| Abstract | 第1-11页 |
| 摘要 | 第11-12页 |
| List of Figures and Tables | 第12-13页 |
| List of Abbreviations | 第13-14页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第14-16页 |
| ·Research Background | 第14页 |
| ·Significance and Purpose of the Research | 第14-15页 |
| ·Structure of the Thesis | 第15-16页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第16-24页 |
| ·The Definition of DMI | 第16-17页 |
| ·Studies of DMI Abroad | 第17-19页 |
| ·Deceiving Strategy | 第17页 |
| ·Misunderstanding Strategy | 第17-18页 |
| ·Non-understanding Strategy | 第18页 |
| ·Face-saving Strategy | 第18-19页 |
| ·Humor Strategy | 第19页 |
| ·Studies of DMI at Home | 第19-22页 |
| ·Studies of DMI from Logic | 第19-20页 |
| ·The Study of DMI from Rhetoric | 第20-21页 |
| ·The Study of DMI from Pragmatics | 第21-22页 |
| ·Summary | 第22-24页 |
| ·Achievements | 第22页 |
| ·Limitations | 第22-23页 |
| ·The Perspectives of Present Study | 第23-24页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Framework | 第24-34页 |
| ·Linguistic Adaptation Theory as the Theoretical Framework of DMI | 第24-28页 |
| ·Brief Introduction to Linguistic Adaptation Theory: | 第24-26页 |
| ·Linguistic Adaptation Theory and DMI | 第26-28页 |
| ·Relevance Theory as the Theoretical Framework of DMI | 第28-29页 |
| ·Brief Introduction to Relevance Theory | 第28-29页 |
| ·Relevance Theory and DMI | 第29页 |
| ·Politeness Principle and Face Theory as the Theoretical Framework of DMI | 第29-31页 |
| ·Brief Introduction to Politeness Principle and Face Theory | 第29-31页 |
| ·Politeness Principle, Face Theory and DMI | 第31页 |
| ·Shen Zhiqi’s Model of the Generative and Operative Mechanism of DMI | 第31-34页 |
| ·Generative Mechanism of DMI | 第32页 |
| ·Operative Mechanism of DMI | 第32-34页 |
| Chapter Four Research Procedure and Data Analysis | 第34-64页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第34页 |
| ·Research Method | 第34页 |
| ·Research Material | 第34-36页 |
| ·Introduction to Sitcoms | 第35页 |
| ·“The Big Bang Theory” | 第35页 |
| ·“ipartment” | 第35-36页 |
| ·The Reasons for Choosing these Two Sitcoms | 第36页 |
| ·The Source of Corpus | 第36页 |
| ·Data Analysis | 第36-39页 |
| ·The Criteria of Choosing Corpus | 第36-37页 |
| ·Steps of Analyzing Data | 第37-39页 |
| ·Choosing Corpus | 第37页 |
| ·Random Sampling | 第37-38页 |
| ·Analyzing Corpus: | 第38-39页 |
| ·Data Analysis of the Generative Mechanism of DMI | 第39-51页 |
| ·Explicit Indeterminacy of X1 | 第40-47页 |
| ·The Minimal Information | 第40-41页 |
| ·Lexical Ambiguity | 第41-44页 |
| ·Structural Ambiguity | 第44-45页 |
| ·Deictic Expression | 第45-47页 |
| ·The Implicit Indeterminacy of X1 | 第47-51页 |
| ·Conversational Implicature | 第48-49页 |
| ·Figurative Language | 第49-51页 |
| ·Data Analysis of the Operative Mechanism of DMI | 第51-58页 |
| ·Deliberately Violating the Law of Identity | 第51-55页 |
| ·Violate the Law of Identity in Concept | 第52-54页 |
| ·Violate the Law of Identity in Judgment | 第54-55页 |
| ·Deliberately Ignoring the Context | 第55-58页 |
| ·Data Analysis of Pragmatic Function | 第58-64页 |
| ·Humor | 第59页 |
| ·Irony | 第59-60页 |
| ·Face-saving | 第60-61页 |
| ·Maintain Harmonious Interpersonal Relationship | 第61-62页 |
| ·Resolving Conflicts | 第62页 |
| ·Avoiding Disadvantages | 第62-64页 |
| Chapter Five Results and Discussion | 第64-70页 |
| ·Results and Discussion of Research Question One: | 第64-67页 |
| ·Results of Research Question One | 第64-66页 |
| ·Discussion of Research Question One: | 第66-67页 |
| ·Explicit Culture vs. Implicit Culture | 第66页 |
| ·High-context Culture vs. Low-context Culture | 第66页 |
| ·Analytical Thought Pattern vs. Holistic Thought Pattern | 第66-67页 |
| ·Result and Discussion of Research Question Two | 第67-68页 |
| ·Results of Research Question Two | 第67-68页 |
| ·Discussion of Research Question Two | 第68页 |
| ·Results and Discussion of Research Question Three | 第68-70页 |
| ·Results of Research Question Three | 第68页 |
| ·Discussion of Research Question Three | 第68-70页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第70-71页 |
| ·Major Findings | 第70页 |
| ·Limitations and Implications | 第70-71页 |
| Bibliography | 第71-75页 |
| Appendix Ⅰ Corpus from "ipartment" | 第75-80页 |
| Appendix Ⅱ Corpus from "The Big Bang Theory" | 第80-87页 |
| Acknowledgment | 第87页 |
