| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-8页 |
| 内容提要 | 第8-10页 |
| Contents | 第10-12页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第12-23页 |
| ·A general description of English puns and Chinese shuangguan | 第12-17页 |
| ·Significance of studying English puns and Chinese shuangguan | 第17-19页 |
| ·Objectives of the present study | 第19-20页 |
| ·Research methodology and theoretical framework | 第20-21页 |
| ·Organization of the dissertation | 第21-23页 |
| Chapter 2 Survey of the Literature | 第23-41页 |
| ·Introduction | 第23页 |
| ·Multidimensional approaches to the study of English puns | 第23-31页 |
| ·A rhetorical approach | 第23-24页 |
| ·A semantic approach | 第24-27页 |
| ·A relevance-theoretic approach | 第27-31页 |
| ·Major approaches to the study of Chinese shuangguan | 第31-39页 |
| ·A rhetorical approach | 第31-33页 |
| ·A semantic approach | 第33-34页 |
| ·A pragmatic approach | 第34-37页 |
| ·A comparative approach | 第37-39页 |
| ·Summary | 第39-41页 |
| Chapter 3 A Prototype-based Approach to English Puns and Chinese shuangguan | 第41-71页 |
| ·Introduction | 第41页 |
| ·Prototype theory as the theoretical foundation | 第41-44页 |
| ·English puns: Prototypical and non-prototypical uses | 第44-52页 |
| ·Chinese shuangguan: Prototypical and non-prototypical uses | 第52-65页 |
| ·Towards a unified definition of pun in both English and Chinese | 第65-68页 |
| ·Summary | 第68-71页 |
| Chapter 4 Formal and Semantic Analyses of Puns in Chinese and English Talk Shows | 第71-105页 |
| ·Introduction | 第71-72页 |
| ·The data | 第72-76页 |
| ·The rationale for the choice of data from talk shows | 第72-73页 |
| ·Characteristics of the face-to-face oral communication in talk shows | 第73-75页 |
| ·Description of the data | 第75-76页 |
| ·A formal analysis of puns: Four prominent modes of punning | 第76-96页 |
| ·An overview of previous studies on modes of punning | 第76-79页 |
| ·Four prominent modes of punning used in talk shows | 第79-96页 |
| ·A semantic analysis of puns: Transparent, semi-transparent and opaque puns | 第96-103页 |
| ·Summary | 第103-105页 |
| Chapter 5 A Unified Account of Pun Processing | 第105-161页 |
| ·Introduction | 第105-106页 |
| ·Relevance theory | 第106-110页 |
| ·The graded salience hypothesis | 第110-113页 |
| ·Context | 第113-116页 |
| ·Interpretation of transparent puns | 第116-122页 |
| ·Linguistic and pragmatic features of transparent puns | 第116-117页 |
| ·Processing of transparent puns | 第117-122页 |
| ·Interpretation of semitransparent puns | 第122-137页 |
| ·Linguistic and pragmatic features of semitransparent puns | 第122-124页 |
| ·Processing of semitransparent puns | 第124-137页 |
| ·Interpretation of opaque puns | 第137-148页 |
| ·Linguistic and pragmatic features of opaque puns | 第137-139页 |
| ·Processing of opaque puns | 第139-148页 |
| ·Effects of different contextual cues | 第148-158页 |
| ·Summary | 第158-161页 |
| Chapter 6 Conclusion | 第161-171页 |
| ·Major findings of the present study | 第161-167页 |
| ·Theoretical and practical implications | 第167-169页 |
| ·Limitations of the study and suggestions for future research | 第169-171页 |
| Appendix | 第171-174页 |
| References | 第174-177页 |
