| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第1-23页 |
| 1．1 How the Terminology "Speech Act Theory" (SAT) Coming into Being | 第9-10页 |
| 1．2 Austin's Contribution to this Field | 第10-12页 |
| 1．3 Searle's Contribution to this Field | 第12-20页 |
| 1．3．1 Searle's Classification to Illocutionary Act | 第13-16页 |
| 1．3．2 Indirect Speech Acts (ISA) | 第16-20页 |
| 1．4 Other Linguists' Complements to this Field | 第20-23页 |
| Chapter 2 Pragmatic Strategy and Response | 第23-35页 |
| 2．1 The Means of Realization of Pragmatic Strategy | 第23-28页 |
| 2．2 The Means of Realization of Indirect Response | 第28-35页 |
| Chapter 3 The Inner Motive for Applying Indirect Responsive Strategy | 第35-51页 |
| 3．1 Seeking Politeness------the Decisive and Principal Motive | 第35-45页 |
| 3．1．1 Expressing Euphemistic Request and Command | 第38-40页 |
| 3．1．2 Expressing Euphemistic Refusal | 第40-42页 |
| 3．1．3 Expressing Euphemistic Criticism | 第42-45页 |
| 3．2 Seeking Economy------the Complementary and Subsidiary Motive | 第45-51页 |
| Chapter 4 Ways of Realization of Indirect Responsive Strategy | 第51-73页 |
| 4．1 Acquiring Deeper Pragmatic Implicature by Violating Cooperative Principle | 第51-56页 |
| 4．2 The Realization of Optimal Relevance by Applying Cognitive Context | 第56-60页 |
| 4．3 The Realization of Maximal Communication by Applying Social Convention | 第60-63页 |
| 4．4 The Application of Rhetorical Methods in Response | 第63-68页 |
| 4．4．1 Metaphor Ideation Affecting Communication | 第64-66页 |
| 4．4．2 Metonymy Ideation Affecting Communication | 第66-68页 |
| 4．5 The Application of Various Ambivalent Responsive Strategies | 第68-73页 |
| Chapter 5 The Implication of this Study | 第73-79页 |
| 5．1 Meeting the Need of Professional Communication | 第73-76页 |
| 5．2 Meeting the Need of Daily Communication | 第76-79页 |
| Conclusion | 第79-81页 |
| Works Cited | 第81-84页 |
| 攻读硕士学位期间发表的论文和取得的科研成果 | 第84页 |
