| Acknowledgements | 第1-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-8页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-12页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第12-15页 |
| ·Background of the study | 第12-13页 |
| ·Purpose of the study | 第13-14页 |
| ·Layout of the Thesis | 第14-15页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第15-32页 |
| ·Humor | 第15-18页 |
| ·Definition of Humor | 第15-17页 |
| ·Classification of Humor | 第17-18页 |
| ·Previous Study on Humor | 第18-20页 |
| ·Cooperative Principle and Humor Study | 第18-19页 |
| ·Speech Act Theory and Humor Study | 第19-20页 |
| ·Relevance Theory | 第20-30页 |
| ·Ostensive-inferential model | 第20-24页 |
| ·The Principle of Relevance | 第24-26页 |
| ·Optimal and Maximal Relevance | 第26-28页 |
| ·Cognitive Effect and Processing Effort | 第28-30页 |
| ·the Relation Between Relevance Theory and Humor | 第30-32页 |
| Chapter 3 Methodology | 第32-34页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第32-33页 |
| ·Data Collection | 第33-34页 |
| ·Data Presentation | 第34页 |
| Chapter 4 An Analysis of the Production and Comprehension of Verbal Humor in Crosstalk Based on Relevance Theory | 第34-63页 |
| ·A Relevance Approach to Humor at Phonetic Level | 第35-42页 |
| ·Using Dialect | 第35-38页 |
| ·Using Homophone | 第38-40页 |
| ·Making Use of Similar Pronunciation of Different Phrases | 第40-42页 |
| ·A Relevance Approach to Humor at Lexical Level | 第42-48页 |
| ·Employing Polysemy | 第42-44页 |
| ·Giving the New Meaning to the Old Word or Phrase | 第44-46页 |
| ·Making Use of Abbreviation | 第46-48页 |
| ·A Relevance Approach to Humor at Syntactic Level | 第48-53页 |
| ·Imitating the Original Sentence Structure | 第48-50页 |
| ·Using Lyrics or Poems | 第50-51页 |
| ·Omitting some Sentence Elements to Cause Ambiguity | 第51-53页 |
| ·A Relevance Approach to Humor at Rhetoric Level | 第53-59页 |
| ·Using Pun | 第53-55页 |
| ·Exploiting Hyperbole | 第55-57页 |
| ·Employing Metaphor or Simile | 第57-59页 |
| ·A Relevance Approach to Humor at Pragmatic Level | 第59-63页 |
| ·Personal Encyclopedic Context | 第59-61页 |
| ·Culture Context | 第61-63页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第63-66页 |
| ·Major Findings | 第63-65页 |
| ·Limitations of Present Study | 第65页 |
| ·Suggestions for Future Study | 第65-66页 |
| References | 第66-68页 |
