| 摘要 | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-8页 |
| Contents | 第8-10页 |
| List of Tables | 第10-11页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第11-16页 |
| ·A General View of the American Sitcom Friends | 第11-13页 |
| ·Objectives of the Present Study | 第13页 |
| ·Significance of the Present Study | 第13-14页 |
| ·Organization of the Thesis | 第14-16页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第16-22页 |
| ·Three Prominent Theories of Humor | 第16-17页 |
| ·Cognitive Incongruity Theory of Humor and Its Development | 第17-20页 |
| ·Currently Prevalent Pragmatic Studies of Humor in the Sitcom | 第20-21页 |
| ·Summary | 第21-22页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Framework | 第22-37页 |
| ·Transitivity in systemic-functional grammar | 第22-34页 |
| ·Material Process | 第22-25页 |
| ·Direct Participants in Material Processes: Actor and Goal | 第23页 |
| ·Goal versus Range | 第23-24页 |
| ·Beneficiary | 第24页 |
| ·Circumstances | 第24-25页 |
| ·Mental Process | 第25-27页 |
| ·Phenomenon: Acts | 第26页 |
| ·Phenomenon: Facts | 第26-27页 |
| ·Circumstantials in Mental Process Clauses | 第27页 |
| ·Behavioral Processes | 第27-28页 |
| ·Verbal Process | 第28-29页 |
| ·Existential Process | 第29-30页 |
| ·Relational Processes | 第30-33页 |
| ·Intensive Attributive Processes | 第30-31页 |
| ·Intensive Identifying Processes | 第31页 |
| ·Other Common Sub-types of Relationals: Circumstantials and Possessives | 第31-33页 |
| ·Summary | 第33-34页 |
| ·Introduction to Foregrounding | 第34-37页 |
| ·Incongruity | 第35页 |
| ·Deflection | 第35-36页 |
| ·Summary | 第36-37页 |
| Chapter Four Research Methodology | 第37-40页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第37页 |
| ·Data Collection | 第37页 |
| ·Analytical Approach | 第37-38页 |
| ·Research Steps | 第38-40页 |
| Chapter Five Research Findings and Data Analysis | 第40-62页 |
| ·Findings of the Research | 第40-41页 |
| ·Detailed Analysis of the Samples | 第41-62页 |
| ·Material Process and Humor | 第42-49页 |
| ·Analysis of Samples under Feature A | 第42-44页 |
| ·Analysis of Samples under Feature B | 第44-46页 |
| ·Analysis of Samples under Feature C | 第46-49页 |
| ·Mental Process and Humor | 第49-53页 |
| ·Analysis of Samples under Feature D | 第49-50页 |
| ·Analysis of Samples under Feature E | 第50-53页 |
| ·Analysis of Samples under Feature F | 第53页 |
| ·Behavior Process and Humor | 第53-55页 |
| ·Analysis of Samples under Feature G | 第53-55页 |
| ·Analysis of Samples under Feature H | 第55页 |
| ·Verbal Process and Humor | 第55-59页 |
| ·Analysis of Samples under Feature I | 第56-57页 |
| ·Analysis of Samples under Feature J | 第57-58页 |
| ·Analysis of Samples under Feature K | 第58-59页 |
| ·Existential Process and Humor | 第59-60页 |
| ·Relevant Process and Humor | 第60-62页 |
| Chapter Six Discussion of the Findings | 第62-64页 |
| Chapter Seven Conclusion | 第64-67页 |
| ·Findings | 第64-65页 |
| ·Limitations of the Research | 第65-66页 |
| ·Suggestions for Further Research | 第66-67页 |
| Bibliography | 第67-69页 |
| Appendix | 第69-94页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第94-95页 |
| 个人简历 | 第95页 |
| 发表的学术论文 | 第95页 |
