| 摘要 | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-9页 |
| Chapter1 Introduction | 第9-13页 |
| ·Background to the Study | 第9页 |
| ·Rationale for the Study | 第9-10页 |
| ·Research Purpose | 第10页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第10页 |
| ·Significance of the Study | 第10-11页 |
| ·Outline of the Thesis | 第11页 |
| ·Key Terms Used in the Study | 第11-13页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第13-28页 |
| ·Three Conventional Theories of Humor | 第13-15页 |
| ·The Superiority Theory | 第13-14页 |
| ·The Relief Theory | 第14页 |
| ·The Incongruity Theory | 第14-15页 |
| ·Modern Approaches to Humor Study | 第15-17页 |
| ·Semantics and Humor Study | 第15-16页 |
| ·Rhetoric and Humor Study | 第16页 |
| ·Pragmatics and Humor Study | 第16-17页 |
| ·Cognitive Linguistics and Humor Study | 第17页 |
| ·Sociolinguistics and Humor Study | 第17页 |
| ·Recent Research Achievements of Humor Study | 第17-20页 |
| ·Studies Abroad | 第18-19页 |
| ·Studies in China | 第19-20页 |
| ·Theoretical Foundation of the Study | 第20-28页 |
| ·The Cooperative Principle | 第20-22页 |
| ·The Politeness Principle | 第22-23页 |
| ·The Relevance Theory | 第23-25页 |
| ·Presupposition | 第25-26页 |
| ·Deixis | 第26-28页 |
| Chapter 3 Research Methodology | 第28-34页 |
| ·Research Design | 第28页 |
| ·Case Study | 第28-30页 |
| ·Criteria to Identify Verbal Humor | 第30-31页 |
| ·Procedures of Data Collection | 第31-32页 |
| ·Data Analysis | 第32-34页 |
| Chapter 4 Findings and Discussion | 第34-80页 |
| ·Verbal Humors Created Irrespective of Cooperative Principle | 第34-52页 |
| ·Violating the Maxim of Quality | 第35-41页 |
| ·Flouting the Maxim of Quantity | 第41-44页 |
| ·Disobeying the Maxim of Relation | 第44-47页 |
| ·Breaking the Maxim of Manner | 第47-52页 |
| ·Verbal Humors Produced via Politeness Principle | 第52-60页 |
| ·Flouting the Tact Maxim | 第53-54页 |
| ·Violating the Generosity Maxim | 第54页 |
| ·Breaking the Approbation Maxim | 第54-56页 |
| ·Disobeying the Modesty Maxim | 第56-57页 |
| ·Running against the Agreement Maxim | 第57-58页 |
| ·Offending the Sympathy Maxim | 第58-59页 |
| ·Abiding by Politeness Principle | 第59-60页 |
| ·Verbal Humors Derived from Presupposition | 第60-66页 |
| ·Verbal Humors Produced Due to Deixis | 第66-68页 |
| ·Verbal Humors and Relevance Theory | 第68-74页 |
| ·A Summary of Similarities and Differences of Humor Strategies Utilized in Friends and Ipartment | 第74-76页 |
| ·Discussion | 第76-80页 |
| ·The Utilization of Politeness Principle in Chinese and English Sitcoms | 第76-77页 |
| ·Different Humor Strategies Pertinent to Relevance Theory and the Maxim of Relation in Cooperative Principle | 第77-80页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第80-84页 |
| ·Main Findings of the Study | 第80-82页 |
| ·Limitations of the Study | 第82页 |
| ·Implications for Future Research | 第82-84页 |
| References | 第84-88页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第88-89页 |
