| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第6-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-8页 |
| 前言 | 第8-11页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第11-14页 |
| Chapter Two Reading comprehension and relevance theory | 第14-23页 |
| ·The nature of reading comprehension | 第14-16页 |
| ·Reading comprehension as a kind of communication activity | 第14-15页 |
| ·Reading comprehension as a pragmatic inferring process | 第15-16页 |
| ·Relevance Theory | 第16-23页 |
| ·Ostensive-inference | 第19-20页 |
| ·The cognitive context in the Relevance Theory | 第20-23页 |
| Chapter Three Cognitive context and reading comprehension | 第23-28页 |
| ·The contributive effect of cognitive context on reading comprehension | 第24-25页 |
| ·The restrictive/constrictive effect of cognitive context on reading comprehension 15 Chapter Four Presupposition and cognitive context | 第25-28页 |
| Chapter Four Presupposition and cognitive context | 第28-48页 |
| ·The historical background of presupposition | 第28-32页 |
| ·The semantic presupposition | 第30-31页 |
| ·The pragmatic presuppositions | 第31-32页 |
| ·Pragmatic presupposition in the construction of optimal communicative context | 第32-42页 |
| ·Presupposition as common knowledge | 第34-36页 |
| ·Presuppositions as felicity conditions | 第36-38页 |
| ·Global cancellation of presupposition and context | 第38-40页 |
| ·Context selection and presupposition | 第40-42页 |
| ·Pragmatic presuppositions in the construction of the cognitive context | 第42-48页 |
| ·Pragmatic presuppositions and human cognition | 第43-44页 |
| ·The interaction between the pragmatic presupposition and the cognitive context | 第44-48页 |
| Chapter Five Inference concerning pragmatic presupposition and cognitive context in reading comprehension | 第48-56页 |
| ·The code model and its limits | 第48-49页 |
| ·The ostensive--inferential model in reading comprehension | 第49-53页 |
| ·Ostension on the part of the writer | 第52页 |
| ·Inference on the part of the reader | 第52-53页 |
| ·Applying pragmatic presupposition and cognitive context to reading comprehension | 第53-56页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第56-59页 |
| References | 第59-61页 |
