| 摘要 | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-9页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第9-12页 |
| ·The significance of the study | 第9-10页 |
| ·The objective of the thesis | 第10-11页 |
| ·The organization of the thesis | 第11-12页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第12-32页 |
| ·Humor | 第12-15页 |
| ·Definition of humor | 第12-14页 |
| ·Classification of humor | 第14-15页 |
| ·Situation comedy | 第15-18页 |
| ·Definition of situation comedy | 第15-16页 |
| ·Introduction of the sitcom The Big Bang Theory | 第16-18页 |
| ·General review of the study on verbal humor | 第18-23页 |
| ·Conventional theories | 第18-20页 |
| ·Modern linguistic theories | 第20-23页 |
| ·Theoretical framework for the present study | 第23-32页 |
| ·Cooperative Principle | 第23-27页 |
| ·Relevance Theory | 第27-32页 |
| Chapter Three Research Methodology | 第32-35页 |
| ·Data collection from The Big Bang Theory | 第32-33页 |
| ·Research Procedure | 第33-35页 |
| Chapter Four Analysis of Verbal Humor from the Perspective of CP and RT | 第35-49页 |
| ·Analysis of verbal humor from the perspective of CP | 第35-44页 |
| ·Violation of CP leading to humorous effect | 第35-36页 |
| ·Analysis of verbal humor in discourse | 第36-44页 |
| ·Analysis of verbal humor from the perspective of RT | 第44-49页 |
| ·RT and verbal humor interpretation | 第45页 |
| ·Analysis of verbal humor in discourse | 第45-49页 |
| Chapter Five Comparison of CP and RT on Verbal Humor Interpretation | 第49-62页 |
| ·Comparison of CP and RT | 第49-58页 |
| ·Different mechanisms on interpreting verbal humor | 第49-51页 |
| ·Difference on interpreting the rhetorical devices | 第51-58页 |
| ·Limitations of CP and RT on interpreting verbal humors | 第58-62页 |
| ·Limitation of CP | 第58-60页 |
| ·Limitation of RT | 第60-62页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第62-64页 |
| ·Summary of the study | 第62页 |
| ·Limitations and suggestions for further study | 第62-63页 |
| ·Pragmatic implications | 第63-64页 |
| Bibliography | 第64-67页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第67页 |
