, English movie except with the popular spoken language, also often use a large amount of rhetoric
31、to achieve the artistic beauty of film language, on one hand makes the language more image, contrast the characters personality, on the other hand, can give the audience a great aesthetic pleasure. The following are some common rhetoric movie Agam story.2.5.1 The use of EuphemismEuphemism refers to
32、people in language communication with some mild, pleasant, Geely, indirect words to replace some people feel terrible, terrible sounds, pain, unlucky or rude words; it is the lubricant of interpersonal relationship, as long as that good listening is the euphemism. The film uses a number of euphemism
33、.Such as: (1) He might be a bit on the slow side. perhaps a little slow response. Americans prefer to use euphemism. In order to sounds not so harsh, they made a lot of expression stupid words, such as mentally challenged, innocent, concentration problem. An expression of the sentence on the slow si
34、de is very gentle, actually refers to Agams low iq. He should be in the special school, or mentally retarded school, instead of special school. The film retarded is the word refers to the meaning of.Hancock: Is there a Mr. Gump, Mrs. Gump? Ms. Gump: He is on vacation. the white is very classic. The
35、headmaster asked her husband when not in the mother to Agam, not say Are you devoiced? And said that Mr. Agam was?. Agams mother was very quick-witted, replied hes on holiday, cleverly avoid saying divorce embarrassed, then asked Agam to mother at home Mom, what s vacation mean? the answer is: Vacat
36、ion s when it you go somewhere, and you don t ever come back. in addition to Agam in the Vietnam service also uses a lot of Euphemism: We are getting it hard. we suffered heavy losses. We have incoming. we are under attack. He liked to say the F word a lot. he loves to say F at the beginning of the
37、curse.2.5.2 The use of ironyThe so-called irony, is a rich sense of humor or subtly sarcastic expression method, the words to express the meaning is contrary to with the usual sense of the word. The film a lot of places use of dramatic irony. Sometimes the irony is only in order to achieve the humor
38、ous effect, such as Agam in Vietnam in the gun, his statement is (1) felt like something just jumped up and hit me (as if there is something jumped up and bit me). Sometimes the irony is a kind of black humor, for example, (1) He was a very loving man., Jeannes father was a very loving people, (2) b
39、ecause he was always touching her and her sisters (because he always touching her and her sisters). Agam also believes that the Vietnam War is looking for a man named (3) Charlie (Charlie) who, the United States government has effectively castigate evil.2.5.3 MetaphorThe simile is also very characte
40、ristic, to the audience, the analogy is simple, image, close to life. In relation to talk about Agam and Jeanne, said Agam We were like peas and carrots. we are like peas and carrots. Follow like a shadow. Peas and carrots, a circle, a square; a red, a green, in the United States when cooking as a s
41、taple food of embellishment, but both are at the same time. The extended to follow like a shadow. When talking about his run very fast, says Agam I of could run like the wind blows. I ran like the wind, vehicle and simple image. For example, in his own table tennis skills, Agam said to The hospital
42、s people said it made me look like a duck in water. hospital that I play table tennis will feel just like a fish in water. The most important of the analogy is popular this sentence Life is a box of chocolates, you never know what you are going to get. life is like a box of chocolate, you never know
43、 what youll get a piece of. This is Agam mother after a long life experience, the mind sublimation until the philosophy of life, again will be easy to understand metaphor, in the dying leaves Agams last will and Testament. This witticism and film at the beginning and end of the flying feathers echo,
44、 reveals the theme of the movie. Although the vehicle is very simple, but we appreciate, the English common vehicles may suddenly is not what we feel.Chapter 3 ConclusionAgam, a stupid, from primary school to university, a business from the army, and a storm has become a compulsory repair lawn. He c
45、omes from the ordinary, reverted to the ordinary. In his short memories, we know that others give his name is stupid, idiot, the only one known as goddamngemus because of his genius answer: the main purpose of the army is you let me do what I do, without forethought. Because of this, life rewards hi
46、m: he was successful, eventually obtain happiness, and has brilliant progeny. His appearance is not breathtaking, nothing heroic utterance, but with their own action to help the seemingly tough, mentally normal person. His behavior and achievement is that the essence of life is sincere, open and ord
47、inary.In a word, Agam is a successful example of the United States of America anti-intellectual campaign, leading the audience to reflect the so-called rational elite consciousness and behavior mode; Jeanne phenomenon is a typical representative of the United States of America counterculture, led th
48、e audience to review the postmodern context, the United States of Americas social civilization and values. The Agam story, modernist school represented by Jeanne, was a help to discard the classics and rebel against orthodoxy without a single success, hippies, and with Agam as the representative of the fool has become the symbol of a noble virtues, and hope, to become the real driving force and source of the development of the United
