| Acknowledgements | 第4-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-8页 |
| 内容摘要 | 第9-10页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第10-17页 |
| 1.1 Research Background | 第10-11页 |
| 1.2 Key Problems of Research on Tautology | 第11-12页 |
| 1.3 Objective of This Thesis | 第12-14页 |
| 1.4 Methodology | 第14-15页 |
| 1.5 Organization of This Thesis | 第15-17页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第17-28页 |
| 2.1 Description on Tautology | 第17-18页 |
| 2.2 Traditional Rhetoric Studies by Chinese Scholars on Tautology | 第18-19页 |
| 2.3 Modern Linguists'Studies on Tautology | 第19-27页 |
| 2.3.1 The Study of Formal Semantics on Tautology | 第19-20页 |
| 2.3.2 Pragmatic Approach to Tautology | 第20-25页 |
| 2.3.3 Cultural Semantic Method to Interpretation of Tautology | 第25-27页 |
| 2.4 Summary | 第27-28页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Framework | 第28-37页 |
| 3.1 Metonymy | 第29-33页 |
| 3.1.1 Traditional Rhetoric Research on Metonymy | 第29-31页 |
| 3.1.2 Cognitive Linguistic Research on Metonymy | 第31-33页 |
| 3.2 Metonymy and Pragmatic Inference | 第33-36页 |
| 3.3 Summary | 第36-37页 |
| Chapter Four The Analysis of Tautology | 第37-55页 |
| 4.1 Subjectivity:The Quintessence of Language Revealed by Phenomenon of Tautology | 第38-44页 |
| 4.2 The Whole-Parts Relationship in Tautology and the Semantic Pressure of the Whole Imposed on Its Parts | 第44-50页 |
| 4.2.1 Diametrical Different Methods of Studies:Methodological Reductionism vs Methodological Holism | 第44-46页 |
| 4.2.2 Motivation and Mechanism of Syntactic Distribution of NPs in Tautology | 第46-50页 |
| 4.3 Stereotypical Properties:the Properties Triggered by NP_2 in Tautology | 第50-51页 |
| 4.4 The Utterance of Tautology:A Type of Indirect Speech Act | 第51-53页 |
| 4.5 Summary | 第53-55页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第55-59页 |
| 5.1 Major Findings | 第55-57页 |
| 5.2 Limitations of This Study | 第57页 |
| 5.3 Suggestions for Future Studies | 第57-59页 |
| References | 第59-62页 |
