| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第6-7页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第7-8页 |
| 摘要 | 第9-14页 |
| LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS | 第14-15页 |
| Chapter One INTRODUCTION | 第15-19页 |
| 1.1 Research Background | 第15-16页 |
| 1.2 Purpose and Significance of the Thesis | 第16-17页 |
| 1.3 Methodology of the Thesis | 第17页 |
| 1.4 Outline of the Thesis | 第17-19页 |
| Chapter Two LITERATURE REVIEW | 第19-26页 |
| 2.1 Related Studies on Conversational Implicature and Cooperative PrincipleAbroad | 第19-21页 |
| 2.2 Related Studies on Conversational Implicature and Cooperative Principle atHome | 第21-23页 |
| 2.3 Related studies on Wendy Wasserstein and An American Daughter | 第23-26页 |
| Chapter Three THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK | 第26-38页 |
| 3.1 Grice’s Cooperative Principle | 第26-30页 |
| 3.1.1 Four maxims of Cooperative Principle | 第26-27页 |
| 3.1.2 Nature of the maxims | 第27-28页 |
| 3.1.3 Flouting the maxims | 第28-30页 |
| 3.1.3.1 Flouting the maxim of quantity | 第28-29页 |
| 3.1.3.2 Flouting the maxim of quality | 第29页 |
| 3.1.3.3 Flouting the maxim of relation | 第29-30页 |
| 3.1.3.4 Flouting the maxim of manner | 第30页 |
| 3.2 The PP as rescue of the CP | 第30-31页 |
| 3.3 Brown and Levinson’s Politeness theory | 第31-37页 |
| 3.3.1 The concept of face | 第32页 |
| 3.3.2 Off-record politeness strategies | 第32-37页 |
| 3.4 Summary | 第37-38页 |
| Chapter Four A QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS OF CONVERSATIONAL IMPLICATURE OF THE HEROINE’S UTTERANCES IN AN AMERICANDAUGHTER | 第38-62页 |
| 4.1 Conversational Implicature Generated by Violating Quantity Maxim | 第39-42页 |
| 4.1.1 Overstatement | 第39-41页 |
| 4.1.2 Understatement | 第41-42页 |
| 4.2 Conversational Implicature Generated by Violating Quality Maxim | 第42-48页 |
| 4.2.1 Irony | 第42-44页 |
| 4.2.2 Metaphor | 第44-45页 |
| 4.2.3 Rhetorical question | 第45-48页 |
| 4.3 Conversational Implicature Generated by Violating Relation Maxim | 第48-58页 |
| 4.3.1 Giving hints | 第48-52页 |
| 4.3.2 Giving associated clues | 第52-57页 |
| 4.3.3 Presupposing | 第57-58页 |
| 4.4 Conversational Implicature Generated by Violating Manner Maxim | 第58-61页 |
| 4.4.1 Being incomplete and using ellipsis | 第58-60页 |
| 4.4.2 Being vague | 第60-61页 |
| 4.5 Summary | 第61-62页 |
| Chapter Five A QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS OF FUNCTIONS OF CONVERSATIONAL IMPLICATURE OF THE HEROINE’S UTTERANCES INAN AMERICAN DAUGHTER | 第62-75页 |
| 5.1 The function of reflecting Lyssa’s relationship with other characters | 第62-70页 |
| 5.1.1 Lyssa’s relationship with Walter | 第63-64页 |
| 5.1.2 Lyssa’s relationship with Quincy | 第64-66页 |
| 5.1.3 Lyssa’s relationship with Alan | 第66页 |
| 5.1.4 Lyssa’s relationship with Judith | 第66-68页 |
| 5.1.5 Lyssa’s relationship with Timber | 第68-69页 |
| 5.1.6 Summary | 第69-70页 |
| 5.2 The function of revealing the feminist theme of the play | 第70-72页 |
| 5.3 The function of creating humor effect | 第72-75页 |
| Chapter Six CONCLUSION | 第75-78页 |
| 6.1 Major Findings of the Present Study | 第75-76页 |
| 6.2 Limitations of the Present Study | 第76-77页 |
| 6.3 Suggestions for Future Study | 第77-78页 |
| REFERENCES | 第78-82页 |
| APPENDIX 作者在攻读硕士学位期间发表论文的目录 | 第82页 |
