| Abstract | 第1-8页 |
| 内容摘要 | 第8-13页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第13-18页 |
| ·Defining Humor and Jokes | 第13-15页 |
| ·Humor and Related Research | 第15-17页 |
| ·Layout of the Thesis | 第17-18页 |
| Chapter Two A Theoretical Overview of Humor | 第18-36页 |
| ·Classical Humor Theories | 第18-26页 |
| ·Superiority Theory | 第19-20页 |
| ·Relief Theory | 第20页 |
| ·Incongruity Theory | 第20-22页 |
| ·Incongruity-resolution Theory | 第22-24页 |
| ·Win/Lose Theory | 第24-26页 |
| ·Two Models in Incongruity-resolution (IR) Theory | 第26-29页 |
| ·Suls' Two-stage Model | 第26-27页 |
| ·The Forced Reinterpretation (FR) Model | 第27-29页 |
| ·Comparing Two Models | 第29页 |
| ·Verbal Humor Research in the Linguistic Field | 第29-35页 |
| ·The Semantic Script Theory of Humor (SSTH) | 第29-32页 |
| ·SSTH's Hypothesis and Semantic Tools | 第30-32页 |
| ·SSTH's Limitations | 第32页 |
| ·The General Theory of Verbal Humor (GTVH) | 第32-35页 |
| ·Six Knowledge Resources (KRs) | 第32-34页 |
| ·GTVH's Limitations | 第34-35页 |
| ·Summary | 第35-36页 |
| Chapter Three Integrating Relevance Theory and Conceptual Blending Theory | 第36-50页 |
| ·Relevance Theory | 第36-41页 |
| ·A Brief Introduction | 第36-38页 |
| ·Key Notions | 第38-40页 |
| ·Limitations | 第40-41页 |
| ·Conceptual Blending Theory | 第41-45页 |
| ·A Brief Introduction | 第41页 |
| ·Conceptual Integration Network | 第41-44页 |
| ·Limitations | 第44-45页 |
| ·Integrating RT and CBT—A Cognitive-pragmatic Approach | 第45-49页 |
| ·Summary | 第49-50页 |
| Chapter Four Jokehood in Four Layers | 第50-70页 |
| ·Jokehood | 第50-53页 |
| ·Distinguishing Jokehood and Funniness | 第50页 |
| ·Inherent and Presentational Jokehood | 第50-51页 |
| ·Linguistic Preliminaries | 第51-53页 |
| ·Jokehood Represented in the Structural Layer | 第53-58页 |
| ·Phono-orthographical Level | 第53-56页 |
| ·Lexico-syntactic Level | 第56-58页 |
| ·Jokehood Represented in the Semantic Layer | 第58-61页 |
| ·Propositional Inconsistency | 第58-59页 |
| ·Semantic Ambiguity | 第59-60页 |
| ·Fuzzy Rhetoric | 第60-61页 |
| ·Jokehood Represented in the Pragmatic Layer | 第61-65页 |
| ·Pragmatic Ambiguity | 第61页 |
| ·Deviant Speech Act | 第61-62页 |
| ·Violation of Cooperative Principle (CP) | 第62-63页 |
| ·Presuppositional Clash | 第63-65页 |
| ·Jokehood Represented in the Cognitive Layer | 第65-69页 |
| ·A Mutual-manifestness Representation of Jokehood | 第65-67页 |
| ·An Emergent-structure Representation of Jokehood | 第67-69页 |
| ·Summary | 第69-70页 |
| Chapter Five Cognitive-pragmatic Interpretation of Jokehood in English Verbal Jokes | 第70-85页 |
| ·Cognitive-pragmatic Interpretation of Jokehood | 第70-80页 |
| ·Jokehood Generation and Interpretation | 第70-75页 |
| ·Optimal Relevance | 第70-72页 |
| ·Optimal Interpretation by Four-space Mapping | 第72-75页 |
| ·Compatibility between the Mutual-manifestness and Emergent-structure Representation of Jokehood | 第75-80页 |
| ·An Integrated Representation | 第75-77页 |
| ·Correlated Six-parameter Scripts and the Integrated Model of Jokehood Representation | 第77-80页 |
| ·Application in Joking Communication | 第80-84页 |
| ·Weakening barriers | 第81-83页 |
| ·Enhancing success | 第83-84页 |
| ·Summary | 第84-85页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第85-88页 |
| ·Findings of the Study | 第85-86页 |
| ·Limitations of the Study | 第86页 |
| ·Suggestions for Further Study | 第86-88页 |
| References | 第88-91页 |
