| Abstract | 第1-10页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第10-12页 |
| Introduction | 第12-16页 |
| Chapter One Literature Review | 第16-26页 |
| ·An Overview of Humor | 第16-19页 |
| ·Definition of Humor | 第16-18页 |
| ·Classification of Humor | 第18-19页 |
| ·Previous Studies on Humor | 第19-25页 |
| ·Superiority Theories | 第20-21页 |
| ·Incongruity Theories | 第21-22页 |
| ·Release Theories | 第22-25页 |
| ·Summary | 第25-26页 |
| Chapter Two Theoretical Framework | 第26-46页 |
| ·Relevance Theory | 第26-30页 |
| ·Adaptation Theory | 第30-35页 |
| ·The Significance of a New Model to be Constructed | 第35-36页 |
| ·Introduction of Adaptation-Relevance Model | 第36-46页 |
| ·An Introduction of Context in the Model | 第36-43页 |
| ·Previous Studies on Context | 第37-38页 |
| ·The Concept of Context Adopted in the Present Study | 第38-43页 |
| ·The Existing Problems with Mutual Knowledge | 第39-41页 |
| ·The Dynamism of Context | 第41-43页 |
| ·The Description of Adaptation-Relevance Model | 第43-46页 |
| Chapter Three Analysis of Humorous Communication Process in the Light of Adaptation-Relevance Model | 第46-85页 |
| ·Introduction of Friends | 第46-50页 |
| ·Introduction of Situation Comedy | 第46-48页 |
| ·Introduction of the Contents of Friends | 第48-49页 |
| ·The Validity of the Sample Collection | 第49-50页 |
| ·Analysis of Humorous Communication in Friends in the Light of Adaptation-Relevance Model | 第50-78页 |
| ·Humorous Communication Process as a Process of Choice-making | 第51-52页 |
| ·Relevance as the Prerequisite of Humorous Communication | 第52-54页 |
| ·The Presumption of Relevance Deciding the Choice-making of Linguistic Forms in Humorous Communication | 第54-57页 |
| ·Humorous Communication Process as a Process of Interadaptation between Contextual Correlates and Linguistic Forms | 第57-71页 |
| ·Scriptwriter’s Selection of the Content of the Play | 第57-58页 |
| ·The Interadaptation between Humorous Utterances and Context | 第58-71页 |
| ·The Adaptation to the Social World | 第59-65页 |
| ·The Adaptation to the Mental World | 第65-68页 |
| ·The Adaptation to the Physical World | 第68-71页 |
| ·The Strategy-choosing in Humorous Communication | 第71-78页 |
| ·Absurdity | 第72-73页 |
| ·Taboo | 第73页 |
| ·Ambiguity | 第73-76页 |
| ·Incongruity | 第76-77页 |
| ·Code Switching | 第77-78页 |
| ·Summary of the Analysis | 第78-85页 |
| Chapter Four Conclusion | 第85-89页 |
| ·Concluding Remarks | 第85-87页 |
| ·Implications and Suggestions for Future Research | 第87-89页 |
| Notes | 第89-90页 |
| Bibliography | 第90-94页 |
| AppendixⅠ | 第94-101页 |
| AppendixⅡ | 第101-102页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第102-103页 |
| 攻读学位期间发表的学术论文 | 第103页 |
