| Abstract | 第1-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-11页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第11-15页 |
| ·The Rationale of the Study | 第11-12页 |
| ·The Objective of the Study | 第12-13页 |
| ·Organization of the Thesis | 第13-15页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第15-34页 |
| ·The Review of the Study on Humor | 第15-20页 |
| ·The Definitions and Classifications of Humor | 第15-17页 |
| ·The General Review of the Studies on Humor | 第17-20页 |
| ·Vague Theory and Relevant Studies | 第20-29页 |
| ·The Definitions and Features of Vagueness | 第20-23页 |
| ·The Reasons for the Existence of Vagueness | 第23-25页 |
| ·The Previous Studies on Vagueness | 第25-27页 |
| ·The Working Mechanism of Vague Theory in Humor | 第27-29页 |
| ·The Review of the Study on Friends | 第29-34页 |
| ·A Brief Introduction to Situation Comedy Friends | 第29-31页 |
| ·The General Review of the Studies on Friends | 第31-34页 |
| Chapter 3 Research Methodology | 第34-38页 |
| ·The Rationale for Choosing Friends as the Data | 第34-35页 |
| ·Data Collection | 第35页 |
| ·Analysis Procedure | 第35-38页 |
| Chapter 4 The Analysis of Humorous Effects From Vague Theory in Friends | 第38-51页 |
| ·The Humorous Effects Achieved by Phonetic Vagueness | 第38-41页 |
| ·The Humorous Effects Achieved by Semantic Vagueness | 第41-43页 |
| ·The Humorous Effects Achieved by Pragmatic Vagueness | 第43-51页 |
| ·By Generating Conversational Implicature | 第44-45页 |
| ·By Employing Indirect Speech Act | 第45-46页 |
| ·By Exploiting Figures of Speech | 第46-51页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第51-53页 |
| ·Findings | 第51页 |
| ·Implications | 第51-52页 |
| ·Limitations | 第52-53页 |
| Works Cited | 第53-54页 |
| Bibliography | 第54-57页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第57页 |
