| Acknowledgements | 第1-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-8页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-9页 |
| CONTENTS | 第9-12页 |
| Chapter Ⅰ Introduction | 第12-16页 |
| ·The Rationale for Present Research | 第12-13页 |
| ·Research Objectives and Significance of this Research | 第13-15页 |
| ·Research Methodology and the Overall Structure of this Dissertation | 第15-16页 |
| Chapter Ⅱ Literature Review | 第16-34页 |
| ·Jef.Verschueren's Theory of Adaptation and Domestic studies of Adaptation Theory | 第16-20页 |
| ·An Overview of Humor and Its Research | 第20-26页 |
| ·Definitions of Humor | 第20-21页 |
| ·Classifications of Humor | 第21-22页 |
| ·Theories of Humor | 第22-26页 |
| ·Superiority Theory | 第23-24页 |
| ·Incongruity Theory | 第24-25页 |
| ·Relief Theory | 第25-26页 |
| ·Pragmatic Studies of Humor | 第26-28页 |
| ·Domestic Studies on the Translation of Verbal Humor | 第28-30页 |
| ·An Overview on Wei Cheng and Fortress Besieged | 第30-34页 |
| ·Wei Cheng and Its Characteristics and Theme | 第30-31页 |
| ·Jeanne Kelly and Nathan K. Mao's English Translation of Fortress Besieged | 第31-32页 |
| ·Critic Views on the English Version of Fortress Besieged | 第32-34页 |
| Chapter Ⅲ Theoretical Framework of Adaptation Theory | 第34-47页 |
| ·Fundamentals of Adaptation | 第34-38页 |
| ·Making Choices | 第34-36页 |
| ·Three key notions of language use | 第36-38页 |
| ·Four Adaptabilities | 第38-41页 |
| ·Contextual Adaptability | 第38-39页 |
| ·Structural Adaptability | 第39-40页 |
| ·Dynamics of Adaptability | 第40-41页 |
| ·Salience of Adaptability | 第41页 |
| ·The Feasibility of Adaptation Theory to Translation | 第41-45页 |
| ·Translation is a Process of Choice Making | 第42-43页 |
| ·Translation is a Process of Dynamic Adaptation | 第43-45页 |
| ·Adaptation Theory and Humor Translation | 第45-47页 |
| Chapter Ⅳ Adaptation Analysis of Verbal Humor in Fortress Besieged | 第47-68页 |
| ·Adaptation to Communicative Context | 第48-62页 |
| ·Adaptation to the Physical World | 第48-52页 |
| ·Adaptation to Physical Appearance | 第49-50页 |
| ·Adaptation to Time and Space | 第50-52页 |
| ·Adaptation to the Mental World | 第52-57页 |
| ·Adaptation to Emotion | 第52-54页 |
| ·Adaptation to Motivation | 第54-55页 |
| ·Adaptation to Personality Traits | 第55-57页 |
| ·Adaptation to Social World | 第57-62页 |
| ·The Adaptation to Cultural Convention | 第58-60页 |
| ·The Adaptation to Social Convention | 第60-62页 |
| ·Adaptation to Structural Objects | 第62-68页 |
| ·Adaptation to the Original Style | 第62-64页 |
| ·Adaptation to Utterance-Building Ingredients | 第64-68页 |
| ·Adaptation at Phonological Level | 第65-66页 |
| ·Adaptation at Lexical Level | 第66-67页 |
| ·Adaptation at Syntactic Level | 第67-68页 |
| Chapter Ⅴ Conclusion | 第68-73页 |
| ·Conclusion | 第69页 |
| ·Major Findings | 第69-71页 |
| ·Limitations of this Study and Suggestions for Further Studies | 第71-73页 |
| References | 第73-75页 |
