| 摘要 | 第1-6页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第6-10页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第10-13页 |
| ·Background of Research | 第10-11页 |
| ·Objective of Research | 第11页 |
| ·Brief view of Research Methodology | 第11页 |
| ·Organization of Research | 第11-13页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review on Humor Studies | 第13-24页 |
| ·Definition of Humor | 第13-15页 |
| ·Classification of Humor | 第15-17页 |
| ·A Brief Review of Researches on Humor | 第17-24页 |
| ·The traditional theories of humor | 第17-19页 |
| ·The semantic approaches to humor | 第19-20页 |
| ·The pragmatic-oriented studies of humor | 第20-22页 |
| ·Humor studies from the relevance-theoretical perspective | 第22-24页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Framework | 第24-33页 |
| ·Relevance Theory | 第24-29页 |
| ·Ostensive-inferential model | 第24-25页 |
| ·Relevance and the principle of relevance | 第25-27页 |
| ·Cognitive context | 第27-29页 |
| ·Relevance-Theoretical Model of Humor Interpretation | 第29-32页 |
| ·Phase 1:least effort for maximal relevance | 第30页 |
| ·Phase 2:realization of being misled | 第30-31页 |
| ·Phase 3:extension of cognitive context | 第31-32页 |
| ·Phase 4:extra effort for humorous effect | 第32页 |
| ·Outlining Theoretical Framework | 第32-33页 |
| Chapter Four An Interpretation of Verbal Humor in Growing Pains | 第33-56页 |
| ·Detailed View of Research Methodology | 第33-36页 |
| ·Method of research | 第33-34页 |
| ·Data description and selection | 第34-36页 |
| ·Analysis And Discussion of Verbal Humor in Growing Pains | 第36-51页 |
| ·Overall results | 第36-38页 |
| ·Analysis and discussion of the results | 第38-51页 |
| ·Reflections on the Application of RT in Humor Interpretation | 第51-56页 |
| ·The limitations of RT in humor interpretation | 第51-52页 |
| ·The obstacles in the interpretation of verbal humor in Growing Pains | 第52-56页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第56-59页 |
| ·Major Findings | 第56-57页 |
| ·Implications | 第57-58页 |
| ·Implication to humor research | 第57页 |
| ·Implication to foreign language teaching and learning | 第57-58页 |
| ·Limitations and suggestions for further studies | 第58-59页 |
| References | 第59-63页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第63-64页 |
| Articles Published | 第64页 |
