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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
LISTS OF TABLES
CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION
1.1 Rationale for the Study
1.2 The Objectives of the Study
1.3 The Overall Structure of the Thesis
CHAPTER TWO LITERATURE REVIEW
2.1 Definition of Humor
2.2 Study of Situation Comedy
2.2.1 The Definition and Origin of sitcom
2.2.2 The Development of Situation Comedy
2.2.3 Previous studies on Situation Comedy
CHAPTER THREE THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK
3.1 Grice's Cooperative Principle
3.2 The Four Maxims of the Cooperative Principle
3.3 The Violating of the Cooperative Principle
CHAPTER FOUR RESEARCH DESIGN AND DATA COLLECTION
4.1 Research Questions
4.2 The Working Definition of Humor
4.3 Data Source
4.4 Data Collection
4.5 Methodology and Analytical Procedure
CHAPTER FIVE ANALYSIS OF THE 150 CONVERSATIONS AND DIALOGUES IN THE CHINESE SITCOM MY OWN WORDSMAN
5.1 Qualitative Research
5.1.1 Violation of the Maxim of Quantity
5.1.2 Violation of the Maxim of Quality
5.1.3 Violation of the Maxim of Relation
5.1.4 Violation of the Maxim of Manner
5.2 Results of Quantitative Research
CHAPTER SIX CONCLUSION
6.1 Major Findings
6.2 Some Implications
6.3 Limitations and Suggestions for Further Research
BIBLIOGRAPHY
APPENDIX
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