| Abstract | 第1-10页 |
| 摘要 | 第10-11页 |
| List of Abbreviations | 第11-12页 |
| List of Tables | 第12-13页 |
| Introduction | 第13-15页 |
| 1. Significance of the Present Study | 第13-14页 |
| 2. Outline of the Thesis | 第14-15页 |
| Chapter One Literature Review | 第15-28页 |
| ·Definitions of Humor | 第15-17页 |
| ·History of Humor | 第17-18页 |
| ·Conventional Humor Theories | 第18-20页 |
| ·The Superiority Theory | 第18-19页 |
| ·The Relief Theor | 第19页 |
| ·The Incongruity Theory | 第19-20页 |
| ·Linguistic Theories of Humor | 第20-22页 |
| ·Semantic-script Theory of Verbal Humor | 第20-21页 |
| ·General Theory of Verbal Humor | 第21-22页 |
| ·Theoretical Framework Used in the Present Study | 第22-25页 |
| ·Cooperative Principle | 第22-24页 |
| ·Politeness Principle | 第24-25页 |
| ·The Jacky Wu Phenomenon | 第25-27页 |
| ·Chapter Summary | 第27-28页 |
| Chapter Two Research Methodology | 第28-33页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第28页 |
| ·Data Collection of Verbal Humor | 第28-30页 |
| ·Selection of the Material | 第28-29页 |
| ·Criteria for Identifying Samples of Verbal Humor | 第29页 |
| ·Classification of the Samples | 第29-30页 |
| ·Data Collection of the Questionnaire | 第30-31页 |
| ·Participants | 第30页 |
| ·Design of the Questionnaire | 第30页 |
| ·Data Collection | 第30-31页 |
| ·Data Analvsis | 第31-32页 |
| ·Chapter Summary | 第32-33页 |
| Chapter Three Pragmatic Descriptions of Jacky Wu's Verbal Humor | 第33-50页 |
| ·Jacky Wu's Verbal Humor Produced by the Flouting of CP | 第33-42页 |
| ·Humor Produced by Flouting the Maxim of Quantity | 第34-36页 |
| ·Humor Produced by Flouting the Maxim of Quality | 第36-38页 |
| ·Humor Produced by Flouting the Maxim of Relation | 第38-39页 |
| ·Humor Produced by Flouting the Maxim of Manner | 第39-42页 |
| ·Jacky Wu's Verbal Humor Produced by the Floucting of PP | 第42-49页 |
| ·Humor Produced by Flouting the Tact Maxim | 第42-43页 |
| ·Humor Produced by Flouting the Generosity Maxim | 第43-44页 |
| ·Humor Produced by Flouting the Approbation Maxim | 第44-45页 |
| ·Humor Produced by Flouting the Modesty Maxim | 第45-47页 |
| ·Humor Produced by Flouting the Agreement Maxim | 第47-48页 |
| ·Humor Produced by Flouting the Sympathy Maxim | 第48-49页 |
| ·Chapter Summary | 第49-50页 |
| Chapter Four Results and Discussion | 第50-60页 |
| ·Distributional Pattern of Verbal Humor Flouting the Maxims of CP | 第50-51页 |
| ·Distributional Pattern of Verbal Humor Flouting the Maxims of PP | 第51-52页 |
| ·Verification of the Effectiveness of Jackv Wu's Verbal Humor Produced by theFlouting of the Maxim of Quality | 第52-56页 |
| ·Verification of the Effectiveness of Jacky Wu's Verbal Humor Produced by theFlouting of the Approbation Maxim | 第56-59页 |
| ·Chapter Summary | 第59-60页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第60-63页 |
| ·Major Findings | 第60-61页 |
| ·Implications of the Present Study | 第61页 |
| ·Limitations of the Present Study | 第61-62页 |
| ·Suggestions for Further Studies | 第62-63页 |
| Appendix | 第63-76页 |
| References | 第76-81页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第81-82页 |
| 学位论文评阅及答辩情况表 | 第82页 |
