| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-7页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第7-9页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第9-12页 |
| ·Background of the study | 第9-10页 |
| ·The significance of the study | 第10页 |
| ·The structure of the study | 第10-12页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第12-30页 |
| ·Basic terms related to the study | 第12-21页 |
| ·The definition of humor | 第12-14页 |
| ·The classification of humor | 第14-15页 |
| ·The theories of humor | 第15-21页 |
| ·Pragmatic approaches | 第21-28页 |
| ·Conversational implicature and Cooperative Principle | 第23-25页 |
| ·Politeness Principle | 第25-28页 |
| ·A review of previous studies on humor | 第28-30页 |
| Chapter Three Research Methodology | 第30-36页 |
| ·Samples | 第30-35页 |
| ·Data collection | 第35页 |
| ·Analytical approach | 第35-36页 |
| Chapter Four Analysis of Humorous Utterance from the Perspective of CP | 第36-60页 |
| ·Humor created by flouting the maxim of quantity | 第37-40页 |
| ·Humor created by flouting the maxim of quality | 第40-48页 |
| ·Humor created by flouting the maxim of relation | 第48-50页 |
| ·Humor created by flouting the maxim of manner | 第50-60页 |
| Chapter Five Analysis of humorous utterance from the perspective of PP | 第60-69页 |
| ·Humor created by violating the tact maxim | 第61-62页 |
| ·Humor created by flouting the generosity maxim | 第62-63页 |
| ·Humor created by flouting the approbation maxim | 第63-65页 |
| ·Humor created by flouting the modesty maxim | 第65-66页 |
| ·Humor created by flouting the agreement maxim | 第66-67页 |
| ·Humor created by flouting the sympathy maxim | 第67-69页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第69-73页 |
| ·Major findings | 第69-70页 |
| ·Implications of the research | 第70-71页 |
| ·limitatios and suggestions for future research | 第71-73页 |
| References | 第73-77页 |
