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Chapter One Introduction
1.1 Background of the Study
1.2 Purpose and Significance of the Study
1.3 Layout of the Study
Chapter Two Literature Review
2.1 The Previous Studies on Humor
2.1.1 Definition of Humor
2.1.2 Classification of Humor
2.1.3 Traditional Theories of Humor
2.2 Studies on Zhao Benshan's Comic Sketches
Chapter Three The Theoretical Basis of Analyzing Verbal Humor
3.1 A General Introduction of Relevance Theory
3.1.1 Definition of Relevance
3.1.2 Two Principles of Relevance
3.2 Analyzing Verbal Humor through Relevance Theory in General
Chapter Four Application of Relevance Theory into the Production of Verbal Humor in Zhao Benshan's Comic Sketches
4.1 Phonetic Techniques in Verbal Humor Production
4.1.1 Deliberate Mispronunciation
4.1.2 Using Homophone
4.1.3 Making Use of Similar Pronunciations of the Different Characters or Phrases
4.2 Lexical Techniques in Verbal Humor Production
4.2.1 Employing Polysemy
4.2.2 Giving the New Meaning to the Old Word or Phrase
4.2.3 Making Use of Abbreviation of Words,Phrases or Sentences
4.3 Syntactic Techniques in Verbal Humor Production
4.3.1 Imitating the Original Sentence Structure to Create New Sentence
4.3.2 Simulating or Using Lyrics
4.3.3 Omitting Some Sentence Elements to Cause Ambiguity
4.4 Rhetoric Techniques in Verbal Humor Production
4.4.1 Making Use of Personification
4.4.2 Exploiting Synaesthesia
4.4.3 Employing Metaphor or Simile
4.5 Pragmatic Technique in Verbal Humor Production
4.5.1 Linguistic Context
4.5.2 Personal Encyclopedic Context
4.5.3 Cultural Context
Chapter Five Conclusion
Acknowledgements
Bibliography
