| Abstract | 第1-6页 |
| Chinese Abstract | 第6-9页 |
| Chapter I Introduction | 第9-13页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第9-11页 |
| ·Organization of the Thesis | 第11-13页 |
| Chapter II Literature Review | 第13-19页 |
| ·Grice’s Cooperative Principle | 第13-14页 |
| ·Leech’s Politeness Principle | 第14-16页 |
| ·Austin’s Speech Act Theory | 第16-17页 |
| ·Pragmatic Theories and Conversational Humor | 第17-19页 |
| Chapter III Conversational Humor in Growing Pains (Season One) | 第19-26页 |
| ·An Introduction to Growing Pains (Season One) | 第19-20页 |
| ·Humor in G.P.I | 第20-26页 |
| ·Classification of Humor | 第20-21页 |
| ·Classification of Humor in G.P.I | 第21-24页 |
| ·Classification of Conversational Humor in G.P.I. from a Pragmatic Perspective | 第24-26页 |
| Chapter IV Analysis of Conversational Humor in G.P.I. from a Pragmatic Perspective | 第26-44页 |
| ·Conversational Humor Generated by Deixis in G.P.I | 第26-31页 |
| ·Conversational Humor Generated by Person Deixis | 第27-28页 |
| ·Conversational Humor Generated by Place Deixis | 第28-29页 |
| ·Conversational Humor Generated by Time Deixis | 第29-30页 |
| ·Conversational Humor Generated by Social Deixis | 第30-31页 |
| ·Conversational Humor Generated by Presupposition in G.P.I | 第31-33页 |
| ·Conversational Humor Generated by CP-Violation in G.P.I | 第33-38页 |
| ·Conversational Humor Generated by Violation-of-Maxim-of-Quantity | 第33-34页 |
| ·Conversational Humor Generated by Violation-of-Maxim-of-Quality | 第34-36页 |
| ·Conversational Humor Generated by Violation-of-Maxim-of-Relation | 第36-37页 |
| ·Conversational Humor Generated by Violation-of-Maxim-of-Manners | 第37-38页 |
| ·Conversational Humor Generated by PP-Abidance or PP-Violation in G.P.I | 第38-40页 |
| ·Conversational Humor Generated by PP–Abidance | 第38-39页 |
| ·Conversational Humor Generated by PP-Violation | 第39-40页 |
| ·Conversational Humor Generated by SAT in G.P.I | 第40-44页 |
| Chapter V Conclusion | 第44-45页 |
| References | 第45-48页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第48页 |
