Abstract: This thesis does a research follow the linguistic tradition of humor representation and attempts to discover the leading factors to humor and highlights ambiguity as a source of humor. The ambiguity is analyzed by four levels: phonological ambiguity, lexical ambiguity, syntactic ambiguity and pragmatic ambiguity and made comparison with pun in leading to humor. The study is aimed at the better understanding of the generation of humor, improving the ability of understanding and appreciating English humor, achieving a special humorous communicative effect.
Key words: humor; ambiguity; pun
摘要：本文从语言学角度分析了幽默的定义及其产生的原因，并着重讨论歧义产生的幽默,通过从语音(完全同音同形异义、部分同音同形异义和谐音),词汇(词义的多义和词组的多义),句法(句法结构和表层、深层结构),语用(人称指示和地点指示)四种歧义对幽默产生进行探讨，并且对歧义与双关产生幽默的不同进行了对比，旨在更好的了解幽默的形成，有助于提高对英语幽默的理解力和欣赏力，加深对英语语言的认识，从而能提高理解和运用英语的能力，达到利用歧义达到幽默的效果。
关键词: 幽默；歧义；双关
