| Abstract | 第1-4页 |
| 摘要 | 第4-7页 |
| 1 Introduction | 第7-10页 |
| ·Study background | 第7-8页 |
| ·Significance of the study | 第8页 |
| ·Purpose of the study | 第8-9页 |
| ·Structure of the study | 第9-10页 |
| 2 Literature Review | 第10-26页 |
| ·Relative study of cooperative principle | 第10-17页 |
| ·The definition of cooperative principle | 第10-12页 |
| ·The contents of cooperative principle—four maxims | 第12-14页 |
| ·The significance of the cooperative principle | 第14页 |
| ·Cooperative principle study abroad and domestic | 第14-17页 |
| ·Study of humor | 第17-24页 |
| ·The definition of humor | 第17-19页 |
| ·The classification of humor | 第19页 |
| ·Verbal humor | 第19-20页 |
| ·The functions of humor | 第20-21页 |
| ·Humor studies abroad and domestic | 第21-24页 |
| ·Humor created by flouting the maxim of cooperative principle | 第24-26页 |
| ·Humor and cooperative principle | 第24页 |
| ·Flouting cooperative principle created humor effect | 第24-26页 |
| 3 The Analysis of Verbal Humor in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer | 第26-58页 |
| ·Humor created by flouting the maxim of quantity | 第27-36页 |
| ·More information | 第27-29页 |
| ·Less information | 第29-34页 |
| ·Tautology | 第34-36页 |
| ·Humor created by flouting the maxim of quality | 第36-49页 |
| ·Rhetorical question | 第36-39页 |
| ·Exaggeration | 第39-43页 |
| ·Direct lies | 第43-49页 |
| ·Humor created by flouting the maxim of relevance | 第49-53页 |
| ·Giving hints | 第50-52页 |
| ·Giving association clues | 第52-53页 |
| ·Humor created by flouting the maxim of manner | 第53-58页 |
| ·Ambiguity | 第53-55页 |
| ·Incomplete sentences | 第55-56页 |
| ·Vague sentences | 第56-58页 |
| 4 Conclusion | 第58-61页 |
| ·Major fmding of this research | 第58-59页 |
| ·The limitations of this research | 第59页 |
| ·The suggestions for the future study | 第59-61页 |
| Bibliography | 第61-64页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第64-65页 |
| 攻读硕士学位期间发表的论文 | 第65-68页 |
| APPENDIX | 第68-82页 |
