| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第1-23页 |
| ·A Brief Review of Researches on Humor | 第10-21页 |
| ·The Superiority Theory | 第11-13页 |
| ·The Relief Theory | 第13-15页 |
| ·The Incongruity Theory | 第15-17页 |
| ·The SSTH and GTVH | 第17-20页 |
| ·The Recent Research and the Conclusion from the above | 第20-21页 |
| ·Objective of This Thesis | 第21-23页 |
| Chapter 2 Relevance Theory and Related Theories | 第23-40页 |
| ·Grice's Cooperative Principle | 第23-29页 |
| ·Content of Cooperative Principle | 第23-26页 |
| ·Limitation of Grice's Explanation of Humorous Utterance | 第26-27页 |
| ·Revision to Grice's Approach with Relevance Theory | 第27-29页 |
| ·Relevance Theory | 第29-40页 |
| ·Introduction to Relevance Theory | 第29-31页 |
| ·Basic Ideas of Relevance Theory | 第31-40页 |
| Chapter 3 Understanding of Humorous Utterance | 第40-82页 |
| ·Factors Giving Rise to Humor | 第40-63页 |
| ·Violation of Cooperative Principle | 第41-50页 |
| ·Cultural Factors | 第50-55页 |
| ·Gender and Age | 第55-60页 |
| ·Other Reasons | 第60-63页 |
| ·Understanding of Humorous Utterance with Relevance Theory | 第63-82页 |
| ·Nature of Humorous Utterance | 第63-66页 |
| ·Ostension and Implicature of Humorous Utterance | 第66-70页 |
| ·Processing Effort in Humorous Utterance | 第70-72页 |
| ·The Interpretation of Humorous Utterance in Cognitive Environments | 第72-78页 |
| ·Relevance or Irrelevance | 第78-82页 |
| Chapter 4 Conclusion | 第82-85页 |
| Works Cited | 第85-89页 |
| 攻读硕士学位期间发表的论文和取得的科研成果 | 第89页 |
