A Study of Language Features in the Adventures of Tom Sawyer【Abstract】TheAdventuresofTomSawyerisoneofMarkTwainsmostfamousnovels.ItisalsoanexcellentchildrensliteraturethatreflectstheAmericanchildrenspursuitoffreedom，boldandlivelyyearningforfantasylife.Thisnovelhasbecomeoneofthemostpopularbooksofchildrensliteratureallovertheworld.Themostimportantisitslivelyandpositivelanguagefeatures，whicharefullofchildrenshumor.ThispapertriestoexplorethelanguagecharacteristicsintheAdventuresofTomSawyer.【Keywords】Languagestyle;MarkTwain;TomSawyer【作者簡介】魏峥筝，衡水市冀州区信都学校。I.TheWholeContentofthisNovelTheAdventuresofTomSawyerrevealstheradianceofcriticalrealismeverywher.Itisnotonlyanovel，butalsoasuccessfullyricprose.Inaddition，thelanguageofthenovelisconciseandveryconciseindetail.Thenaturalcombinationofpsychologicaldescriptionandscenedescriptionisalsothemovingpartofthenovel.II.TheLanguageFeatures2.1SenseofhumorandironyMarkTwain，asaliterarymagnate，hadthreemaincharacteristicsinhisworks.Languagestyleisoneofthem，andlookingatMarkTwainswork，wecaneasilyseethatthelanguageofhisworksisalwayssatiricalinhumor，andinhumorsatireaboutlifestyle，politicalsystem，Socialrealityandotherin-depththinkingandruthlessdisclosure.Firstofall，theuseofrhetoric：“theAdventuresofTomSawyertheformationofhumoroussatiricallanguagestylecannotbeseparatedfromtheuseofrhetoric.MarkTwainusedalargenumberofrhetoricaldevicesinthenovel，includingexaggeration，contrast，irony，pun，metaphor，etc.Ontheonehand，theuseofrhetoricaldevicesstrengthenedthehumorousironyoflanguage.Ontheotherhand，itcanalsohighlighttheideologicalconnotationoftheworksTheauthorexaggeratesthewaypeoplegotochurchtopray，aswellasthechaplain.Thenovelreads：“Andnowtheministerprayed.Agoodgenerousprayeritwasandwentintodetails.Thepastorendedhisprayerafteraseriesofnames，institutionsandevents，andthelengthoftheprayertimeandthecomplexityofthecontentsrevealedthehypocrisyandabsurdityofprayeritself，adescriptionthatwefindridiculousatthesametime.2.2DescriptionoflocalsceneryIntheaspectoflanguageuse，MarkTwainsuseofnativelanguageisalsoadistinctivefeatureofhislanguagestyle.Inessence，thelanguagestylewithnativecolormainlyreferstoMarkTwainsuseofvocabulary，whichformsthebasisoflanguageandisalsoanessentialelementoflanguagestyle.Firstofall，thepremiseoftheuseofthelocalcolorlanguage：lookingattheAdventuresofTomSawyer，wefindthattherearealotofnativecolorlanguagesinit.Theuseoflocalcolorlanguagenotonlyappearedinthiswork，butalsoappearedinalargenumberofotherworksofMarkTwain，MarkTwainlanguagestylewasnotformedovernight，thereareitsprofoundreasons.Theauthorthinksthatthisisrelatedtotheauthorsownexperienceandliterarytradition.ThenovelisbasedontheMississippiRiver，wherthewriterworkedasasailorwhenhewasyoung.Hemetwithlocalfishermen，miners，loggers，andsoon，sohewasveryfamiliarwiththelocallanguageformsandcharacteristics.Thislanguagewithastronglocalcoloranditshumorousironyofthelanguagehassomethingincommon.MarkTwainsuseoflocalcolorlanguagecanbesaidtobeasubversionofAmericantraditionalliterature.III.ConclusionTomSawyersAdventurecombinesthenaturalsceneryandfolklifealongtheMississippiRiverintheUnitedStates.Usingthesimpleandrichhumorouslanguagemechanism，theauthordepictsabeautifulandvirginitylifepictureofAmericanchildrenandtheirrealdesireandstateofmindforthereaders.References：【1】WayneFields.WhentheFencesAreDown;LanguageandOrderin“TheAdventuresofTomSawyerand“HuckleberryFinnJ.JournalofAmerica，1990.【2】XinTian.SimpleLanguage，ProfoundSignificanceComparisonBetweenTheAdventuresofTomSawyerandTheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinnJ.AmericanandChineseforeignlanguages，2020.【3】BrianCollins.CriticalEssaysonTheAdventuresofTomSawyered.byGaryScharnhorstreviewJ.WesternAmericanJournal，1994.