Chapter 1 Introduction
1.1 Research Background
1.2 Research Objectives and Significance
1.3 Research Methodologies and Questions
1.4 Organization of the Thesis
Chapter2 Literature Review
2.1 Overview of Humor
2.2 Previous studies on Verbal Humor
2.3 A Brief Comment on the Preview Studies
Chapter3 Theoretical Framework
3.1 Verschueren’s Adaptation Theory
3.2 Four Angles of Investigation
3.3 Analysis Tool of the Study Based on the Four Angles
3.4 Summary
Chapter 4 Linguistic Structure Adaptability on the Verbal Humor in Kaixin Mahua Sketches
4.1 Adaptation at Phonetic Level
4.2 Adaptation at Lexical Level
4.3 Adaptation at Syntactic Level
4.4 Summary
Chapter 5 Communicative Context Adaptability on the Verbal Humor in Kaixin Mahua Sketches
5.1 Adaptation to Physical World
5.2 Adaptation to Mental World
5.3 Adaptation to Social World
5.4 Summary
Chapter 6 Conclusion
6.1 Major Findings
6.2 Limitations and suggestions for Further Study
参考文献
Appendix A
Appendix B
Appendix C
致谢