| Abstract | 第1-11页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第11-13页 |
| Introduction | 第13-17页 |
| Chapter I Literature | 第17-29页 |
| ·A General Picture of Humor Research | 第17-25页 |
| ·Researches on Verbal-Visual Model of Humor and Situation Comedy | 第25-27页 |
| ·Significance of the Present Study | 第27-29页 |
| Chapter II Theoretical Foundati | 第29-39页 |
| ·Relevance Theory | 第29-33页 |
| ·Theories of Humor | 第33-36页 |
| ·Culture and Cross-Cultural Communication | 第36-39页 |
| Chapter III A Relevance-Theoretical Analysis of Humor in “Friends” | 第39-74页 |
| ·Research Methodology | 第39-43页 |
| ·The Verbal Humor in “Friends” | 第43-60页 |
| ·The Non-Verbal Humor in “Friends” | 第60-68页 |
| ·A Relevance-Theoretical Analysis of the Reason of Humor Appreciation Failure in A Cross-cultural Context | 第68-74页 |
| Chapter IV Theoretical and Pedagogical Implicati | 第74-79页 |
| ·Implications to the Theories of Humor, Sitcom and Cross-cultural Communication | 第74-76页 |
| ·Implications to Foreign Language Teaching and Learning | 第76-79页 |
| Conclusion | 第79-82页 |
| Bibliography | 第82-85页 |
| Appendix | 第85-95页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第95-96页 |
| Publication | 第96页 |
