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Humor and Conceptual Blending By Liu Dunping Under the supervising of Associate Prof. Hu Jian Presented in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts English Department School of Foreign Studies Anhui University April, 30 2005 i Acknowledgements The understanding on the conceptual blending theory involves a lot of time and efforts, for it is really diff