| Abstract in English | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract in Chinese | 第6-8页 |
| 1. Introduction | 第8-11页 |
| ·Differences between humor and jokes | 第8-10页 |
| ·Classification of humor | 第10页 |
| ·Significance of humor | 第10-11页 |
| ·Research questions and the significance of this study | 第11页 |
| 2. Literature review | 第11-16页 |
| 3. Realizations of humor interpreted by various pragmatic contents | 第16-33页 |
| ·Humor created by means of deixis | 第17-18页 |
| ·Humor aroused by means of presupposition | 第18-19页 |
| ·Humor aroused by violating conversational principle | 第19-26页 |
| ·Humor aroused by violating the maxim of quantity | 第20-21页 |
| ·Humor aroused by violating the maxim of quality | 第21-22页 |
| ·Humor aroused by violating the maxim of relevance | 第22-24页 |
| ·Humor aroused by violating the maxim of manner | 第24-26页 |
| ·Humor created by means of speech act | 第26-28页 |
| ·Humor aroused by misunderstanding illocutionary act | 第26-27页 |
| ·Humor brought by perlocutionary act | 第27-28页 |
| ·Humor created by violating relevance theory | 第28-29页 |
| ·Humor created by abiding by and violating the politeness principle | 第29-33页 |
| ·Humor aroused by abiding by the politeness principle | 第30-31页 |
| ·Humor aroused by violating the politeness principle | 第31-33页 |
| 4. Conclusion | 第33-38页 |
| References | 第38-41页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第41页 |
