| Abstract | 第6-8页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第9-13页 |
| Chapter I Introduction | 第13-19页 |
| 1.1 Research Background | 第13-16页 |
| 1.2 Main Issue, Purpose, Significance and Research Method | 第16-17页 |
| 1.3 Thesis Structure | 第17-19页 |
| Chapter II Theoretical Review | 第19-30页 |
| 2.1 A Brief Introduction of Communication | 第19-21页 |
| 2.1.1 Verbal Communication | 第19-20页 |
| 2.1.2 Cross-Cultural Communication | 第20-21页 |
| 2.2 Pragmatic Principles | 第21-28页 |
| 2.2.1 Cooperative Principle (CP) | 第21-22页 |
| 2.2.2 Politeness Principle (PP) | 第22-24页 |
| 2.2.3 The Use of CP and PP in Verbal Communication | 第24-28页 |
| 2.3 Verbal Humor | 第28-30页 |
| 2.3.1 Chinese Verbal Humor | 第29页 |
| 2.3.2 American Verbal Humor | 第29-30页 |
| Chapter III The Relation between Pragmatic Principles and Humor | 第30-39页 |
| 3.1 The Relation between CP and Humor | 第30-33页 |
| 3.2 The Relation between PP and Humor | 第33-39页 |
| Chapter IV Chinese and American Verbal Humor from Pragmatic Principles | 第39-65页 |
| 4.1 Verbal Humor in“Home with Kids”from Pragmatic Principles | 第39-50页 |
| 4.1.1 Verbal Humor in“Home with Kids”from CP | 第39-45页 |
| 4.1.2 Verbal Humor in“Home with Kids”from PP | 第45-50页 |
| 4.2 Verbal Humor in“Modern Family”from Pragmatic Principles | 第50-65页 |
| 4.2.1 Verbal Humor in“Modern Family”from CP | 第51-58页 |
| 4.2.2 Verbal Humor in“Modern Family”from PP | 第58-65页 |
| Chapter V The Differences and Reasons of Differences Existing between Chineses andAmerican Verbal Humor | 第65-75页 |
| 5.1 Differences between Chinese and American Verbal Humor from PragmaticPrinciples | 第65-69页 |
| 5.1.1 Differences between Chinese and American Verbal Humor from CP | 第66-68页 |
| 5.1.2 Differences between Chinese and American Verbal Humor from PP | 第68-69页 |
| 5.2 Summary | 第69-71页 |
| 5.3 The Reasons for Differences Existing between Chinese and American Verbal Humor | 第71-75页 |
| Chapter VI Conclusion | 第75-78页 |
| 6.1 Major Findings of the Research | 第76页 |
| 6.2 The Limitations of the study and Suggestions for Future Study | 第76-78页 |
| References | 第78-83页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第83-84页 |
| 作者简介及在学期间所取得的科研成果 | 第84页 |
