| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-9页 |
| Abbreviations | 第9-12页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第12-14页 |
| ·A general description of the thesis | 第12页 |
| ·The significance of the study | 第12-13页 |
| ·The overall structure of the thesis | 第13-14页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第14-36页 |
| ·The definitions of some key terms | 第14-19页 |
| ·The definition of humor | 第14-18页 |
| ·The definition of situation comedy | 第18-19页 |
| ·A brief introduction of Friends | 第19-20页 |
| ·Theoretical framework for the present study | 第20-31页 |
| ·Cooperative Principle | 第20-25页 |
| ·Relevance Theory | 第25-31页 |
| ·Previous studies on humor | 第31-36页 |
| Chapter 3 Theoretical Analysis of Humor from the Perspective of Cooperative | 第36-44页 |
| ·Violation of Cooperative Principle leading to humorous effect | 第36-37页 |
| ·Violation of four maxims | 第37-44页 |
| ·Violation of maxim of quantity | 第37-39页 |
| ·Violation of maxim of quality | 第39-40页 |
| ·Violation of maxim of relevance | 第40页 |
| ·Violation of maxim of manner | 第40-44页 |
| Chapter 4 Theoretical Analysis of Humor from the Perspective of Relevance Theory | 第44-49页 |
| ·Interpretation of humor from the perspective of RT | 第44页 |
| ·Sample analysis of humor from the perspective of RT | 第44-49页 |
| Chapter 5 Contrastive Analysis of the Humor from the Two Perspectives | 第49-58页 |
| ·Comparison of Cooperative Principle and Relevance Theory | 第49-52页 |
| ·Differences in the interpretation of verbal humor | 第52-58页 |
| ·The generating mechanism | 第52-53页 |
| ·The interpretation of metaphor | 第53-55页 |
| ·The interpretation of irony | 第55-58页 |
| Chapter 6 Conclusions and Implications | 第58-61页 |
| ·Major findings | 第58-59页 |
| ·Pragmatic implications | 第59页 |
| ·Limitations and suggestions for further study | 第59-61页 |
| References | 第61-64页 |
