| Abstract | 第1-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-12页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第12-18页 |
| ·The introduction of famous American talk show performer Joe Huang | 第12-15页 |
| ·Research Background | 第15-16页 |
| ·Research Question | 第16页 |
| ·Research Method | 第16-17页 |
| ·Thesis Organization | 第17-18页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第18-31页 |
| ·The Definition of Humor | 第18-20页 |
| ·Basic conventional theories of humor | 第20-29页 |
| ·The politeness principle | 第20-22页 |
| ·Superiority Theory | 第22-23页 |
| ·Incongruity Theory | 第23-24页 |
| ·Relief Theory | 第24页 |
| ·The Semantic Script Theory of humor (SSTH) | 第24-25页 |
| ·The General Theory of Verbal Humor (GTVH) | 第25-26页 |
| ·The Grice’s Cooperative principle | 第26-29页 |
| ·The violation of the quantity maxim | 第28页 |
| ·The violation of the quality maxim | 第28-29页 |
| ·The violation of the relation maxim | 第29页 |
| ·The violation of the manner maxim | 第29页 |
| ·Significance of the Cooperative Principle | 第29页 |
| ·Research on Humor in our country | 第29-31页 |
| Chapter 3 Case study of Joe Huang`s talk show | 第31-42页 |
| ·Violation of CP | 第31-34页 |
| ·role of relevance theory in the talk show humor | 第34-36页 |
| ·The use of relief theory in talk show humor | 第36-38页 |
| ·Violation of politeness principle | 第38-39页 |
| ·Superiority and disparagement theory in talk show humor | 第39-40页 |
| ·Contrary to the expectation of the audience | 第40-42页 |
| Chapter 4 Conclusion and results of the research | 第42页 |
| Chapter 5 Implications of the research | 第42-45页 |
| ·Role of verbal humor | 第43页 |
| ·Effective way of making verbal humor | 第43-44页 |
| ·Using talk show humor during classroom teaching | 第44-45页 |
| Bibliography | 第45-47页 |
| 作者简介 | 第47-48页 |
| Acknowledgement | 第48页 |
