Analysis of Humorous Discourse in “<i>Ne</i> <i>Zha</i> 2” from the Perspective of Cooperative Principle

幽默话语是一种通过语言手段引发喜剧效果的重要艺术表现形式，与语用、认知联系紧密。本文以格赖斯的合作原则为理论框架，分析动画电影《哪吒之魔童闹海》中幽默话语的构建机制。通过对影片中典型对白片段的语用学解读，揭示其如何通过违反合作原则的四大准则来产生幽默效果，并探讨这些话语策略在塑造人物性格、推动叙事发展和增强观众共鸣方面的作用。研究发现，幽默话语的生成本质上是创作者对合作原则的艺术性偏离，这种偏离既符合喜剧类型片的语言规律设定，也体现了中国动画在本土化叙事中的语言创新。Humorous discourse, as a vital artistic form that generates comedic effects through linguistic means, is closely linked to pragmatics and cognition. This paper takes Grice’s Cooperative Principle as its theoretical framework to analyze the construction mechanisms of humorous discourse in the animated film “Ne Zha 2”. Through a pragmatic interpretation of typical dialogue excerpts from the film, it reveals how humor is created by violating the four maxims of the Cooperative Principle and explores the roles of these discursive strategies in characterizing characters, advancing narrative progression, and enhancing audience resonance. The study finds that the generation of humorous discourse essentially stems from creators’ artistic deviations from the Cooperative Principle. Such deviations not only align with the linguistic conventions of comedy films but also reflect the linguistic innovations of Chinese animation in localized narrative practices.