| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第1-9页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第9-11页 |
| 摘要 | 第11-16页 |
| CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION | 第16-19页 |
| ·Rationale of the Thesis | 第16-17页 |
| ·Purpose of the Thesis | 第17页 |
| ·Data Collection and Research Methodology | 第17页 |
| ·Organization of the Thesis | 第17-19页 |
| CHAPTER II DIRECTIVE SPEECH ACTS | 第19-26页 |
| ·Austin and Searle’s Speech Act Theory | 第19-20页 |
| ·Austin’s Speech Act Theory | 第19页 |
| ·Searle’s Development of SAT | 第19-20页 |
| ·Directive Speech Acts | 第20-26页 |
| ·Pragmatic Studies of SA and Directive Speech Acts | 第21-24页 |
| ·Cognitive Approaches to Speech Acts and Directive Speech Acts | 第24-26页 |
| CHAPTER III SPEECH ACT METONYMY | 第26-35页 |
| ·Taxonomies of Metonymy | 第26-27页 |
| ·Speech Act Metonymy | 第27-32页 |
| ·Speech Act Scenario | 第27-29页 |
| ·Classification of Directive Speech Act Metonymy | 第29-31页 |
| ·Pragmatic Parameters-Improvement of the Speech Act Scenario | 第31-32页 |
| ·Illocutionary Scenarios for Directive Speech Acts | 第32-35页 |
| CHAPTER IV A COGNITIVE METONYMIC INTERPRETATION OF DIRECTIVE SPEECH ACTS IN DSPERATE HOUSEWIVES | 第35-48页 |
| ·Studies on Desperate Housewives | 第35-36页 |
| ·Main Characters’ Employment of Different Phases of Directive Speech Act Scenarios | 第36-46页 |
| ·Susan Mayer’s Structure of Directive Speech Acts | 第36-39页 |
| ·Bree Van De Kamp’s Structure of Directive Speech Act | 第39-41页 |
| ·Lynette Scavo’s Structure of Directive Speech Act | 第41-43页 |
| ·Gabrielle Solis’s Structure of Directive Speech Acts | 第43-46页 |
| ·Summary | 第46-48页 |
| CHAPTER V ANALYSIS OF THE PRAGMATIC PARAMETERS IN DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES | 第48-62页 |
| ·Pragmatic Competence and Speech Act Metonymy | 第48-49页 |
| ·Pragma-linguistic Competence and Social Factors | 第49-51页 |
| ·Socio-pragmatic Competence and Pragmatic Parameters | 第51-57页 |
| ·Orders and Requests | 第52-54页 |
| ·Advising | 第54-55页 |
| ·Begging | 第55-56页 |
| ·Threatening | 第56-57页 |
| ·Problematic Pragmatic Parameters in Assorting Directive Speech Acts in Desperate Housewives | 第57-62页 |
| ·Pragmatic Parameters in Assorting Directive Subtypes | 第58-59页 |
| ·Problematic Pragmatic Parameters: The Norm of Power and the Degree of Wanting | 第59-62页 |
| ·Power | 第59-60页 |
| ·The Degree of Wanting | 第60-62页 |
| CHAPTER VI CONCLUSION | 第62-65页 |
| ·Major Findings of the Present Research | 第62页 |
| ·Implications of the Present Research | 第62-63页 |
| ·Limitations of the Present Research | 第63-65页 |
| REFERENCES | 第65-67页 |
