| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第1-17页 |
| ·The Definition and Classification of Humor | 第10-12页 |
| ·Theories of Humor | 第12-14页 |
| ·The Nature of Humor | 第14页 |
| ·A Review of Pragmatic Studies of Humor | 第14-17页 |
| ·Raskin's Script-based Theory | 第14-15页 |
| ·Suo Zhenyu's Principle of Tact | 第15-16页 |
| ·Gricean Cooperative-based Approach | 第16-17页 |
| Chapter 2 Techniques in Creating Humor | 第17-25页 |
| ·Semantic Techniques | 第17-20页 |
| ·The Concept of Ambiguity | 第17-18页 |
| ·Sample Analysis from the Perspective of Semantics | 第18-20页 |
| ·Pragmatic Techniques | 第20-25页 |
| ·The role of Context in Humor Production | 第20-21页 |
| ·Sample Analysis from the Perspective of Pragmatics | 第21-25页 |
| Chapter 3 Verbal Humor as Laughter-eliciting Mechanism | 第25-40页 |
| ·Basic Elements in Laughter-eliciting Mechanism | 第25-28页 |
| ·Incongruity | 第25-27页 |
| ·Playfulness | 第27-28页 |
| ·Laughter-eliciting and Cooperative Principle | 第28-34页 |
| ·A Brief Review of Cooperative Principle | 第28-29页 |
| ·Laughter Elicited by Violation of the Maxims | 第29-34页 |
| ·Laughter-eliciting and Relevance Theory | 第34-40页 |
| ·A Brief Introduction of Relevance Theory | 第34-37页 |
| ·Laughter Elicited by Relevance Incongruity | 第37-40页 |
| Chapter 4 Verbal Humor as Coping Mechanism | 第40-47页 |
| ·Introduction of Coping Mechanism | 第40-41页 |
| ·Sample Analysis of Verbal Humor Within Coping Mechanism | 第41-47页 |
| ·Activating Atmosphere | 第41-43页 |
| ·Alleviating Conflict | 第43页 |
| ·Escaping Hard Situation | 第43-45页 |
| ·Attacking or Ridiculing | 第45页 |
| ·Counter-attacking or Self-defending | 第45-47页 |
| Chapter 5 Verbal Humor as Maintaining Solidarity | 第47-60页 |
| ·A Brief Introduction | 第47-48页 |
| ·Solidarity and Speech Act Theory | 第48-55页 |
| ·A Brief Review of Speech Act Theory | 第48-51页 |
| ·Solidarity Caused by Illocutionary Acts of Humor | 第51-55页 |
| ·Solidarity-based Strategies of Humor | 第55-60页 |
| ·Sharing | 第56-57页 |
| ·Highlighting Similarities | 第57页 |
| ·Reinforcing Boundaries | 第57-58页 |
| ·Jesting | 第58-60页 |
| Chapter 6 Conclusion | 第60-62页 |
| Bibliography | 第62-64页 |
