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The Linguistic Features of O’Henry’s Short Stories 班级 _____________学号_____________姓名 ____________ 分数__________ Impact of Cultural Differences on Business in Foreign Markets Abstract O’ Henry is one of the greatest short stories writers in the world,。In language, O’ Henry uses many rhetoric tactics to achieve the effort of making the stories more vivid and more humorous, like irony. The characters in his short stories are from all the classes of society. His stories are considered as “the encyclopedia of American life”. In the thesis, the feature of O’ Henry’s short story, humor, is elaborately analyzed. Key Words: O’ Henry; short stories; humor Contents 1 Introduction…………………………………………………………………… 1 Background……………………………………………………………… 1 Previous study of O’ Henry’s works………………………………………1 2 The Life of O’ Henry and His Literature Achievements…………3 2.1O’ Henry’s Personal Information………………………………………. …3 2.2 O’ Henry’s Works ……………………. ………4 3 The Features of O’ Henry’s Works5 3.1 Humor………………………………………………………………………….6 3.1.1 Universal Humor……………………………………………………….6 3.1.2 Culture Humor…………………………………………………7 3.1.3 Linguistic Humor…………………………………………………….8 At the Lexical Level…………………………………………….8 At the Syntactic Level……………………………………….9 4. Conclusion………………………………………………………………10 5. Bibliography………………………………………………………………11  1. Introduction1.1 Background O’ Henry, one of the three most famous short story writers in the world, enjoys the equal status with Chekhov and Maupassant. His stories are famous for their unexpected ending, vivid imaginations coupled with keen observations, as well as exquisite conception. In order to carry forward the fine tradition of O’ Henry’s works, the O’ Henry Memorial Award has been presented since 1918 for the best publisher each year. Many critics in America and other countries comment on O’ Henry and his works with respect to his biography, the ingenious arrangement of his works, the typical characters and plots, and the critical implication of his