| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract(English) | 第5-8页 |
| Abstract(Chinese) | 第8-12页 |
| 1. Introduction | 第12-16页 |
| ·The Origin of the Study | 第12-13页 |
| ·Necessity and Significance of This Study | 第13-14页 |
| ·Objectives of the Study | 第14页 |
| ·Organization of the Thesis | 第14-16页 |
| 2. Presupposition: An Overview | 第16-34页 |
| ·Different Approaches to Presupposition | 第16-26页 |
| ·The Philosophical Approach to Presupposition | 第16-19页 |
| ·The Semantic Approach to Presupposition | 第19-23页 |
| ·The Truth-conditional Approach to Presupposition | 第19-20页 |
| ·Presupposition Triggers | 第20-23页 |
| ·The Pragmatic Approaches to Presupposition | 第23-26页 |
| ·Pragmatic Presupposition as Felicity Conditions | 第23-24页 |
| ·Pragmatic Presupposition as Speaker's Presupposition | 第24-25页 |
| ·Pragmatic Presupposition as Common Ground | 第25-26页 |
| ·The Projection Problem and the Approaches to it | 第26-32页 |
| ·The Projection Problem | 第27-29页 |
| ·Karttunen's Approaches to the Projection Problem | 第29-32页 |
| ·Other Relevant Studies | 第32-34页 |
| 3. Mental Space Theory | 第34-47页 |
| ·Some Basic Notions | 第35-42页 |
| ·Connections between Spaces | 第35-39页 |
| ·Space Builders | 第39-40页 |
| ·Connectors and Counterparts | 第40-42页 |
| ·Rules and Strategies | 第42-47页 |
| 4. Karttunen's Theory and the Projection Problem | 第47-62页 |
| ·Karttunen's Theory Reexamined | 第47-58页 |
| ·Holes: Reexamined | 第48-52页 |
| ·Plugs: Reexamined | 第52-56页 |
| ·Filters: Reexamined | 第56-58页 |
| ·Contexts: the Filtering Conditions | 第58-60页 |
| ·Summary | 第60-62页 |
| 5. Conclusion | 第62-66页 |
| ·Summary | 第62-64页 |
| ·Implication of the Study | 第64-65页 |
| ·Limitations and Suggestions for Further Research | 第65-66页 |
| Bibliography | 第66-70页 |
| Publications | 第70页 |
