| 摘要 | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-12页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第12-17页 |
| ·Background of the Study | 第12-13页 |
| ·Significance and Objective of the Study | 第13-15页 |
| ·Research Methodology | 第15页 |
| ·Organization of the Thesis | 第15-17页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第17-27页 |
| ·The Definition of Humor | 第17-19页 |
| ·Previous Studies on Humor | 第19-27页 |
| ·The Study of Humor Abroad | 第19-23页 |
| ·Verbal Humor Study in China | 第23-25页 |
| ·Researches on Humor with Cooperative Principle and Politeness Principle | 第25-27页 |
| Chapter 3 Theoretic Framework | 第27-35页 |
| ·Cooperative Principle | 第27-29页 |
| ·The Politeness Principle | 第29-30页 |
| ·The Relationship Between the Cooperative Principle and the Politeness Principle | 第30-33页 |
| ·Politeness Principle as a Necessary Complement to Cooperative Principle | 第31页 |
| ·Priority of the Politeness Principle in Conversations | 第31-32页 |
| ·Cooperative Principle and Politeness Principle Share Equal Status | 第32页 |
| ·The Observance of the Politeness Principle -a Guarantee of the Assumption in the Cooperative Principle | 第32-33页 |
| ·The Relationship Between the Cooperative Principle /the Politeness Principle and Humor | 第33-35页 |
| ·The Relationship Between the Cooperative Principle and Humor | 第33页 |
| ·The Relationship Between the Politeness Principle and Humor | 第33-35页 |
| Chapter 4 Analysis of Humor in Friends from the Perspective of Cooperative Principle and Politeness Principe | 第35-64页 |
| ·Some General Quantitative Findings | 第35-36页 |
| ·The Cooperative Principle and the Violation of the Cooperative Principle | 第36-57页 |
| ·Humor Created by Violation of Quantity | 第36-39页 |
| ·Humor Created by Violation of Quality maxim | 第39-46页 |
| ·Humor Created by Violation of Relation Maxim | 第46-49页 |
| ·Humor Created by Violation Manner Maxim | 第49-57页 |
| ·The Politeness Principle and Humor Created by the Politeness Principle | 第57-60页 |
| ·Humor Created by Violating of the Politeness Principle | 第57-59页 |
| ·Humor Created by Observing the Politeness Principle | 第59-60页 |
| ·Some Humor can't be Explained by Cooperative Principle and Politeness Principle | 第60-61页 |
| ·The Impact of Gender during the Generation of Humor | 第61-64页 |
| ·The Difference Manner for Leading to Humor | 第61-62页 |
| ·Humor Referring to Sexuality | 第62-64页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusions | 第64-68页 |
| ·Main Findings | 第64-65页 |
| ·Implications | 第65-66页 |
| ·Limitations and Suggestions for Future Study | 第66-68页 |
| Bibliography | 第68-70页 |
| Papers Published in the Period of Master Education | 第70-71页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第71页 |
