| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-8页 |
| Abstract | 第8-12页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第12-16页 |
| ·Aim of the Study | 第12页 |
| ·Scope of the Study | 第12-14页 |
| ·Feasibility of the Study | 第14页 |
| ·Structure of the Thesis | 第14-16页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第16-24页 |
| ·Studies concerning the Cooperative Principle and Related Theories | 第17-20页 |
| ·Studies concerning Humor | 第20-22页 |
| ·Studies concerning Friends and Its Humor | 第22-24页 |
| Chapter 3Theoretical Framework | 第24-29页 |
| ·Analysis Checklist | 第25-26页 |
| ·The Cooperative Principle——Important Concepts of Conversational Implicature | 第26-27页 |
| ·The Context of Situation | 第27-29页 |
| Chapter 4 A Study of the Humor of Friends | 第29-49页 |
| ·Aspects of Rhetorical Figures | 第31-44页 |
| ·Metaphor | 第31-36页 |
| ·Ironies | 第36-41页 |
| ·Hyperboles | 第41-44页 |
| ·Idioms | 第44-46页 |
| ·Idioms arising from the violation of the relation maxim | 第44-46页 |
| ·Allusions | 第46-47页 |
| ·Allusions arising from the violation of the relevance maxim | 第46-47页 |
| ·Cultural Concepts | 第47-49页 |
| ·Cultural concepts arising from the violation of the relation maxim | 第47-49页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第49-51页 |
| ·Major Findings | 第49-50页 |
| ·Implications | 第50页 |
| ·Limitations of the Research | 第50页 |
| ·Suggestions for Further Research | 第50-51页 |
| Bibliography | 第51-54页 |
| Papers Published During the Study for M. A. Degree | 第54页 |
