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Chapter One Introduction
1.1 Humor, and a Working Definition of Humor
1.1.1 Humor - a Working Definition
1.1.2 Female-vs-Male Humor (FvMH)
1.2 Language Data and Theoretical Basis
1.2.1 FvMh Data
1.2.2 Theories
1.3 Organizational Structure of the Thesis
Chapter Two Literature Review - with a Focus on the Incongruity Theory of Humor
2.1 Important Theories of Laughter and Humor
2.1.1 On Laughter's Socio-Ethical Implications
2.1.2 On Laughter as Coming from Pleasurable Self-Recognition
2.1.3 On Laughter as Coming from Mental Relief
2.1.4 On Laughter at Incongruity
2.1.5 On Laughter of Human and Social Nature
2.1.6 Summary
2.2 The Incongruity Theory of Humor, Focused Discussion and Comments
2.2.1 Incongruities against Shared Knowledge
2.2.2 Reestablishment of Textual Coherence from the Incongruity
2.2.3 Incongruities of High Interpretability and Enjoyability
2.2.4 Incongruities and Human Interest
2.2.5 Summary
Chapter Three Semantic Manifestations of Incongruity in FvMH
3.1 Stylistic Deviation: the Linguistic Means of Humorous Incongruity
3.2 Semantic Manifestations of Incongruity in FvMH
3.2.1 Phonologically-driven Semantic Incongruity in FvMH
3.2.2 Lexically-driven Semantic Incongruity in FvMH
3.2.3 Syntactically-driven Semantic Incongruity in FvMH
3.3 Summary
Chapter Four Pragmatic and Socio-Cultural Manifestations of Incongruity in FvMH
4.1 Pragmatic Deviation in Verbal Humor
4.2 Major Pragmatic Manife stations of Incongruity in FvMH
4.2.1 Incongruity through Flouts of the Quantity Maxim
4.2.2 Incongruity through Flouts of the Quality Maxim
4.2.3 Incongruity through Flouts of the Relation Maxim
4.2.4 Incongruity through Flouts of the Manner Maxim
4.2.5 Situational Incongruity Against Common Knowledge
4.2.6 Incongruity from Canceled Implicatures
4.3 Socio-Cultural Manifestations of Incongruity in FvMH
4.3.1 About Women- from Men's Angle
4.3.2 About Men - from Women's Angle
4.3.3 About Men and Women - Behavioral Comparison
4.4 Summary
Chapter Five Conclusion
5.1 A General Summary
5.2 Significance of FvMH Studies and Possible Contributions
5.2.1 FvMH and Women vs. Men in Terms of Social Realities, and the General Significance of Humor Studies
5.2.2 Possible Contributions of the Present Study
5.3 Limitations and Suggested Effort
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