Linguistic Features of Teahouse

(1) Personalization of characters' language.

Every line in the play is the language of the characters, expressing thoughts and showing personality. Lao She is good at choosing personalized language according to the identity and personality of characters.

Wang Lifa's language is humble and thoughtful, and he responds quickly to all kinds of people's entertainment, which can show his identity as a teahouse shopkeeper. Master Chang's language is generous and honest, chivalrous and full of vicissitudes. The language of Song Enzi and Wu Xiangzi is cunning, treacherous, arrogant and unreasonable, which has the characteristics of old-fashioned spies. No matter how many lines the characters appear, they are vividly written.

⑵ Humorous style of language.

When Lao She talked about Teahouse, he said that it was "all kinds of satires in those years". He linked his satire and criticism of the dark society with his strong patriotic enthusiasm and sympathy for the working people. His smile contained seriousness and sadness, and formed his own unique humorous style.

When Tang Tiezui boasted about how he smoked white flour, it looked ridiculous, but it actually aroused people's hatred of imperialist aggression. Wang Li asked the newsboy, "Is there any news of not calling?" It is also like a joke, but it shows people's dissatisfaction with the turbulent situation. For another example, when Mr. Song saw that Song Enzi and Wu Xiangzi were still wearing big gray shirts and blue cloth jackets, he said, "Seeing your gray jackets reminds me of the previous Qing Dynasty!" . It shows Mr. Song's homesickness and satirizes the incompleteness of the 1911 Revolution. This harmonious language can give readers more memorable and profound thinking.

⑶ Strong local color of Beijing.

This feature is obvious in the text. Lao She himself is familiar with Beijing dialect, especially the language of Beijing citizens. Proper use of authentic Beijing dialect in Teahouse makes the work more local and authentic.

Lao She is a famous "master of language art". The uniqueness of his language style lies in his refined spoken language, which is extremely pure, simple and vulgar, and appeals to both refined and popular tastes. Create the humor of "laugh first, then be moved, and finally get angry"; Integrate various genre languages and use them creatively; Creative imitation of Europeanized grammar and sentence patterns, simple description, study and study of these styles will give us some useful enlightenment.