【Abstract】In the paper the author explores the verbal humor interpretation in Huckleberry Finn from the perspective of cooperative principle and its four maxims in the context of pragmatics. Through analyzing the purposeful violation of the maxims in the environment of the cooperation principle， the author intends to probe into the ways to figure out the implicature of humorous utterances and manage to carry on the conversation and the reproduction of the amusing effect.
　　【Key words】cooperative principle; maxim; conversational implicature; humor
　　【作者簡介】尚丽媛（1971-），女，汉族，广东广州人，广州南洋理工职业学院，硕士，讲师，研究方向：英语语言文学及英语教学法。

1. Introduction

　　Huckleberry Finn is Mark Twain’s representative work and a far-reaching work in the history of American literature. The central plot of the novel is the story of how the white child Huck and the slave Jim forged a deep friendship. In order to escape the abuse of his father， Huck fled to an island and ran into a runaway slave， Jim. They fled together in an attempt to escape from the Mississippi River to the northern Free State. They went through all kinds of hardships along the way with the concerted efforts. Finally， with the help of his good friend Tom， Huck rescued Jim， who was sold by a cheater， and learned the hostess had declared Jim’s slavery removed in her will.

2. The Cooperative Principle and Its maxims