| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第1-6页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第6-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-8页 |
| CONTENTS | 第8-12页 |
| CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION | 第12-16页 |
| ·Rationale and Significance of the Proposed Study | 第12-13页 |
| ·The Goals for the Research | 第13页 |
| ·Research Methodology and Data Collection | 第13-14页 |
| ·Outline of the Study | 第14-16页 |
| CHAPTER TWO LITERATURE REVIEW ON RELEVANT LITERATUR | 第16-32页 |
| ·Survey on the Perception of Pun | 第16-25页 |
| ·A Working Definition of Pun | 第16-17页 |
| ·Categorization of Pun | 第17-19页 |
| ·Functions of Pun | 第19-22页 |
| ·Linguistic and Cultural Barriers of Pun Translation | 第22-25页 |
| ·Survey on Pun Translation | 第25-32页 |
| ·A Rhetorical Approach | 第25页 |
| ·Relevance-theoretic Approach | 第25-27页 |
| ·A Semantic Approach | 第27-28页 |
| ·A Semiotics Approach | 第28-29页 |
| ·A Socio-semiotics Approach | 第29-32页 |
| CHAPTER THREE THE NATURE OF ADAPTATION THEORY | 第32-42页 |
| ·Introduction | 第32页 |
| ·Language Use as a Choice-making Process | 第32-35页 |
| ·Three Key Notions of Language | 第35-37页 |
| ·Variability | 第35页 |
| ·Negotiability | 第35-36页 |
| ·Adaptability | 第36页 |
| ·Relationship of the Three Characteristics | 第36-37页 |
| ·Four Angles of Adaptability | 第37-42页 |
| ·Contextual Correlates of Adaptability | 第37-38页 |
| ·Structural Objects of Adaptability | 第38页 |
| ·Dynamics of Adaptability | 第38-39页 |
| ·Salience of the Adaptation Process | 第39页 |
| ·Relationship of the Four Angles | 第39-42页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR PUN ANALYSIS AND TRANSLATION TECHNIQUES IN THE CONTEXT OF ADPATATION THEORY | 第42-58页 |
| ·Introduction of Pun Translation | 第42页 |
| ·Analysis from the Intra-lingual Level | 第42-47页 |
| ·Adaptation in Code and Style | 第43-44页 |
| ·Adaptation of Sound Structure | 第44-45页 |
| ·Adaptation in Diction and Lexical Meaning | 第45-46页 |
| ·Summary | 第46-47页 |
| ·Extra-lingual Adaptation in Pun Translation | 第47-51页 |
| ·Adaptation to the Psychological Activity | 第47-48页 |
| ·Adaptation to the Sociological Facts | 第48-51页 |
| ·Specific Techniques Used in Pun Translation | 第51-58页 |
| ·Introduction | 第51页 |
| ·Reservation | 第51-53页 |
| ·Keeping the Meaning in Double Context | 第53页 |
| ·Substitution | 第53-54页 |
| ·Annotation | 第54-55页 |
| ·Transliteration | 第55-56页 |
| ·Summary | 第56-58页 |
| CHAPTER FIVE CONCLUSION | 第58-62页 |
| ·Summary of the Thesis | 第58页 |
| ·Major Findings of the Thesis | 第58-59页 |
| ·The Limitations of the Thesis | 第59-60页 |
| ·The Implications for Further Research | 第60-62页 |
| REFERENCE | 第62-66页 |
| 在学期间发表论文清单 | 第66页 |
