| 摘要 | 第1-6页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第6-10页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第10-12页 |
| ·The Rationale and Significance of the Study | 第10-11页 |
| ·The Objectives of the Study | 第11页 |
| ·The Organization of the Thesis | 第11-12页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第12-30页 |
| ·The Definition of Humor | 第12-13页 |
| ·Three Basic Conventional Theories on Humor | 第13-17页 |
| ·Relief Theory | 第14-15页 |
| ·Incongruity Theory | 第15-16页 |
| ·Hostility Theory | 第16-17页 |
| ·Linguistic Studies on Humor | 第17-18页 |
| ·The Theoretical Framework | 第18-30页 |
| ·Coherence in Discourse | 第19-21页 |
| ·Discourse Cohesion | 第21-23页 |
| ·Conversational Principle | 第23-27页 |
| ·Social Context | 第27-30页 |
| Chapter Three About Sitcom Friends | 第30-33页 |
| ·The Definition of Sitcom | 第30页 |
| ·A Brief Introduction to Friends | 第30-32页 |
| ·Criteria of Data Collection | 第32-33页 |
| Chapter Four Discourse Analysis on Humor in Friends | 第33-60页 |
| ·Coherence and Humor | 第33-37页 |
| ·Humor Generated Through Speech Act Theory | 第33-36页 |
| ·Humor Generated Through Frame Theory | 第36-37页 |
| ·Cohesion and Humor | 第37-42页 |
| ·Humor Generated by Substitution | 第37-39页 |
| ·Humor Generated by Ellipsis | 第39页 |
| ·Humor Generated by Reference | 第39-40页 |
| ·Humor Generated by Conjunction | 第40-41页 |
| ·Humor Generated by Lexical Cohesion | 第41-42页 |
| ·Conversational Principles and Humor | 第42-53页 |
| ·Humor Generated by Flouting Cooperative Principle | 第43-48页 |
| ·Humor Generated by Flouting Polieness Principle | 第48-53页 |
| ·Social Context and Humor | 第53-60页 |
| ·Humor Generated Through Context of Situation | 第54-57页 |
| ·Humor Generated Through Context of Culture | 第57-60页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第60-63页 |
| ·Main Findings | 第60-61页 |
| ·Implications | 第61页 |
| ·Limitation and Suggestion for Further Study | 第61-63页 |
| Bibliography | 第63-66页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第66-67页 |
| Published Paper | 第67页 |
