| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-11页 |
| Introduction | 第11-15页 |
| Chapter 1 The Nature of Humor | 第15-21页 |
| ·The Origin and History of Humor | 第15-16页 |
| ·The Definition of Humor | 第16-17页 |
| ·Types of Humor | 第17-18页 |
| ·Theories of Humor | 第18-21页 |
| ·Superiority Theory | 第18-19页 |
| ·Incongruity Theory | 第19页 |
| ·Release Theory | 第19-21页 |
| Chapter 2 Pragmatics and the Study of Humor | 第21-27页 |
| ·A Review of Pragmatic Studies of Discourse | 第21-22页 |
| ·Former Studies of Humor | 第22-27页 |
| ·Cooperative Principle and Humor Study | 第22-23页 |
| ·Speech Act Theory and Humor Study | 第23-27页 |
| Chapter 3 Relevance Theory and Verbal Humor | 第27-35页 |
| ·Review of Relevance Theory | 第27-32页 |
| ·Definition of Relevance | 第27-28页 |
| ·Ostensive-Inferential Communication | 第28-29页 |
| ·Contextual Effects and Processing Effort | 第29-30页 |
| ·The Principles of Relevance | 第30-32页 |
| ·Relevance Theory and Humor Comprehension Procedure | 第32-33页 |
| ·Studies of Relevance Theoretic Account of Humor at Home and Abroad | 第33-35页 |
| Chapter 4 Relevance-Theoretic Analysis of Verbal Humor in Huckleberry Finn | 第35-49页 |
| ·A Brief Introduction to Huckleberry Finn | 第35-36页 |
| ·Humor Techniques in Huckleberry Finn | 第36-43页 |
| ·The Vernacular Language | 第36-39页 |
| ·Situation | 第39-40页 |
| ·Caricature | 第40-41页 |
| ·The Contrast between Speech and Act | 第41-42页 |
| ·Narrator's Tone | 第42-43页 |
| ·The Cognitive Process of Humor Interpretation in Huckleberry Finn | 第43-49页 |
| ·Humorous Effect from Maximal and Optimal Relevance | 第43-45页 |
| ·Humorous Effect from Explicature and Implicature | 第45-47页 |
| ·Humorous Effect from Processing Effort | 第47-49页 |
| Chapter 5 Relevance-Theoretic Account of the Rhetorical Techniques in Verbal Humor of Huckleberry Finn | 第49-59页 |
| ·Irony in Verbal Humor | 第49-51页 |
| ·Metaphor in Verbal Humor | 第51-54页 |
| ·Hyperbole in Humor | 第54-55页 |
| ·Reflection on the Application of RT in Humor Interpretation in Huckleberry Finn | 第55-59页 |
| ·Language Barrier | 第56-57页 |
| ·Contextual Factors | 第57-59页 |
| Conclusion | 第59-61页 |
| Bibliography | 第61-63页 |
