| Abstract | 第1-10页 |
| 摘要 | 第10-12页 |
| Introduction | 第12-15页 |
| Chapter One Literature Review of Humor | 第15-27页 |
| ·Humor Studies Abroad | 第15-23页 |
| ·Three basic conventional humor theories | 第15-19页 |
| ·Modern Linguistic Approach to Humor | 第19-23页 |
| ·Humor Studies at home | 第23-26页 |
| ·Pragmatic Study of Humor | 第24页 |
| ·Cognitive Study of Humor | 第24-25页 |
| ·Study of Humor from Other Perspectives | 第25-26页 |
| ·Summary | 第26-27页 |
| Chapter two Theoretical Framework | 第27-39页 |
| ·Grice’s Conversational Implicature | 第27-34页 |
| ·Cooperative Principle and its four maxims | 第28-30页 |
| ·Nonobservance of the Conversational Maxims | 第30-34页 |
| ·Politeness Theory | 第34-38页 |
| ·Leech’s Politeness Principle | 第34-35页 |
| ·Brown and Levinson’s Face Theory | 第35-38页 |
| ·Summary | 第38-39页 |
| Chapter Three Case Analysis:Analysis of English Humorous Utterance in Friends | 第39-66页 |
| ·Humor and Cooperative Principle | 第39-59页 |
| ·Humor Generated by Flouting the Maxim of Quantity | 第40-43页 |
| ·Humor Generated by Flouting the Maxim of Quality | 第43-49页 |
| ·Humor Generated by Flouting the Maxim of Relation | 第49-50页 |
| ·Humor Generated by Flouting the Maxim of Manner | 第50-59页 |
| ·Humor and Leech’s Politeness Principle | 第59-63页 |
| ·Humor Generated by Observing Politeness Principle | 第59-61页 |
| ·Humor Generated by Violating Politeness Principle | 第61-63页 |
| ·Humor and Brown and Levinson’s Face Theory | 第63-65页 |
| ·Humor Used to Save the Hearer’s Face | 第63页 |
| ·Humor Used to Save the Speaker’s Face | 第63-65页 |
| ·Summary | 第65-66页 |
| Chapter Four Implications of the Study | 第66-70页 |
| ·Implication for Cross-cultural Communication | 第66-67页 |
| ·Implication for English Teaching and Learning | 第67-70页 |
| Conclusion | 第70-72页 |
| Bibliography | 第72-75页 |
| Appendix | 第75-83页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第83-84页 |
| Publications | 第84页 |
