| 提要 | 第1-5页 |
| Synopsis | 第5-9页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第9-13页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review of Humor | 第13-35页 |
| ·Definitions of Humor | 第13-14页 |
| ·Functions of Humor | 第14-18页 |
| ·Features of humor | 第18-21页 |
| ·Essential Elements of Humor | 第21-22页 |
| ·Theories of Humor | 第22-26页 |
| ·Superiority Theories | 第23-24页 |
| ·Incongruity Theories | 第24-25页 |
| ·Release Theory/ Relief Theory | 第25-26页 |
| ·Modern Linguistic Study of Verbal Humor | 第26-35页 |
| ·Rhetoric Study of Humor | 第26-28页 |
| ·Semantic Study of Humor | 第28-29页 |
| ·Pragmatic Study of Humor | 第29-35页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretic Framework: Overview of Relevance Theory | 第35-49页 |
| ·Introduction of Relevance Theory | 第35页 |
| ·Cognitive Aspect of Relevance Theory | 第35-38页 |
| ·Cognitive Environment | 第36-37页 |
| ·Mutual Manifestness | 第37-38页 |
| ·Communicative Aspect of Relevance Theory | 第38-42页 |
| ·Ostensive-inferential Communication | 第38-39页 |
| ·Informative Intention and Communicative Intention | 第39-40页 |
| ·Non-demonstrative Inference | 第40-41页 |
| ·Dynamic Context in Relevance Theory | 第41-42页 |
| ·Relevance | 第42-47页 |
| ·Condition of Relevance: Contextual Effect | 第42-44页 |
| ·Degree of Relevance: Contextual Effect and Processing Effort | 第44-45页 |
| ·Principles of Relevance | 第45-47页 |
| ·Studies of Humor and Relevance Theory Done Home and Abroad | 第47-49页 |
| Chapter Four Relevance-theoretic Account of Humor | 第49-71页 |
| ·Data Collection | 第49-51页 |
| ·Utterance Humor Related to Conditions of Relevance | 第51-60页 |
| ·Utterance Humor Related to Contextual Effects | 第51-56页 |
| ·Utterance Humor Caused by Strengthening of Old Information | 第52页 |
| ·Utterance Humor Caused by Combination with Old Information | 第52-53页 |
| ·Utterance Humor Caused by Abandonment of Old Information | 第53-54页 |
| ·Utterance Humor Caused by Failure of Contextual Effect | 第54-56页 |
| ·Humor Related to Processing Effort | 第56-60页 |
| ·Humor Caused by Inappropriate Assumption Given by Speaker | 第57-59页 |
| ·Humor Caused by Inappropriate Assumption Derived by Hearer | 第59-60页 |
| ·Utterance Humor and Degree of Relevance | 第60-71页 |
| ·Utterance Humor Related to Processing Effort and Contextual Effect | 第60-66页 |
| ·Humor caused by Maximal Relevance and Optimal Relevance | 第66-71页 |
| Chapter Five Findings and Implications | 第71-81页 |
| ·Utterance Humor Understanding as an Ostensive-inferential Process | 第71-73页 |
| ·Barriers of Utterance Humor Understanding | 第73-77页 |
| ·Non-mutual Cognitive Environment | 第74-75页 |
| ·Lack of Inference | 第75-77页 |
| ·Measures to Improve the Sense of Humor | 第77-81页 |
| ·Measures Concerning Motivational Factor | 第77-78页 |
| ·Measures Concerning Cognitive Factor | 第78-79页 |
| ·Measures Concerning Emotional Factor | 第79页 |
| ·Measures Concerning Social Factor | 第79-81页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第81-83页 |
| References | 第83-87页 |
| 摘要 | 第87-90页 |
| Abstract | 第90-95页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第95页 |
