| Chinese Abstract | 第1-7页 |
| English Abstract | 第7-11页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第11-15页 |
| ·Rationale of the Current Study | 第11-12页 |
| ·Aim and Significance of the Current Study | 第12-13页 |
| ·Structure of the Thesis | 第13-15页 |
| Chapter Two：Literature Review | 第15-35页 |
| ·Three Main Theories and Their Applications into Humor Study | 第15-22页 |
| ·Speech Acts Theory and Its Application into Humor Study | 第16-18页 |
| ·Cooperative Principle and Its Application into Humor Study | 第18-19页 |
| ·Relevance Theory and Its Application into Humor Study | 第19-22页 |
| ·A Critical Analysis of the Previous Viewpoints of Humor Study | 第22-32页 |
| ·Comments on Application of Speech Acts Theory into Humor Study | 第23-24页 |
| ·Comments on Application of CP into Humor study | 第24-29页 |
| ·Superiority of Relevance Theory over CP and Speech Acts Theory | 第29-32页 |
| ·Summary of the Previous Studies | 第32-35页 |
| Chapter Three Pragmatics in the Philosophy in the Flesh | 第35-41页 |
| ·The Appearance of the Philosophy in the Flesh | 第35-36页 |
| ·Pragmatics in the Philosophy in the Flesh | 第36-39页 |
| ·The Embodied Mind as the Cognitive Origin of Language Interpretation | 第37页 |
| ·Cognitive Unconscious as a Feature of Language Interpretation | 第37-38页 |
| ·Metaphorical Thought as a Mode of Thinking in Language Interpretation | 第38-39页 |
| ·Summary of the Present Chapter: the Cognitive Origin and Interpreting Process of Language Comprehension under the Guidance of the Philosophy in the Flesh | 第39-41页 |
| Chapter Four Data Analysis An Analysis of the Cognitive Origin and Interpreting Mode of Humorous Utterances from Pragmatics in the Philosophy in the Flesh | 第41-56页 |
| ·Can the Philosophy in the Flesh Answer the Question: What is the Cognitive Origin of the Interpretation of Humorous Utterances? | 第42-48页 |
| ·The Embodied Mind: the Conflict Between Past Experiences and the Present Ones Prompt the Interpretation of Humorous Utterances | 第42-46页 |
| ·Can the Above View of the Philosophy in the Flesh Offer an Answer to the Question: What is the Cognitive Origin of the Comprehension or Interpretation of Humorous Utterances? | 第46-48页 |
| ·Can the Philosophy in the Flesh Answer the Question: What is the Interpretation Process of Humorous Utterances Like? | 第48-52页 |
| ·Cognitive Unconscious as a Feature of the Interpretation Process or Mode of Humorous Utterances | 第48-49页 |
| ·Can the Above View of the Philosophy in the Flesh Offer an Answer to the Question: What is the Interpretation Process of the Comprehension of Humorous Utterances Like? | 第49-52页 |
| ·Can the Philosophy in the Flesh Answer the Question: How are the Metaphors in the Humorous Utterances Interpreted or Understood? | 第52-56页 |
| ·The View of Lakoff and Johnson on Metaphor | 第52-54页 |
| ·Can the Above View of the Philosophy in the Flesh Give an Answer to the Question: How are Metaphors in the Humorous Utterances Understood? | 第54-56页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusions | 第56-60页 |
| ·Answers to the Questions Raised in Chapter Four | 第56-57页 |
| ·A Discussion of the Current Research in Relation to the General Understanding of Humor | 第57-60页 |
| Bibliography | 第60-64页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第64-65页 |
| 发表文章记录 | 第65页 |
| 个人简历 | 第65页 |
