| Descriptive Chinese Abstract | 第1-6页 |
| English Abstract | 第6-9页 |
| Introduction | 第9-13页 |
| ·A Brief Review | 第9-11页 |
| ·Objectives | 第11页 |
| ·Methodology | 第11-12页 |
| ·Organization | 第12-13页 |
| 1 Pragmatic Presupposition: A Brief Survey | 第13-24页 |
| ·The Tradition | 第13-16页 |
| ·Pragmatic Presupposition: Definitions and Features | 第16-20页 |
| ·Pragmatic Presupposition as Propositional Attitude | 第17-18页 |
| ·Pragmatic Presupposition as Mutual Knowledge | 第18-19页 |
| ·Pragmatic Presupposition as Felicity Conditions | 第19-20页 |
| ·Features of Pragmatic Presupposition | 第20页 |
| ·Two Theories Related to Presupposition Study | 第20-22页 |
| ·Conversational Implicature Theory | 第20-21页 |
| ·Relevance Theory | 第21-22页 |
| ·Summary | 第22-24页 |
| 2 Conceptual Integration Theory and Mental Space | 第24-34页 |
| ·Conceptual Integration Theory | 第24-30页 |
| ·Mapping | 第24-25页 |
| ·Operations and Processes in Concept Integration | 第25-28页 |
| ·Types of Conceptual Integration Networks | 第28-29页 |
| ·Optimality Principle | 第29-30页 |
| ·Mental Space | 第30-33页 |
| ·Access Principle | 第32页 |
| ·Triggers as Space Builders | 第32-33页 |
| ·Summary | 第33-34页 |
| 3 Conceptual Integration Theory and the Understanding of Pragmatic Presupposition | 第34-56页 |
| ·Triggers | 第34-38页 |
| ·Presupposition Triggers | 第35-36页 |
| ·Presupposition Triggers and Conceptual Integration | 第36-38页 |
| ·The Transference | 第38-42页 |
| ·The Principle of Transference | 第38-39页 |
| ·The Transference of Presupposition | 第39-42页 |
| ·The Projection Problem | 第42-47页 |
| ·Different Views of Projection | 第43-45页 |
| ·Presupposition Projection | 第45-47页 |
| ·Defeasibility | 第47-55页 |
| ·Defeasibility in Cognitive Context | 第47-50页 |
| ·Defeasibility of Presupposition | 第50-55页 |
| ·Summary | 第55-56页 |
| Conclusion | 第56-57页 |
| References | 第57-61页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第61-62页 |
| Appendix A: Publications during the Program | 第62-63页 |
| Appendix B: Chinese Examples in the Thesis | 第63-65页 |
| Appendix C: Informative Abstract in Chinese | 第65-68页 |
