| List of Abbreviation | 第8-10页 |
| Abstract | 第10页 |
| 摘要 | 第11-12页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第12-16页 |
| 1.1 Research Background | 第12-13页 |
| 1.2 Purposes and Significance of the Study | 第13-14页 |
| 1.3 Organization of the Thesis | 第14-16页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第16-27页 |
| 2.1 The Introduction of Humor | 第16-19页 |
| 2.1.1 The Definition of Humor | 第16-17页 |
| 2.1.2 The Classification of Humor | 第17-19页 |
| 2.2 Previous Studies of Humor | 第19-24页 |
| 2.2.1 Previous Studies Abroad | 第19-23页 |
| 2.2.2 Previous Studies at Home | 第23-24页 |
| 2.3 Previous Studies of Verbal Humor from CP and RT | 第24页 |
| 2.4 The Introduction of the Situation Comedy 2 Broke Girls | 第24-26页 |
| 2.4.1 The Definition of the Situation Comedy | 第24-25页 |
| 2.4.2 The Situation Comedy 2 Broke Girls | 第25-26页 |
| 2.4.3 The Previous Studies on 2 Broke Girls | 第26页 |
| 2.5 Summary | 第26-27页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Framework | 第27-33页 |
| 3.1 Cooperative Principle | 第27-28页 |
| 3.2 Relevance Theory | 第28-33页 |
| Chapter Four Research Design | 第33-37页 |
| 4.1 Research Questions | 第33页 |
| 4.2 Methodology of the Research | 第33-34页 |
| 4.3 Instruments | 第34页 |
| 4.4 Data Collection | 第34-35页 |
| 4.5 Research Procedure | 第35-37页 |
| Chapter Five Analysis of verbal humor form the perspectives of CP and RT | 第37-56页 |
| 5.1 The Application of Cooperative Principle | 第40-48页 |
| 5.1.1 Violating the Maxim of Quantity | 第40-42页 |
| 5.1.2 Flouting the Maxim of Quality | 第42-44页 |
| 5.1.3 Flouting the Maxim of Manner | 第44-46页 |
| 5.1.4 Flouting the Maxim of Relation | 第46-48页 |
| 5.2 The Application of Relevance Theory | 第48-51页 |
| 5.2.1 Humor Generation Interpreted by Cognitive Environment | 第48-49页 |
| 5.2.2 Humor Generation Interpreted by Ostensive-Inferential Communication | 第49页 |
| 5.2.3 Humor Generation Interpreted by the Gap between Maximal and Optimal Relevance | 第49-51页 |
| 5.3 Comparison on Interpretation of Humor between CP and RT | 第51-56页 |
| 5.3.1 Different Generating mechanism of humor | 第51页 |
| 5.3.2 The Different Interpretation from phonetics | 第51-52页 |
| 5.3.3 The Different Interpretation from the Rhetoric | 第52-54页 |
| 5.3.4 The Different Interpretation from the Semantics | 第54-56页 |
| Chapter six Conclusions and Implications | 第56-59页 |
| 6.1 Major findings | 第56-57页 |
| 6.2 Pragmatic Implications of the Results | 第57-58页 |
| 6.3 Limitations and suggestions for future research | 第58-59页 |
| References | 第59-62页 |
| Appendix | 第62-68页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第68页 |
