| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-12页 |
| 摘要 | 第12-20页 |
| Chapter One:Introduction | 第20-27页 |
| ·Coming to the notion "what is said" | 第20-21页 |
| ·Significance of research on "what is said" | 第21-22页 |
| ·Objectives of research on "what is said" | 第22页 |
| ·Research Questions on "what is said" | 第22-23页 |
| ·Research methodology on "what is said" | 第23-26页 |
| ·Structure of the dissertation | 第26-27页 |
| Chapter Two:Literature Review on "What Is Said" | 第27-58页 |
| ·Grice's theory on "what is said" | 第27-34页 |
| ·Minimalism on "what is said" | 第34-47页 |
| ·Contextualism on "what is said" | 第47-55页 |
| ·Summary of the chapter | 第55-58页 |
| Chapter Three:Code for "What Is Said" | 第58-75页 |
| ·Human communication system | 第58-67页 |
| ·Code for meaning | 第67-69页 |
| ·Code meaning and utterance meaning | 第69-73页 |
| ·Summary of the chapter | 第73-75页 |
| Chapter Four:Notions Related to "What Is Said" | 第75-111页 |
| ·Concept | 第75-79页 |
| ·Expression type | 第79-85页 |
| ·Intention | 第85-89页 |
| ·Reference | 第89-104页 |
| ·Truth | 第104-108页 |
| ·Summary of the chapter | 第108-111页 |
| Chapter Five:"What Is Said" and Other Meanings | 第111-141页 |
| ·Natural meaning and non-natural meaning revisited | 第111-113页 |
| ·Sentence meaning | 第113-120页 |
| ·"What is said" | 第120-126页 |
| ·Implied meanings | 第126-138页 |
| ·Summary of the chapter | 第138-141页 |
| Chapter Six:"What Is Said" as an Utterance Report | 第141-165页 |
| ·Motivation of utterance reports | 第141-143页 |
| ·Forms of request for an utterance report | 第143-147页 |
| ·Form of utterance reports:direct report | 第147-148页 |
| ·Form of utterance reports:indirect report | 第148-156页 |
| ·Truth of utterance reports | 第156-160页 |
| ·Responsibility of utterance reports | 第160-163页 |
| ·Summary of the chapter | 第163-165页 |
| Chapter Seven:What Is "What Is said"? | 第165-179页 |
| ·The semantic "what is said" | 第165-168页 |
| ·The sociological "what is said" | 第168-171页 |
| ·A coherent theory on "what is said" | 第171-174页 |
| ·Is the notion "what is said" theoretically necessary? | 第174-175页 |
| ·Is the notion "what is said" theoretically sufficient? | 第175-177页 |
| ·Summary of the chapter | 第177-179页 |
| Chapter Eight:Conclusion | 第179-185页 |
| References | 第185-195页 |
| 在学期间公开发表论文及著作情况 | 第195页 |
