| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-13页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第13-17页 |
| ·Preliminaries | 第13-14页 |
| ·Significance of the Study | 第14-15页 |
| ·Organization of the Thesis | 第15-16页 |
| ·Methodology | 第16-17页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第17-28页 |
| ·Studies Already Made on Deixis Abroad | 第17-23页 |
| ·Studies Already Made on Deixis At Home | 第23-28页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Framework | 第28-43页 |
| ·Relevance Theory | 第28-34页 |
| ·Optimal Relevance | 第30-32页 |
| ·Cognitive Context | 第32-33页 |
| ·Mutual Manifestness | 第33-34页 |
| ·Cognitive Theory | 第34-43页 |
| ·Image Schema | 第34-38页 |
| ·Classification of Schema | 第36-38页 |
| ·Conceptual Metaphor | 第38-43页 |
| ·Categorization of Metaphor | 第39-40页 |
| ·Metaphorical Mapping | 第40-43页 |
| Chapter Four Pragmatic Analysis of Temporal Deixis | 第43-68页 |
| ·Temporal Deixis | 第43-52页 |
| ·Calendrical Unit and Non-Calendrical Unit | 第43-45页 |
| ·Deictic Usage and Non-Deictic Usage | 第45-48页 |
| ·Exophoric Reference and Endophoric Reference | 第48-49页 |
| ·Pre-Emptiveness and Anti-Pre-Emptiveness | 第49-52页 |
| ·Temporal Deixis and Relevance | 第52-68页 |
| ·Temporal Deixis and Optimal Relevance | 第52-53页 |
| ·Temporal Deixis and Mutual Cognitive Context | 第53-59页 |
| ·Temporal Exophoric Reference and Mutual Cognitive Context | 第53-57页 |
| ·Temporal Endophoric Reference and Mutual Cognitive Context | 第57-59页 |
| ·Temporal Deixis and Ostension | 第59-63页 |
| ·Temporal Exophoric Reference and Ostension | 第59-61页 |
| ·Temporal Endophoric Reference and Ostension | 第61-63页 |
| ·Temporal Deixis and Inference | 第63-67页 |
| ·Temporal Exophoric Reference and Inference | 第63-65页 |
| ·Temporal Endophoric Reference and Inference | 第65-67页 |
| ·Summary | 第67-68页 |
| Chapter Five Cognitive Analysis of Temporal Deixis | 第68-82页 |
| ·Conceptual Metaphor | 第68-72页 |
| ·Time as Space | 第69-71页 |
| ·Time as Entity or Substance | 第71-72页 |
| ·Time as a Highly-Structured Concept | 第72页 |
| ·Spatial Conceptualization of Temporal Deixis | 第72-81页 |
| ·Spatial Extent Projected onto Temporal Deixis | 第73-75页 |
| ·Spatial Distance Projected onto Temporal Deixis | 第75-77页 |
| ·Spatial Preposition Projected onto Temporal Deixis | 第77-81页 |
| ·Container Schema | 第78-79页 |
| ·Center-Periphery Schema | 第79-80页 |
| ·Front-Back Schema | 第80页 |
| ·Source-Path-Goal Schema | 第80-81页 |
| ·Summary | 第81-82页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第82-85页 |
| ·Summary of the Thesis | 第82-83页 |
| ·Limitations and Suggestions | 第83-85页 |
| Bibliography | 第85-88页 |
