| 摘要(中文) | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract (English) | 第5-9页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第9-13页 |
| ·Classification of Humor | 第9-10页 |
| ·The Importance of the Study | 第10-11页 |
| ·Research Questions of the study | 第11-12页 |
| ·Outline of the Study | 第12-13页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第13-21页 |
| ·Linguistic Researches on Humor Abroad | 第13-18页 |
| ·The Superiority Theory | 第13-14页 |
| ·The Relief Theory | 第14页 |
| ·The Incongruity Theory | 第14-16页 |
| ·The Incongruity-Resolution Theory | 第16页 |
| ·The Incongruity-Resolution Theory | 第16-17页 |
| ·The Incongruity-Resolution Theory | 第17-18页 |
| ·Linguistic Researches on Humor at Home | 第18-19页 |
| ·Summary | 第19-21页 |
| Chapter 3 Framework of the Study:Relevance Theory | 第21-29页 |
| ·Ostensive-Inferential Communication | 第22-23页 |
| ·Relevance | 第23-25页 |
| ·Two Principles of Relevance | 第25-26页 |
| ·Context | 第26-27页 |
| ·Cognitive Environment and Mutual Manifestness | 第27-28页 |
| ·Summary | 第28-29页 |
| Chapter 4 Context and English Verbal Humor | 第29-45页 |
| ·Context and the Producing Mechanism of English Verbal Humor | 第29-37页 |
| ·Context in the Relevance Theory | 第29页 |
| ·Cognitive Environment | 第29-30页 |
| ·Context is Dynamic and Chosen | 第30-31页 |
| ·Producing Mechanism of English Verbal Humor | 第31-37页 |
| ·Humor Created by Strengthening the Existing Information | 第32页 |
| ·Humor Created by Combining with the Existing Information | 第32-34页 |
| ·Humor Created by Giving up the Existing Information | 第34-35页 |
| ·Humor Created by the Difference of Cognitive Environment | 第35-37页 |
| ·Context and the Understanding of English Verbal Humor | 第37-45页 |
| ·Understanding English Verbal Humor by Expanding Context | 第37-42页 |
| ·Understanding English Verbal Humor by Converting Context | 第42-43页 |
| ·Understanding English Verbal Humor by Upgrading Context | 第43-45页 |
| Chapter 5 Cognitive Process of English Verbal Humor | 第45-60页 |
| ·The Requirements on the Speaker in English Verbal Humor | 第46-51页 |
| ·The Relevance-Theoretic Interpretation of Incongruity | 第51-53页 |
| ·The Relevance-Theoretic Interpretation of the Cognitive Process of English Verbal Humor | 第53-55页 |
| ·The Relevance-Theoretic Interpretation of a Sample of English Verbal Humor | 第55-60页 |
| Chapter 6 Conclusion | 第60-62页 |
| Bibliography | 第62-64页 |
