| 摘要 | 第3-4页 |
| Abstract | 第4-5页 |
| Introduction | 第8-11页 |
| Chapter 1 Theoretical Framework: Relevance Theory | 第11-25页 |
| 1.1 Theoretical Background of Relevance Theory | 第11-14页 |
| 1.1.1 Deficiency of Cooperative Principle | 第12-13页 |
| 1.1.2 Nature of Communication | 第13-14页 |
| 1.2 Major Concepts of Relevance Theory | 第14-20页 |
| 1.2.1 Informative Intention and Communicative Intention | 第14-16页 |
| 1.2.2 Cognitive Principle and Communicative Principle | 第16-18页 |
| 1.2.3 Cognitive Environment and Mutual Manifestness | 第18-20页 |
| 1.3 Major Studies of Relevance Theory at Home andAbroad | 第20-22页 |
| 1.3.1 Major Studies of Relevance Theory at Home | 第20-21页 |
| 1.3.2 Major Studies of Relevance Theory Abroad | 第21-22页 |
| 1.4 Relevance Theory and Cooperative Principle | 第22-25页 |
| 1.4.1 ABrief Introduction of Cooperative Principle | 第22-23页 |
| 1.4.2 Comparison and Contrast between RT and CP | 第23-25页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review on Humor | 第25-34页 |
| 2.1 An Overview of Humor | 第25-29页 |
| 2.1.1 Definition and Classifications of Humor | 第25-27页 |
| 2.1.2 Three Traditional Theories on Humor | 第27-29页 |
| 2.2 Previous Linguistic Studies on Humor | 第29-34页 |
| 2.2.1 Pragmatic Studies on Humor | 第30-32页 |
| 2.2.2 Other Linguistic Studies on Humor | 第32-33页 |
| 2.2.3 Previous Humor Studies in Light of Relevance Theory | 第33-34页 |
| Chapter 3 Interpretation of Humor Generation and Strategies in The Big Bang Theory from the Perspective of Relevance Theory | 第34-47页 |
| 3.1 ABrief Introduction of The Big Bang Theory | 第34-36页 |
| 3.2 Relevance Theoretic Interpretation of Humor Generation in TBBT | 第36-43页 |
| 3.2.1 Humor Generation from Contrast of Informative Intention and Communicative Intention | 第37-38页 |
| 3.2.2 Humor Generated from Gap between Maximal Relevance and Optimal Relevance | 第38-41页 |
| 3.2.3 Humor Generated from Difference of Cognitive Contexts | 第41-43页 |
| 3.3 Different Explanations of Humor between Relevance Theory and Cooperative Principle | 第43-47页 |
| 3.3.1 Interpretation of Humor Generation from the Perspective of Cooperative Principle | 第43-45页 |
| 3.3.2 Relevance Theory’s Superiority to Cooperative Principle in Humor Research | 第45-47页 |
| Conclusion | 第47-49页 |
| References | 第49-53页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第53页 |
