| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-7页 |
| Contents | 第7-9页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第9-12页 |
| ·Background of The Study | 第9页 |
| ·Objectives and Significance of The Study | 第9-10页 |
| ·Research Methodology | 第10页 |
| ·Organization of The Thesis | 第10-12页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第12-23页 |
| ·Humor | 第12-16页 |
| ·Definition | 第12-13页 |
| ·Classification | 第13-16页 |
| ·Study on Verbal humor at Home and Abroad | 第16-20页 |
| ·Study on Verbal Humor at Home | 第16-18页 |
| ·Study on Verbal Humor Abroad | 第18-20页 |
| ·Previous Study on The Big Bang Theory | 第20-23页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Framework | 第23-35页 |
| ·Conversational Implicature and Cooperative Principle | 第23-29页 |
| ·Conversational Implicature | 第23-25页 |
| ·CP and Its Maxims | 第25-27页 |
| ·The Violation of CP | 第27-29页 |
| ·The Politeness Principle | 第29-33页 |
| ·Face and Politeness | 第29-30页 |
| ·Politeness Principle and Its Maxims | 第30-31页 |
| ·Pragmatic Scales of Politeness | 第31-33页 |
| ·Austin's Speech Act Theory | 第33-35页 |
| ·Performatives and Constatives | 第33-34页 |
| ·Locution, Illocution and Perlocution | 第34-35页 |
| Chapter Four Pragmatic Study on Verbal Humor in Sitcom The Big Bang Theory | 第35-56页 |
| ·Sitcom and The Big Bang Theory | 第35-36页 |
| ·The Cooperative Principle and Humor | 第36-48页 |
| ·Humor Produced by Violating Maxim of Quantity | 第37-39页 |
| ·Humor produced by Violating Maxim of Quality | 第39-42页 |
| ·Humor Produced by Violating Maxim of Relation | 第42-45页 |
| ·Humor Produced by Violating Maxim of Manner | 第45-48页 |
| ·The Politeness Principle and Humor | 第48-52页 |
| ·Humor by Violating Maxim of Tact and Generosity | 第48-50页 |
| ·Humor by Violating Maxim of Approbation and Modesty | 第50-51页 |
| ·Humor by violating Maxim of Agreement and Sympathy | 第51-52页 |
| ·Speech Act Theory and Humor | 第52-54页 |
| ·Summary | 第54-56页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第56-57页 |
| Bibliography | 第57-60页 |
| 详细摘要 | 第60-64页 |
