| 摘要 | 第1-7页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第7-13页 |
| Introduction | 第13-19页 |
| ·Purpose and Significance of Study | 第13-15页 |
| ·Methodology | 第15-16页 |
| ·Organization of the Thesis | 第16-19页 |
| Chapter 1 Literature | 第19-39页 |
| ·Defining Vagueness and Pragmatic Vagueness | 第19-24页 |
| ·Distinguishing Some Related Terms | 第24-28页 |
| ·Vagueness VS Fuzziness | 第24-25页 |
| ·Semantic Vagueness VS Pragmatic Vagueness | 第25-28页 |
| ·Chinese SMS | 第28-36页 |
| ·Definitions and Classifications of Chinese SMS | 第28-34页 |
| ·The Role of Language in Chinese SMS | 第34-36页 |
| ·Pragmatic Perspective of Chinese SMS | 第36-39页 |
| Chapter 2 Vagueness in Chinese SMS | 第39-57页 |
| ·Vague Sounds | 第39-42页 |
| ·Homophones | 第40-41页 |
| ·Polysemy | 第41-42页 |
| ·Vague Rhetoric | 第42-49页 |
| ·Metaphor | 第42-45页 |
| ·Hyperbole | 第45-46页 |
| ·Pun | 第46-48页 |
| ·Personification | 第48-49页 |
| ·Vagueess Caused by Irregular Structures | 第49-54页 |
| ·Irregular Collocation of Subject and Predicate | 第50-52页 |
| ·Irregular Collocation of Predicate and Object | 第52-54页 |
| ·Vagueness Caused by Style Borrowing | 第54-57页 |
| Chapter 3 Pragmatic Approach to Vagueness in Chinese SMS | 第57-83页 |
| ·Pragmatic Principles Applied in the Use of Vague Language | 第57-66页 |
| ·Cooperative Principle | 第57-60页 |
| ·Politeness Principle | 第60-63页 |
| ·Relevance Theory | 第63-66页 |
| ·Pragmatic Analysis on the Application of Vagueness in SMS | 第66-83页 |
| ·CP & Vagueness in Chinese SMS | 第66-72页 |
| ·Violation of Quality Maxim | 第67-69页 |
| ·Violation of Manner Maxim | 第69-71页 |
| ·Violation of Quantity Maxim and Manner Maxim | 第71-72页 |
| ·PP & Vagueness in Chinese SMS | 第72-76页 |
| ·Obedience of PP | 第73-74页 |
| ·Violation of PP | 第74-76页 |
| ·RT & Vagueness in Chinese SMS | 第76-83页 |
| ·Obedience of RT | 第77-78页 |
| ·Violation of RT | 第78-83页 |
| Chapter 4 Pragmatic Functions of Vagueness in Chinese SMS | 第83-91页 |
| ·Positive Functions of Vagueness in Chinese SMS | 第83-87页 |
| ·Making Language more Humorous and Attractive | 第83-84页 |
| ·Making Language Politer and more Euphemistic | 第84-85页 |
| ·Making Language more Flexible and Strategic | 第85页 |
| ·Making Language Aesthetic | 第85-87页 |
| ·Making Language more Economical and Efficient | 第87页 |
| ·Negative Functions of Vagueness in Chinese SMS | 第87-91页 |
| ·Vagueness in Number | 第88-89页 |
| ·Vagueness in Dialect | 第89-91页 |
| Conclusion | 第91-94页 |
| Bibliography | 第94-98页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第98-99页 |
| Appendix(攻读学位期间主要研究成果目录) | 第99页 |