| 学位论文的主要创新点 | 第3-4页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第4-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-9页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第9-13页 |
| 1.1 Research Purpose and Research Significance | 第9-11页 |
| 1.2 Research Method and Data Collection | 第11页 |
| 1.3 Organization of the Thesis | 第11-13页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第13-19页 |
| 2.1 Humor | 第13-14页 |
| 2.1.1 Definition of Humor | 第13-14页 |
| 2.1.2 Classification of Humor | 第14页 |
| 2.2 Linguistic Study on Verbal Humor at home | 第14-16页 |
| 2.2.1 Rhetoric Studies on Verbal Humor | 第15页 |
| 2.2.2 Pragmatic Studies on Verbal Humor | 第15-16页 |
| 2.3 Previous Study of Fortress Besieged | 第16-17页 |
| 2.4 Ch'ien Chung-shu and Humor | 第17-19页 |
| Chapter 3 Theoretical Framework | 第19-29页 |
| 3.1 Presupposition | 第19页 |
| 3.2 Pragmatic Presupposition | 第19-29页 |
| 3.2.1 Properties of Pragmatic Presuppositions | 第20-29页 |
| Chapter 4 Presupposition-propelled Verbal Humor in Fortress Besieged | 第29-61页 |
| 4.1 Speaker's Strategic Manipulations of Pragmatic Presupposition | 第29-40页 |
| 4.1.1 Humor by Applying Cancellation of Presupposition | 第29-33页 |
| 4.1.2 Humor by Applying False Presupposition | 第33-37页 |
| 4.1.3 Humor by Applying Preservation Presupposition | 第37-40页 |
| 4.2 Listener's Strategic Manipulations of Pragmatic Presupposition | 第40-50页 |
| 4.2.1 Humor by Distortion of Speaker's Presupposition | 第40-44页 |
| 4.2.2 Humor by Cancellation of Speaker's Presupposition | 第44-46页 |
| 4.2.3 Humor by Preservation of Speaker's Presupposition | 第46-50页 |
| 4.3 Author's Strategic Manipulations of Pragmatic Presupposition | 第50-61页 |
| 4.3.1 Humor by Applying Cancellation Presupposition | 第50-53页 |
| 4.3.2 Humor by Applying Psychological Presupposition | 第53-56页 |
| 4.3.3 Humor by Applying Culture Presupposition | 第56-61页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第61-63页 |
| 5.1 Major Findings | 第61页 |
| 5.2 Limitations and Suggestion | 第61-63页 |
| Works Cited | 第63-67页 |
| 攻读硕士学位期间学术论文及科研情况 | 第67页 |
