| 摘要 | 第4-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-7页 |
| Introduction | 第10-13页 |
| Chapter One Literature Review | 第13-27页 |
| 1.1 Introduction of Humor | 第13-17页 |
| 1.1.1 Definitions of Humor | 第13-14页 |
| 1.1.2 Classification of Humor | 第14-15页 |
| 1.1.3 Theories of Humor | 第15-17页 |
| 1.2 Introduction of Relevant Studies on Verbal Humor | 第17-27页 |
| 1.2.1 Traditional Approaches to Verbal Humor | 第17-21页 |
| 1.2.2 Modern Linguistic Approaches to Verbal Humor in Terms of Relevance Theory | 第21-27页 |
| Chapter Two Theoretical Framework | 第27-46页 |
| 2.1 Definition of Relevance | 第27-29页 |
| 2.2 Relevance Principle | 第29-30页 |
| 2.3 Ostensive Inferential Model | 第30-33页 |
| 2.4 Cognitive Context | 第33-46页 |
| 2.4.1 Definition of Cognitive Context | 第33-35页 |
| 2.4.2 Characteristics of Cognitive Context | 第35-39页 |
| 2.4.3 Building Elements of Cognitive Context | 第39-46页 |
| Chapter Three Relevance-Theoretic Analysis of on Cognitive Mechanism of Verbal Humor | 第46-62页 |
| 3.1 Relevance Principle and the Interpretation of Verbal Humor | 第46-48页 |
| 3.2 Ostensive Inferential Model and the Interpretation of Verbal Humor | 第48-50页 |
| 3.3 Construction of Cognitive Context in the Interpretation of Verbal Humor | 第50-58页 |
| 3.3.1 Speaker’s Control of the Cognitive Context | 第51-54页 |
| 3.3.2 Construction of the Hearer’s Cognitive Context | 第54-58页 |
| 3.4 A General Cognitive Process of Verbal Humor Interpretation | 第58-62页 |
| Chapter Four Effect of Pragmatic Elements of Cognitive Context on the Interpretation ofVerbal Humor | 第62-71页 |
| 4.1 Linguistic Knowledge and the Interpretation of Verbal Humor | 第62-65页 |
| 4.2 Situational Knowledge and the Interpretation of Verbal Humor | 第65-67页 |
| 4.3 Background Knowledge and Interpretation of Verbal Humor | 第67-71页 |
| Conclusion | 第71-73页 |
| Bibliography | 第73-77页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第77页 |
