| 摘要 | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-9页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第9-12页 |
| ·Background of the Study | 第9-10页 |
| ·Purpose and Significance of the Study | 第10页 |
| ·Layout of the Study | 第10-12页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第12-17页 |
| ·The Previous Studies on Humor | 第12-15页 |
| ·Definition of Humor | 第12-13页 |
| ·Classification of Humor | 第13页 |
| ·Traditional Theories of Humor | 第13-15页 |
| ·Studies on Zhao Benshan's Comic Sketches | 第15-17页 |
| Chapter Three The Theoretical Basis of Analyzing Verbal Humor | 第17-25页 |
| ·A General Introduction of Relevance Theory | 第17-23页 |
| ·Definition of Relevance | 第17-20页 |
| ·Two Principles of Relevance | 第20-23页 |
| ·Analyzing Verbal Humor through Relevance Theory in General | 第23-25页 |
| Chapter Four Application of Relevance Theory into the Production of VerbalHumor in Zhao Benshan's Comic Sketches | 第25-49页 |
| ·Phonetic Techniques in Verbal Humor Production | 第25-30页 |
| ·Deliberate Mispronunciation | 第26-27页 |
| ·Using Homophone | 第27-28页 |
| ·Making Use of Similar Pronunciations of the Different Characters or Phrases | 第28-30页 |
| ·Lexical Techniques in Verbal Humor Production | 第30-35页 |
| ·Employing Polysemy | 第30-32页 |
| ·Giving the New Meaning to the Old Word or Phrase | 第32-34页 |
| ·Making Use of Abbreviation of Words,Phrases or Sentences | 第34-35页 |
| ·Syntactic Techniques in Verbal Humor Production | 第35-39页 |
| ·Imitating the Original Sentence Structure to Create New Sentence | 第35-36页 |
| ·Simulating or Using Lyrics | 第36-38页 |
| ·Omitting Some Sentence Elements to Cause Ambiguity | 第38-39页 |
| ·Rhetoric Techniques in Verbal Humor Production | 第39-44页 |
| ·Making Use of Personification | 第39-41页 |
| ·Exploiting Synaesthesia | 第41-42页 |
| ·Employing Metaphor or Simile | 第42-44页 |
| ·Pragmatic Technique in Verbal Humor Production | 第44-49页 |
| ·Linguistic Context | 第44-46页 |
| ·Personal Encyclopedic Context | 第46-47页 |
| ·Cultural Context | 第47-49页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第49-51页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第51-52页 |
| Bibliography | 第52-53页 |
