摘要

Humor,which plays a very important role in people’s lives,has been studied from the perspectives of sociology,psychology,linguistics,etc.And in the discipline of linguistics,most studies are from the angle of pragmatics,semantics,rhetorics and cognitive linguistics.While rare study on humor are based on frame theory.And category,an indispensable element in frame,plays an essential role in humor analysis.This thesis attempts to analyze the humor in Modern Family from the perspective of frame theory and to help readers have a deeper understanding on how humor occurs in conversation.