| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-8页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-11页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第11-15页 |
| ·Research Background | 第11-12页 |
| ·Significance of the Thesis | 第12-13页 |
| ·Structure of the Thesis | 第13-15页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review of Presupposition | 第15-33页 |
| ·Philosophical Background | 第15-18页 |
| ·Semantic Approach to Presupposition | 第18-24页 |
| ·Semantic Notions of Presupposition | 第19-21页 |
| ·Major Problems for Semantic Notions of Presupposition | 第21-24页 |
| ·Pragmatic Approach to Presupposition | 第24-31页 |
| ·Pragmatic Presupposition as Mutual Knowledge | 第25-28页 |
| ·Pragmatic Presupposition as Felicity Conditions | 第28-29页 |
| ·Pragmatic Presupposition and Implicature | 第29-31页 |
| ·Summary | 第31-33页 |
| Chapter Three Cognitive Context and Pragmatic Presupposition | 第33-43页 |
| ·Cognitive Context | 第33-34页 |
| ·Cognitive Context Restriction to Pragmatic Presupposition Interpretation | 第34-41页 |
| ·Pragmatic Presupposition Interpretation | 第34-37页 |
| ·The Relationship Between Pragmatic Presupposition Quantity and Cognitive Context | 第37-41页 |
| ·Summary | 第41-43页 |
| Chapter Four Ostensive-inferential Communication and Pragmatic Presupposition | 第43-49页 |
| ·Ostensive-inferential Communication | 第43-44页 |
| ·Pragmatic Presupposition Interpretation Based on Ostensive-inferential Communication | 第44-48页 |
| ·Ostension of Pragmatic Presupposition | 第45-46页 |
| ·Inference of Pragmatic Presupposition | 第46页 |
| ·Ostensive-inference Based Pragmatic Presupposition Interpretation | 第46-48页 |
| ·Summary | 第48-49页 |
| Chapter Five Optimal Relevance and Pragmatic Presupposition | 第49-61页 |
| ·Optimal Relevance | 第49-51页 |
| ·Optimal Relevance in Pragmatic Presupposition Interpretation | 第51-53页 |
| ·Expectation of Relevance and Pragmatic Presupposition | 第51-52页 |
| ·Optimal Relevance in Pragmatic Presupposition Interpretation | 第52-53页 |
| ·The Relationship between Pragmatic Presupposition and Relevance | 第53-60页 |
| ·Pragmatic Presupposition as the Source of Relevance | 第54-55页 |
| ·Pragmatic Presupposition as Relevance Indicator | 第55-57页 |
| ·Pragmatic Presupposition as Relevance Condition | 第57-60页 |
| ·Summary | 第60-61页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第61-63页 |
| ·Major Findings of the Thesis | 第61-62页 |
| ·Limitations | 第62-63页 |
| Notes | 第63-65页 |
| Bibliography | 第65-69页 |
| Appendix | 第69页 |
