| 摘要 | 第1-4页 |
| Abstract | 第4-5页 |
| Contents | 第5-7页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第7-11页 |
| ·Research Motivation | 第7-8页 |
| ·Language Data | 第8页 |
| ·Research Method | 第8页 |
| ·Thesis Organization | 第8-11页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第11-25页 |
| ·Brief Introduction to Situation Comedy & The Big Bang Theory | 第11-15页 |
| ·Previous Studies on Situation Comedy & The Big Bang Theory | 第15-16页 |
| ·Review of Studies on Humor | 第16-22页 |
| ·Studies on Humor abroad | 第16-21页 |
| ·The Superiority Theory | 第17-18页 |
| ·The Release Theory | 第18页 |
| ·The Incongruity Theory | 第18-19页 |
| ·Semantic Script Theory of Humor | 第19-20页 |
| ·General Theory of Verbal Humor | 第20-21页 |
| ·Studies on Humor in China | 第21-22页 |
| ·Review of Studies on Relevance Theory | 第22-25页 |
| ·Studies on Relevance Theory abroad | 第22-23页 |
| ·Studies on Relevance Theory in China | 第23-25页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Framework | 第25-35页 |
| ·Communication as an Ostensive-inferential Process | 第25-27页 |
| ·Relevance and Degree of Relevance | 第27-29页 |
| ·Principle of Relevance and Optimal Relevance | 第29-31页 |
| ·Context and Cognitive Context | 第31-33页 |
| ·Relevance Theory and Verbal Humor | 第33-35页 |
| Chapter Four Case Analysis | 第35-55页 |
| ·Verbal Humor Generated by the Difference between the Informative Intention and the Communicative Intention | 第35-41页 |
| ·Verbal Humor Generated by the Difference between the Maximal Relevance and the Optimal Relevance | 第41-48页 |
| ·Verbal Humor Generated by Different Cognitive Contexts | 第48-54页 |
| ·Verbal Humor Generated by Different Encyclopedic Information | 第49-50页 |
| ·Verbal Humor Generated by Different Logical Information | 第50-51页 |
| ·Verbal Humor Generated by Different Lexical Information | 第51-54页 |
| ·Summary | 第54-55页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第55-57页 |
| ·Summary | 第55-56页 |
| ·Limitations of the Research and Suggestions for the Further Research | 第56-57页 |
| Acknowledgement | 第57-59页 |
| Bibliography | 第59-63页 |
| Publication | 第63-64页 |
