| Acknowledgment | 第5-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-8页 |
| 1. Introduction | 第11-16页 |
| 1.1 Research Background | 第11-13页 |
| 1.1.1 The definition of humor | 第11-12页 |
| 1.1.2 The classification of humor | 第12页 |
| 1.1.3 The definition and mechanism of verbal humor | 第12-13页 |
| 1.2 The Aims of the Study | 第13页 |
| 1.3 The Significance of the Thesis | 第13-14页 |
| 1.4 The Structure of the Study | 第14-16页 |
| 2. Literature Review | 第16-24页 |
| 2.1 Previous Researches on Verbal Humor in Foreign Countries | 第16-19页 |
| 2.1.1 Philosophical and psychological studies of verbal humor | 第16-18页 |
| 2.1.1.1 Superiority theory | 第16-17页 |
| 2.1.1.2 Incongruity theory | 第17页 |
| 2.1.1.3 Release theory | 第17-18页 |
| 2.1.2 Semantic studies of verbal humor | 第18页 |
| 2.1.3 Pragmatic studies of verbal humor | 第18-19页 |
| 2.1.4 Cognitive studies of verbal humor | 第19页 |
| 2.2 Previous Researches on Verbal Humor at Home | 第19-21页 |
| 2.2.1 Rhetorical researches on verbal humor | 第20页 |
| 2.2.2 Pragmatic researches on verbal humor | 第20-21页 |
| 2.2.3 Cognitive researches on verbal humor | 第21页 |
| 2.3 Previous Studies of Humor from the Relevance Theoretical Perspective | 第21-22页 |
| 2.4 Previous Researches on the Wilde's Comedy An Ideal Husband | 第22-23页 |
| 2.5 Further Comments | 第23-24页 |
| 3. Theoretical Framework: Relevance Theory | 第24-27页 |
| 3.1 Theoretical Basis:Relevance Theory | 第24-25页 |
| 3.1.1 Cognitive environment and mutual manifestness | 第24页 |
| 3.1.2 RT's ostensive-inferential model | 第24-25页 |
| 3.1.3 Relevance to the contexts | 第25页 |
| 3.1.4 The principles of relevance and optimal relevance | 第25页 |
| 3.2 Summary and Further Comments | 第25-27页 |
| 4. The Relevance-theoretical Analysis of Verbal Humor in the comedy AnIdeal Husband | 第27-53页 |
| 4.1 Data Description | 第27-28页 |
| 4.1.1 Biography of Oscar Wilde and his comedies | 第27-28页 |
| 4.1.2 The introduction of the data source | 第28页 |
| 4.2 Humorous Effects Achieved from the Ostensive Inferential Model in An Ideal Husband | 第28-36页 |
| 4.2.1 Mutual manifestness of cognitive environments in humor communication | 第28-33页 |
| 4.2.1.1 Mutual manifestness of the characters' cognitive environments | 第28-32页 |
| 4.2.1.2 The failure of mutual manifestness of the cognitive environments | 第32-33页 |
| 4.2.2 Humorous effects achieved from the ostension and inference | 第33-36页 |
| 4.3 The Relevance-based Analysis of Verbal Humor in the Comedy An Ideal Husband | 第36-43页 |
| 4.3.1 Humorous effects achieved from the contextual effect | 第36-38页 |
| 4.3.2 Humorous effects achieved from maximal relevance | 第38-40页 |
| 4.3.3 Optimal relevance and successful communication | 第40-43页 |
| 4.4 The RT's Function in the Interpretation of Verbal Humor in the Comedy An Ideal Husband | 第43-51页 |
| 4.4.1 Verbal humor with metaphorical meaning | 第44-47页 |
| 4.4.2 Verbal humor with semantic ambiguity | 第47-49页 |
| 4.4.3 Verbal humor with incomplete propositional form | 第49-50页 |
| 4.4.4 Verbal humor with ironical meaning | 第50-51页 |
| 4.5 Summary | 第51-53页 |
| 5. Conclusion | 第53-57页 |
| 5.1 Major Findings of This Study | 第53-56页 |
| 5.2 Limitations and Suggestions for Further Researches | 第56-57页 |
| Bibliography | 第57-59页 |
