| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第1-16页 |
| ·Negative and Positive Pragmatic Effects | 第11-13页 |
| ·The Negative Effects of Ambiguity | 第11-12页 |
| ·The Positive Effects | 第12-13页 |
| ·Significance of the Study | 第13-14页 |
| ·General Organization of the Thesis | 第14-16页 |
| Chapter 2 Theoretical Basis and Related Research | 第16-38页 |
| ·The Development of Ambiguity | 第16-19页 |
| ·Homonymy and Polysemy | 第19-20页 |
| ·Views on the Definition of Ambiguity | 第20-21页 |
| ·Comparison Between Ambiguity and Fuzziness | 第21-22页 |
| ·Structural Ambiguity | 第22-26页 |
| ·The Distinction Between Lexical and Structural Ambiguities | 第23-24页 |
| ·The Concept of Syntactic Ambiguity | 第24-26页 |
| ·The Features of Ambiguity | 第26-28页 |
| ·Dividability | 第26-27页 |
| ·Dependence: | 第27页 |
| ·Multi-layered Causes: | 第27-28页 |
| ·The Disambiguation | 第28-33页 |
| ·Ambiguity and Context | 第28-29页 |
| ·Eliminating Ambiguities | 第29-30页 |
| ·Ways of Disambiguation | 第30-33页 |
| ·Previous Researches on the Research of Ambiguity | 第33-37页 |
| ·Description and Classification in a Theoretical Way | 第34页 |
| ·One Kind of Ambiguity and Its Causes | 第34-35页 |
| ·The Relations with Context and Its Applications | 第35页 |
| ·Tolerance of Ambiguities | 第35-36页 |
| ·Interpretations by EFL Learners and Affecting Factors | 第36-37页 |
| ·Summary | 第37-38页 |
| Chapter 3 Research Method | 第38-47页 |
| ·The Causes of Ambiguity | 第38-42页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第42-43页 |
| ·Subjects | 第43-44页 |
| ·Instruments | 第44-45页 |
| ·Tests | 第44-45页 |
| ·Questionnaire | 第45页 |
| ·Procedure | 第45-47页 |
| Chapter 4 Data Analysis and Discussion | 第47-60页 |
| ·Ambiguity Recognition and Processing | 第47-52页 |
| ·Consciousness-raising of Ambiguity | 第49-50页 |
| ·The Biggest Headaches | 第50-52页 |
| ·The First Reactions | 第52-59页 |
| ·Summary of the Interviews | 第53-55页 |
| ·The Five Causes of Different First Reactions | 第55-59页 |
| ·The Teachability of Rules | 第59-60页 |
| Chapter 5 Implications | 第60-65页 |
| ·Consciousness-raising Activities | 第60-61页 |
| ·Ambiguity Processing in Vocabulary Teaching | 第61页 |
| ·Meaning-centered Teaching Method | 第61-65页 |
| Chapter 6 Conclusion | 第65-68页 |
| ·Summary | 第65-66页 |
| ·Limitations | 第66-68页 |
| Published Papers | 第68-69页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第69-70页 |
| References | 第70-75页 |
| Appendices | 第75-87页 |
| Appendix Ⅰ The Number of the Identified Ambiguous Structures..............................................66 | 第75-76页 |
| Appendix Ⅱ Comparison of the First Reactions to the Ambiguous Structures............................67 | 第76-79页 |
| Appendix Ⅲ Causes of the Subjects' First Reactions to Ambiguous Structures..........................70 | 第79-80页 |
| Appendix Ⅳ Post-test of Ambiguity Structures' Identification....................................................71 | 第80页 |
| Appendix Ⅴ Learning Strategies..................................................................................................71 | 第80-81页 |
| Appendix Ⅵ Teachability of Ambiguity Processing.....................................................................72 | 第81-82页 |
| Appendix Ⅶ Test Paper for the 60 Ambiguous Sentences............................................................73 | 第82-83页 |
| Appendix Ⅷ The Interviews of Both EFL Learners and Native English Speakers......................74 | 第83-87页 |
| Resume | 第87页 |
