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Chapter One Introduction
1.1 Background of the study
1.2 Relevance theory
1.2.1 Key notions in Relevance theory
1.2.2 RT procedure of utterance interpretation
1.3 Purpose of the study
1.4 Structure of the thesis
Chapter Two Literature Review
2.1 Definition of humor
2.2 Classification of humor
2.3 Previous studies on humor
2.3.1 Traditional studies on humor
2.3.2 Linguistic studies on humor
2.3.3 Pragmatic studies on humor
Chapter Three Research Methodology
3.1 Method
3.2 Data source
3.3 Data collection
Chapter Four Cognitive Process of Verbal Humor in Friends
4.1 The cognitive process of humor production
4.1.1 Strategies of humor production
4.1.2 Distribution of humor strategies in Friends
4.2 The cognitive process of humor interpretation
4.2.1 A general application of RT to humor interpretation
4.2.2A closer look at humor interpretation in Friends
4.3 Failure of humor communication in Friends
4.3.1 Failure caused by humor producer
4.3.2 Failure caused by humor addressee
Chapter Five Conclusion
5.1 Findings
5.2 Implications
5.3 Limitations and suggestions for further studies
Acknowledgements
Bibliography
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