| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-8页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-11页 |
| Ⅰ Introduction | 第11-13页 |
| Ⅱ Review of Humor Research | 第13-21页 |
| ·A brief introduction to humor | 第13-16页 |
| ·Previous researches on humor | 第16-18页 |
| ·Rhetorical devices researches on humor | 第16页 |
| ·Cognitive-linguistics researches on humor | 第16-17页 |
| ·Pragmatic researches on humor | 第17-18页 |
| ·Comments on the previous researches | 第18-19页 |
| ·Perspective of the present research | 第19-21页 |
| Ⅲ Description of the Conceptual Framework | 第21-33页 |
| ·Definition of meme | 第21-22页 |
| ·Development of memetics abroad | 第22-25页 |
| ·Features of successful meme | 第22-23页 |
| ·Stages of meme replication | 第23-25页 |
| ·Copy-the-instructions and copy-the-product | 第25页 |
| ·Development of memetics at home | 第25-28页 |
| ·Language meme | 第26-27页 |
| ·Ways of language meme replication and transmission | 第27页 |
| ·Interpretation of language meme | 第27-28页 |
| ·Application of memetics | 第28-30页 |
| ·Memetics and language | 第28-29页 |
| ·Memetics and culture | 第29页 |
| ·Memetics and language teaching | 第29页 |
| ·Memetics and translation | 第29-30页 |
| ·Memetics and various language phenomena | 第30页 |
| ·Framework of the present research | 第30-33页 |
| Ⅳ Relationship between Memetics and Verbal Humor | 第33-37页 |
| ·Introduction | 第33页 |
| ·Properties of meme replication and verbal humor | 第33-34页 |
| ·Meme variation and verbal humor | 第34-35页 |
| ·Contribution of verbal humor to meme transmission | 第35-36页 |
| ·Summary | 第36-37页 |
| Ⅴ Analysis of Verbal Humor from the Perspective of Memetics | 第37-58页 |
| ·Introduction | 第37页 |
| ·Humor interpreted by language meme | 第37-41页 |
| ·1 Default context of language meme | 第38页 |
| ·Disharmony between default context and new context | 第38-41页 |
| ·Humor formed in process of meme replication | 第41-46页 |
| ·Assimilation of meme contained in humor | 第42页 |
| ·Retention of meme contained in humor | 第42-43页 |
| ·Expression of humor based on meme | 第43页 |
| ·Transmission of humor based on meme | 第43-46页 |
| ·Humor generated by genotype and phenotype | 第46-57页 |
| ·Generation of humor affected by genotype | 第47-52页 |
| ·Generation of humor affected by phenotype | 第52-57页 |
| ·Summary | 第57-58页 |
| Ⅵ Conclusion | 第58-61页 |
| ·Major findings of the present research | 第58-60页 |
| ·Limitations of the present research | 第60页 |
| ·Suggestions for further research | 第60-61页 |
| Bibliography | 第61-64页 |
| Papers Published during MA Program | 第64页 |
