| 摘要 | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-9页 |
| Introduction | 第9-11页 |
| Chapter 1 An Overview of SMS Text | 第11-20页 |
| ·Origin and Formation of SMS Text | 第11-12页 |
| ·Definition of SMS Text | 第12-13页 |
| ·Characteristics and Classification of SMS Text | 第13-16页 |
| ·Previous Research on SMS Text | 第16-18页 |
| ·Focus and Significance of this Thesis | 第18-20页 |
| Chapter 2 Humor in SMS Text | 第20-30页 |
| ·Delimitation and Classification of Humor in SMS Text | 第20-25页 |
| ·Functions of Humor in SMS Text | 第25-30页 |
| ·Social and Interpersonal Functions | 第25-27页 |
| ·Psychological and Physiological Functions | 第27-30页 |
| Chapter 3 Relevance Theory and Its Variants | 第30-37页 |
| ·Relevance Theory: a Comprehensive Perspective | 第30-33页 |
| ·The Concept of Relevance in RT and the Principle of Relevance | 第30-31页 |
| ·Advantages and Disadvantages of RT | 第31-32页 |
| ·Relevance-Theoretic Comprehension Procedure | 第32-33页 |
| ·Entertainment of Incongruity: a Relevance-theoretic Account | 第33-34页 |
| ·Yus’s MGI-SCI Model: an Integrative Perspective | 第34-35页 |
| ·Summary | 第35-37页 |
| Chapter 4 Understanding of Humor in SMS Text from the Perspective of Relevance | 第37-61页 |
| ·Application of Classical RT | 第37-51页 |
| ·Extraction of Logical Form in SMS Text | 第37-40页 |
| ·Explicature in SMS Text | 第40-49页 |
| ·Implicature in SMS Text | 第49-51页 |
| ·Humor Viewed from the Theory of Incongruity | 第51-55页 |
| ·Humor Viewed from Yus’s Model | 第55-58页 |
| ·Complementation of the above Three Approaches | 第58-61页 |
| Conclusion | 第61-63页 |
| ·Major Findings | 第61-62页 |
| ·Limitations and Suggestions for Future Research | 第62-63页 |
| References | 第63-67页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第67-68页 |
| Appendix A: Publications during the Program | 第68-69页 |
| Informative Chinese Abstract | 第69-71页 |
