| 摘要 | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-9页 |
| Chapter 1. Introduction | 第9-15页 |
| ·The Background of the Thesis | 第9-10页 |
| ·The Objectives of the Thesis | 第10-11页 |
| ·Brief View of Research Methodology | 第11-12页 |
| ·The Structure of the Thesis | 第12页 |
| ·An Introduction to Sitcom Two and a Half Men | 第12-15页 |
| Chapter 2. Literature Review | 第15-31页 |
| ·The Concept of Humor | 第15-16页 |
| ·The Classification of Humor | 第16-18页 |
| ·Literature Reviews of the Studies on Verbal Humor | 第18-24页 |
| ·Conventional Humor Theories | 第18-20页 |
| ·Modern Linguistic Theories on Verbal Humor | 第20-21页 |
| ·Reviews on Humor from the Perspective of Pragmatics | 第21-23页 |
| ·Reviews on Pragmatic Vagueness | 第23-24页 |
| ·A Pragmatic Approach to Humor Study | 第24-31页 |
| ·The Cooperative Principle | 第24-27页 |
| ·The Politeness Principle | 第27-28页 |
| ·The Pragmatic Vagueness | 第28-31页 |
| Chapter 3. Verbal Humor and CP | 第31-39页 |
| ·Humor from the Violation of Quantity Maxim | 第32-34页 |
| ·Humor from the Violation of Quality Maxim | 第34-35页 |
| ·Humor from the Violation of Relation Maxim | 第35-36页 |
| ·Humor from the Violation of Manner Maxim | 第36-39页 |
| Chapter 4. Verbal Humor and PP | 第39-45页 |
| ·Violating of the Modesty Maxim | 第40页 |
| ·Violating of the Agreement Maxim | 第40-41页 |
| ·Violating of the Approbation Maxim | 第41-42页 |
| ·Violating of the Sympathy Maxim | 第42页 |
| ·Violating of the Generosity Maxim | 第42-43页 |
| ·Violating of the Tact Maxim | 第43-45页 |
| Chapter 5. Verbal Humor and Pragmatic Vagueness | 第45-54页 |
| ·Humor Achieved by Employing Conversational Implicature | 第46-48页 |
| ·Humor Created by Exploiting Hedges in Pragmatics | 第48-50页 |
| ·Humor Achieved by Applying of Fuzzy Figures of Speech | 第50-54页 |
| Chapter 6. Conclusion | 第54-57页 |
| ·Findings | 第54-56页 |
| ·Limitation | 第56-57页 |
| Bibliography | 第57-60页 |
| Published Paper during My Graduate Study | 第60-61页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第61-62页 |
