| Abstract in Chinese | 第1-7页 |
| Abstract in English | 第7-10页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第10-15页 |
| Chapter Two Review of Humor Research | 第15-47页 |
| ·Theory of humor | 第15-21页 |
| ·Superiority theory | 第16-18页 |
| ·Incongruity theory | 第18-19页 |
| ·Release theory | 第19-21页 |
| ·Types of humor | 第21-31页 |
| ·Phonological techniques of humor production | 第22-25页 |
| ·Semantic techniques of humor production | 第25-27页 |
| ·Rhetorical techniques of humor production | 第27-31页 |
| ·The Semantic script theory of humor | 第31-37页 |
| ·Script | 第31-32页 |
| ·Components of SSTH | 第32-33页 |
| ·Main hypothesis of SSTH | 第33-34页 |
| ·Script overlap | 第34-35页 |
| ·Script oppositeness | 第35-37页 |
| ·The cooperative principle and verbal humor | 第37-45页 |
| ·Introduction to the cooperative principle | 第37-39页 |
| ·Humor produced by violating the maxim of quantity | 第39-40页 |
| ·Humor produced by violating the maxim of quality | 第40页 |
| ·Humor produced by violating the maxim of relation | 第40-41页 |
| ·Humor produced by violating the maxim of manner | 第41-42页 |
| ·Joke telling as a non-bona-fide communication | 第42-45页 |
| ·Conclusion | 第45-47页 |
| Chapter Three Relevance Theory and Verbal Humor | 第47-69页 |
| ·The assumptions concerning relevance theory | 第47-55页 |
| ·The definition of relevance | 第48-49页 |
| ·Principle of relevance | 第49-53页 |
| ·The criterion of consistency with the principle of relevance | 第53-55页 |
| ·Relevance-theoretic account of verbal humor | 第55-58页 |
| ·Relevance-theoretic comprehension of verbal humor | 第58-67页 |
| ·The dynamic view of context | 第58-60页 |
| ·Interpretation of humor within the cognitive environment | 第60-61页 |
| ·The relevance-theoretic comprehension procedure of humor | 第61-67页 |
| ·conclusion | 第67-69页 |
| Chapter Four The Communication and Cognitive Causes of Humor Production | 第69-80页 |
| ·The communicative function of intended humor | 第70-72页 |
| ·The cognitive factors underlying unintended humor production | 第72-74页 |
| ·Extra effort and humorous effect | 第74-80页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第80-84页 |
| Bibliography | 第84-88页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第88-89页 |
| 本人在攻读学位期间发表的主要论文 | 第89页 |
