| Abstract | 第9-10页 |
| 摘要 | 第11-12页 |
| List of Abbreviations | 第12-15页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第15-19页 |
| 1.1 Research Background | 第15-16页 |
| 1.2 Significance of Research | 第16-17页 |
| 1.3 Research Methods | 第17页 |
| 1.4 Thesis Organization | 第17-18页 |
| 1.5 Summary | 第18-19页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第19-38页 |
| 2.1 Definition and Classification of Humor | 第19-21页 |
| 2.1.1 Definition of Humor | 第19-20页 |
| 2.1.2 Classification of Humor | 第20-21页 |
| 2.2 Conventional Humor Theories | 第21-25页 |
| 2.2.1 Superiority Theory | 第22-23页 |
| 2.2.2 Incongruity Theory | 第23-24页 |
| 2.2.3 Release Theory | 第24-25页 |
| 2.3 Modern Linguistic Approaches to Humor Abroad | 第25-31页 |
| 2.3.1 Semantic Studies on Humor | 第25-26页 |
| 2.3.2 Pragmatic Studies on Humor | 第26-28页 |
| 2.3.3 Cross-cultural Linguistic Studies on Humor | 第28-29页 |
| 2.3.4 Cognitive Linguistic Studies on Humor | 第29-30页 |
| 2.3.5 Computational Linguistic Studies on Humor | 第30-31页 |
| 2.4 Modern Linguistic Approaches to Humor at Home | 第31-35页 |
| 2.4.1 Rhetoric Studies on Humor | 第31-32页 |
| 2.4.2 Pragmatic Studies on Humor | 第32-33页 |
| 2.4.3 Cognitive Linguistic Studies on Humor | 第33-34页 |
| 2.4.4 Cultural Linguistic Studies on Humorc | 第34-35页 |
| 2.5 On the Research of Verbal Humor from the Perspective of Conversational Implicature | 第35-37页 |
| 2.6 Summary | 第37-38页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Framework: Crieean Conversational Implicature Theory | 第38-47页 |
| 3.1 Definition of Conversational Implicature | 第38-39页 |
| 3.2 Classification of Conversational Implicature | 第39-40页 |
| 3.3 features of Conversational Implicature | 第40-41页 |
| 3.4 flouting of Cooperative Principle & Generation of Conversational Implicature | 第41-45页 |
| 3.4.1 Cooperative Principle and Its Maxims | 第41-43页 |
| 3.4.2 Generation of Conversational Implicating | 第43-45页 |
| 3.5 Summary | 第45-47页 |
| Chapter Four Analysis of Verbal Humor in The Big Bang Theory with Gricean Conversational Implicature Theory | 第47-71页 |
| 4.1 A Brief Introduction to The Big Iking Theory | 第47-48页 |
| 4.2 Analysis of Verbal Humor in The Big Bing Theory | 第48-70页 |
| 4.2.1 Verbal Humor Generated by flouting the Maxim of Quantity | 第49-52页 |
| 4.2.2 Verbal Humor Generated by flouting the Maxim of Quality | 第52-62页 |
| 4.2.3 Verbal Humor Generated by flouting the Maxim of Relation | 第62-65页 |
| 4.2.4 Verbal Humor Generated by flouting the Maxim of Manner | 第65-70页 |
| 4.3 Summary | 第70-71页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第71-73页 |
| 5.1 Major Findings of the Study | 第71页 |
| 5.2 Limitations of the Thesis | 第71-72页 |
| 5.3 Suggestions for Further Research | 第72-73页 |
| References | 第73-77页 |
| Acknowledgments | 第77-78页 |
| 学位论文评阅及答辩情况表 | 第78页 |
