| ABSTRACT | 第1-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-7页 |
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第7-12页 |
| CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION | 第12-18页 |
| ·The Significance of the Study | 第12-13页 |
| ·The Rationale of the Study | 第13-14页 |
| ·Problems Unsolved in the Existing Researches | 第14-15页 |
| ·Objectives of this Research | 第15-16页 |
| ·Data of the Research | 第16-17页 |
| ·Notes on Methodology and Terminology | 第17页 |
| ·Structure of the Thesis | 第17-18页 |
| CHAPTER TWO LITERATURE REVIEW | 第18-25页 |
| ·Philosophical Studies of Laughter | 第18页 |
| ·Psychological Studies of Laughter | 第18-19页 |
| ·Sociolinguistic Studies of Laughter | 第19-20页 |
| ·Conversation Analysis of Laughter | 第20-22页 |
| ·Structural studies of laughter in CA | 第20-21页 |
| ·Functional studies of laughter in CA | 第21-22页 |
| ·Summary | 第22-25页 |
| CHAPTER THREE METHODOLOGICAL FRAMEWORK | 第25-33页 |
| ·Introduction | 第25页 |
| ·The Definition and Transcription of Laughter in This Study | 第25-26页 |
| ·The definition of laughter | 第25页 |
| ·The transcript of laughter and smile | 第25-26页 |
| ·CA Approach | 第26-33页 |
| ·The turn-taking system | 第27-29页 |
| ·Turn-constructional component | 第27-28页 |
| ·Turn-allocation component | 第28-29页 |
| ·The preferred or dispreferred organization | 第29-30页 |
| ·Laughter as an assessment in preferred/dispreferred turn shapes | 第30-33页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR SEQUENTIAL ORGANIZATIONS OF LAUGHTER | 第33-60页 |
| ·Introduction | 第33页 |
| ·Analysis | 第33-60页 |
| ·Laughter in "buffer topic" | 第33-43页 |
| ·"Buffer topic":guest's self-deprecation and laughter | 第35-39页 |
| ·"Buffer topic":guest's account for a statement and laughter | 第39-43页 |
| ·Embarrassed laughter | 第43-47页 |
| ·Responding to embarrassed laughter with laughter | 第43-45页 |
| ·Responding to embarrassed laughter without laughter | 第45-47页 |
| ·Laughter in joke-telling process | 第47-54页 |
| ·The success of withholding laughter from the joke-teller | 第47-51页 |
| ·The failure of withholding laughter from the joke-teller | 第51-54页 |
| ·Laughter after flattering/complimenting others | 第54-56页 |
| ·Laughter after deprecating others | 第56-60页 |
| ·The deprecated person not present in the TV talk show | 第57-58页 |
| ·The deprecated person present in the TV talk show | 第58-60页 |
| CHAPTER FIVE CONCLUSION | 第60-63页 |
| ·Introduction | 第60页 |
| ·Major Findings of the Present Research | 第60-61页 |
| ·Limitations of the Present Research | 第61-62页 |
| ·Suggestions for Further Study | 第62-63页 |
| REFERENCES | 第63-66页 |
| APPENDIX | 第66-68页 |
| RESEARCH ACHIEVEMENTS | 第68-69页 |
| PERSONAL PROFILES | 第69-71页 |
