| 摘要 | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-10页 |
| Abbreviations | 第10-11页 |
| List of Tables | 第11-12页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第12-18页 |
| ·Background | 第12-13页 |
| ·Objectives of this research | 第13-14页 |
| ·The contribution of this research | 第14页 |
| ·Overview of the scripts My own swordsman and Friends | 第14-16页 |
| ·The outline of this research | 第16-18页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第18-22页 |
| ·Gender and language | 第18-20页 |
| ·Study abroad | 第18-19页 |
| ·Study in China | 第19-20页 |
| ·Gender and humor | 第20-21页 |
| ·Summary | 第21-22页 |
| Chapter 3 Research Design | 第22-29页 |
| ·Theoretical foundation | 第22-25页 |
| ·Research method of text analysis | 第25页 |
| ·Reasons for choosing My own swordsman and Friends as the text | 第25-27页 |
| ·Process of analyzing two movie scripts | 第27-28页 |
| ·Summary | 第28-29页 |
| Chapter 4 Result Analysis | 第29-74页 |
| ·Gender features of humor in observing or flouting politeness principle | 第29-48页 |
| ·Humor generated by observing or flouting tact maxim and generosity maxim | 第31-34页 |
| ·Humor generated by observing or flouting approbation and modesty maxim | 第34-40页 |
| ·Humor generated by observing or flouting agreement maxim | 第40-43页 |
| ·Humor generated by observing or flouting sympathy maxim | 第43-48页 |
| ·Gender features of humor in observing or flouting the face theory | 第48-55页 |
| ·Humor generated by Face-Saving Acts | 第49-50页 |
| ·Humor generated by face-threaten acts | 第50-55页 |
| ·Gender features of humor in conversational joking style | 第55-66页 |
| ·Conversational joking style in homogenous group male | 第55-61页 |
| ·Conversational joking style in homogenous group female | 第61-66页 |
| ·Analysis of the cause of gender features in conversation | 第66-72页 |
| ·Cultural difference approach | 第66-70页 |
| ·Psychological factors | 第70-72页 |
| ·Summary | 第72-74页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第74-77页 |
| ·Major findings | 第74-75页 |
| ·Implications | 第75-76页 |
| ·Limitations of the thesis | 第76-77页 |
| References | 第77-83页 |
| Appendix | 第83-87页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第87-88页 |
| 作者简介 | 第88页 |
