| 摘要 | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-11页 |
| Introduction | 第11-16页 |
| Chapter 1 An Overview of Humor Studies | 第16-32页 |
| ·Definition of Humor | 第16-19页 |
| ·Philosophical and Psychological Approaches to Humor | 第19-24页 |
| ·Superiority Theory | 第20-21页 |
| ·Incongruity Theory | 第21-23页 |
| ·Release Theory | 第23-24页 |
| ·Linguistic Approaches to Humor | 第24-27页 |
| ·Pragmatic Study of Verbal Humor | 第27-29页 |
| ·The Role of Context in Humor Production and Appreciation | 第27-28页 |
| ·Gricean Cooperative Approaches to the Verbal Humor | 第28-29页 |
| ·Summary | 第29-32页 |
| Chapter 2 Presupposition Theory:A Brief Survey | 第32-45页 |
| ·Two Approaches to Presupposition Studies | 第32-41页 |
| ·Semantic Presupposition | 第33-35页 |
| ·Pragmatic Presupposition | 第35-41页 |
| ·Properties of Pragmatic Presupposition | 第41-45页 |
| ·Appropriateness | 第41-42页 |
| ·Common Ground | 第42页 |
| ·Defeasibility | 第42-45页 |
| Chapter 3 Application of Presupposition Theory to theInterpretation of Zhao's Humor | 第45-83页 |
| ·A Brief Introduction to Zhao Benshan's Comic Sketches | 第45-47页 |
| ·Delimitation of Humor in Zhao Benshan's Comic Sketches | 第47-49页 |
| ·The Analysis on Humorous Cases from the Perspective of the Properties of Presupposition | 第49-64页 |
| ·Applying the Property of Defeasibility | 第49-55页 |
| ·Canceling the Property of Appropriateness | 第55-58页 |
| ·Violating the Property of Common Ground | 第58-64页 |
| ·Strategic Uses of Different Types of Presuppositions in Zhao's Comic Sketches | 第64-83页 |
| ·False Presupposition | 第65-67页 |
| ·Pun Presupposition | 第67-72页 |
| ·Homophonic Puns | 第68-70页 |
| ·Homographic Puns | 第70-72页 |
| ·Concealment Presupposition | 第72-74页 |
| ·Intended False Presupposition | 第74-76页 |
| ·Added Presupposition | 第76-79页 |
| ·Preserved Presupposition | 第79-83页 |
| Chapter 4 The Functions of Presupposition-propelled humor inZhao's Comic Sketch | 第83-96页 |
| ·Creating Appealing Images of the Peasantry | 第83-90页 |
| ·Depicting Unfavorable Images | 第90-92页 |
| ·Exposing the Social Phenomenon | 第92-96页 |
| Conclusion | 第96-100页 |
| Notes | 第100-101页 |
| Bibliography | 第101-106页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第106-107页 |
| 攻读学位期间主要的研究成果目录 | 第107页 |
