| Acknowledgement | 第1-5页 |
| 感谢信 | 第5-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-10页 |
| CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION ——THE STUDY OF HUMOR | 第10-12页 |
| ·MOTIVATION FOR THE PRESENT STUDY | 第10-11页 |
| ·RESEARCH QUESTIONS | 第11页 |
| ·ARRANGEMENT OF THE THESIS | 第11-12页 |
| CHAPTER TWO LITERATURE REVIEW | 第12-21页 |
| ·INTRODUCTION OF HUMOR STUDIES | 第12-15页 |
| ·The Studies of Humor in History | 第12-14页 |
| ·The Study of Humor in Linguistic Theories and Their Weaknesses | 第14-15页 |
| ·CLASSIFICATION OF HUMOR BEHAVIOR | 第15-16页 |
| ·DEFINITION OF LANGUAGE HUMOR: A COGNITIVE APPROACH | 第16-18页 |
| ·RECONSTRUCTION OF HUMOR GENERATION PROCESS (HGP) WITHIN the FRAMEWORK OF RELEVANCE THEORY (RT) | 第18-21页 |
| ·Basic Terminologies and Principles in RT | 第18-19页 |
| ·An Analysis of Humor within the Framework of RT | 第19-21页 |
| CHAPTER THREE THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK | 第21-25页 |
| ·THE BASIC TERMINOLOGIES OF CBT | 第21-22页 |
| ·AN ANALYSIS OF AN EXAMPLE WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF CBT | 第22-24页 |
| ·SUMMARY | 第24-25页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR HUMOR GENERATION PROCESS BASED ON A CONCEPTUAL BLENDING THEORY | 第25-36页 |
| ·THE CONTEXT OF HGP (IMS 1) | 第25-29页 |
| ·Context and the Humor Generation | 第25-26页 |
| ·Language Context and Physical Context | 第26-27页 |
| ·The Function to Draw Reasoning | 第27页 |
| ·Input Mental Space 1 as a Collection of Mental Space Pictures | 第27-28页 |
| ·Summary | 第28-29页 |
| ·GENERIC SPACE——COMMON RULES FOR BOTH LANGUAGE SPEAKERS AND PERCEIVERS TO STICK TO IN HGP | 第29-30页 |
| ·NEW INFORMATION AND INCONGRUITY IN HUMOR INTERPRETING | 第30-31页 |
| ·BLENDING SPACE AND IMPLIED MEANING IN HUMOR | 第31-32页 |
| ·SUMMARY | 第32-33页 |
| ·MERITS AND WEAKNESS OF CBT IN THE HGP ANALYSIS | 第33-36页 |
| ·Merits of CBT in HGP Analysis | 第33-34页 |
| ·The Problem to Be Solved | 第34-36页 |
| CHAPTER FIVE THE INFLUENTIAL VARIABLES TO THE HUMOR GENERATION | 第36-43页 |
| ·INFLUENTIAL VARIABLES TO THE HUMOR EFFECT | 第36-40页 |
| ·Influence of the Language to the Hearer | 第36-37页 |
| ·Language of the Speaker | 第37-39页 |
| ·Cognition of the Hearer | 第39-40页 |
| ·MUTUAL INTERACTION OF ALL THESE VARIABLES | 第40-43页 |
| CHAPTER SIX CONCLUSION | 第43-45页 |
| ·MAJOR FINDINGS | 第43页 |
| ·POTENTIAL STUDIES IN THE FUTURE | 第43-45页 |
| REFERENCE | 第45-46页 |
