| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第5-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-11页 |
| Lists of Figures | 第11-12页 |
| Chapter1 Introduction | 第12-16页 |
| ·The Rationale of the Study | 第12-13页 |
| ·The Objective and Significance of the Present Study | 第13-14页 |
| ·Data Resource and Research Methodology | 第14页 |
| ·The Structure of the Thesis | 第14-16页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第16-34页 |
| ·Introduction | 第16-19页 |
| ·The Origin and Definition of Humor | 第16-18页 |
| ·Classification of Humor | 第18-19页 |
| ·An Overview of Previous Studies on Humor | 第19-34页 |
| ·The Three Classical Theories of Humor | 第20-24页 |
| ·Research on Humor in the Field of Linguistics | 第24-34页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Framework | 第34-50页 |
| ·Introduction | 第34页 |
| ·Xu Shenghuan’s Theory of Conversational lmplicature | 第34-36页 |
| ·Stereotypical Relation | 第36-39页 |
| ·The Framework of MM –Based Pragmatic Reasoning | 第39-43页 |
| ·Studies on Mental Models | 第39-41页 |
| ·Hypothesis of MM –Based Pragmatic Reasoning | 第41-43页 |
| ·Researches on Autonomy-Dependency Framework | 第43-49页 |
| ·Langacker’s Theory of Autonomy-Dependence Alignment | 第43-45页 |
| ·Xu Shenghuan’s Theory of Autonomy-Dependency Framework | 第45-49页 |
| ·Summary | 第49-50页 |
| Chapter Four Analysis of Humorous Utterance in If You Are the One | 第50-72页 |
| ·An Brief Introduction to the Film of If You Are the One | 第50-51页 |
| ·The Synopsis of If You Are the One | 第50-51页 |
| ·Reasons for Choosing If You Are the One as the Research Case | 第51页 |
| ·Data Collection | 第51页 |
| ·Analysis on the Generation of Humorous Utterance Guided by Autonomy-Dependency Framework | 第51-55页 |
| ·Case Analysis—Taking the Humorous Utterances in If You Are the One as Examples | 第55-70页 |
| ·Generation of Humorous Utterance Produced by Parody | 第55-58页 |
| ·Generation of Humorous Utterance by Using Pun | 第58-60页 |
| ·Generation of Humorous Utterance Produced Through Metonymy or Metaphor | 第60-64页 |
| ·Generation of Humor Utterance by Exploiting Analogy | 第64-68页 |
| ·Generation of the Humorous Utterance Relying on Conversational Implicature | 第68-70页 |
| ·Summary | 第70-72页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第72-76页 |
| ·Introduction | 第72页 |
| ·Major Findings of the Thesis | 第72-73页 |
| ·Limitations of the Current Study and Suggestions on the Further Study | 第73-76页 |
| Bibliography | 第76-82页 |
