| Abstract | 第1-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-8页 |
| Contents | 第8-10页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第10-13页 |
| ·Aims of the Study | 第10-11页 |
| ·Significance of the Study | 第11页 |
| ·Methodology and Data Collection | 第11页 |
| ·Organization of the Thesis | 第11-13页 |
| Chapter Two A Survey of Humor Research and Scalar Humor | 第13-24页 |
| ·The Definition of Humor | 第13-14页 |
| ·Three Classical Theories of Humor | 第14-17页 |
| ·Superiority | 第14-15页 |
| ·Relief | 第15-16页 |
| ·Inconguity | 第16-17页 |
| ·Other Rearches of Humor | 第17-18页 |
| ·The definition of Scalar Humor | 第18-20页 |
| ·The Nature of Scalar Humor | 第20-24页 |
| ·The Structure of Scalar Humor | 第21页 |
| ·The Laugh-eliciting Mechanism in Scalar Humor | 第21-24页 |
| Chapter Three Conceptual Metonymy in the Structure of "X is so Y that Z" | 第24-35页 |
| ·The Definition of Conceptual Metonymy | 第24-25页 |
| ·Metonymic Operations in "X is so Y that Z" | 第25-31页 |
| ·Metonymic Operations | 第25-29页 |
| ·Contiguity of Two Conceptual Entities | 第25-26页 |
| ·Metonymic Mapping | 第26-27页 |
| ·Metonymic Activation | 第27-28页 |
| ·Reference-point Phenomenon | 第28-29页 |
| ·A Unified Mode of Metonymic Operations in the Structure of"X is so Y that Z" | 第29-31页 |
| ·A Comparative Study of "X is so Y that Z" Structure in Humorous and Non-humorous Use | 第31-35页 |
| Chapter Four Conceptual Metonymy Approach to Scalar Humor | 第35-48页 |
| ·The Construal of Metonymy and Incongruity Resolution | 第35-45页 |
| ·Metonymic Inference in Incongruity Resolution | 第36-44页 |
| ·In English Scalar Humor | 第37-40页 |
| ·In Chinese Scalar Humor | 第40-43页 |
| ·Differences and Similarities | 第43-44页 |
| ·The Metonymic Image in Scalar Humor | 第44-45页 |
| ·Humorous Degree From the Perspective of Conceptual Metonymy | 第45-48页 |
| ·Metonymic Chains to Humorous Degree | 第45-47页 |
| ·The Novelty of Reference Point to Humorous Degree | 第47-48页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第48-51页 |
| ·Major Findings | 第48-49页 |
| ·Implications of the Study | 第49-50页 |
| ·Limitations of the Study and Further Study | 第50-51页 |
| Bibliography | 第51-54页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第54页 |
