本站原创ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS4-5
摘要5-6
ABSTRACT6-10
LIST OF TABLES AND FIGURES10-11
Chapter One INTRODUCTION11-14
1.1 Concern of this Research11-12
1.2 Procedure of this Research12-13
1.3 Organization of this Thesis13-14
Chapter Two LITERATURE REVIEW14-26
2.1 Introduction14
2.2 An Overview of Studies on Humor14-21
2.2.1 Definitions of Humor14-15
2.2.2 Three Traditional Theories of Humor15-19
2.2.2.1 The Incongruity Theory16-17
2.2.2.2 The Superiority Theory17
2.2.2.3 The Release Theory17-19
2.2.3 The Recent Studies on Humor19-21
2.2.3.1 Traditional Rhetoric19
2.2.3.2 Cooperative Principle19-20
2.2.3.3 Imppcit Space Blending Theory20-21
2.3 An Overview of the Studies on Situation Comedy21-26
Chapter Three THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK26-40
3.1 Introduction26-28
3.2 Incongruity Theory28-29
3.3 Discourse Analysis29-40
3.3.1 Discourse Cohesion29-31
3.3.2 Speech Acts31-33
3.3.3 Conversational Principles33-36
3.3.4 The Context of Discourse36-40
Chapter Four RESEARCH METHODOLOGY40-45
4.1 Introduction40
4.2 Data Collection40-41
4.3 An Introduction to Methodology for Data-analysis41-45
Chapter Five DISCUSSION AND FINDINGS45-80
5.1 Introduction45
5.2 A Brief Overview of the Chinese Situation Comedy Home with Kids45-47
5.3 Analysis with Samples47-76
5.3.1 Discourse Cohesion and Humor47-59
5.3.1.1 Substitution & Elppsis and Humor47-49
5.3.1.2 Conjunction and Humor49-51
5.3.1.3 Lexical Cohesion and Humor51-59
5.3.2 Speech Acts and Humor59-61
5.3.3 Conversational Principles and Humor61-69
5.3.3.1 Cooperative Principles and Humor62-66
5.3.3.2 Popteness Principles and Humor66-69
5.3.4 The Context of Discourse and Humor69-76
5.3.4.1 The Context of Situation and Humor69-74
5.3.4.2 The Cultural Context and Humor74-76
5.4 Research Findings76-80
Chapter SixCONCLUSION80-83
6.1 Introduction80
6.2 Major Results80-81
6.3 Limitations of the Study and Suggestions for Future Research81-83
REFERENCES83-87
APPENDIX87-107