| Chapter One Introduction | 第1-13页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第13-22页 |
| ·Studies Made Overseas | 第13-17页 |
| ·Diachronic Approach | 第13-14页 |
| ·Synchronic Approaches | 第14-17页 |
| ·An Anthropological View | 第14-15页 |
| ·A Linguistic View | 第15-17页 |
| ·Researches Done at Home | 第17-18页 |
| ·Limitations of Previous Studies | 第18-22页 |
| Chapter Three Conundrums: A Semantic Analysis | 第22-55页 |
| ·Conundrums: Definition and Characterization | 第22-28页 |
| ·Definition of ‘Conundrum | 第23-25页 |
| ·The Narrow Sense of ‘Conundrum | 第23-25页 |
| ·The Broad Sense of ‘Conundrum | 第25页 |
| ·Characterization of Conundrums | 第25-28页 |
| ·Semantic Strategies in Conundrums | 第28-32页 |
| ·‘Bisociation’and Ambiguity | 第28-30页 |
| ·The Signifier and the Signified | 第30页 |
| ·Necessary Truth | 第30-32页 |
| ·Semantic Presupposition | 第32页 |
| ·Conundrums: Categorization and Interpretation | 第32-55页 |
| ·Ambiguity-based Conundrums | 第32-46页 |
| ·Polysemy-based Conundrums | 第33-36页 |
| ·Homonymy-based Conundrums | 第36-38页 |
| ·Homophony-based Conundrums | 第38-42页 |
| ·Structure-based Conundrums | 第42-45页 |
| ·Focus-based Conundrums | 第45-46页 |
| ·Signifier/signified-based Conundrums | 第46-48页 |
| ·Truth-based Conundrums | 第48-52页 |
| ·Presupposition-based Conundrums | 第52-55页 |
| Chapter Four Implications | 第55-65页 |
| ·Implications for Analyzing Naojin-jizhuanwan | 第55-60页 |
| ·Implications for Comparison of English and Chinese Humorous Expressions | 第60-62页 |
| ·Implications for English Learning | 第62-65页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第65-68页 |
| References | 第68-72页 |
| Abstract (Chinese) | 第72-75页 |
| Abstract (English) | 第75-79页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第79-80页 |
| 导师及作者简介 | 第80页 |
