| Descriptive Chinese Abstract | 第1-5页 |
| English Abstract | 第5-9页 |
| Introduction | 第9-13页 |
| ·The Objectives and Significance of the Study | 第10页 |
| ·The Methodology of the Study | 第10-11页 |
| ·Organization of the Thesis | 第11-13页 |
| CHAPTER 1 Literature Review | 第13-21页 |
| ·A Brief Introduction of Repetition | 第13-16页 |
| ·Previous Studies on Repetition | 第16-21页 |
| ·Rhetorical Approach | 第16-17页 |
| ·Pragmatic Approach | 第17页 |
| ·Psycho-linguistic Approach | 第17-18页 |
| ·Textual Approach | 第18-19页 |
| ·Discourse Approach | 第19-21页 |
| CHAPTER 2 Theoretical Foundation of the Present Study | 第21-29页 |
| ·Pragmatic Approach to Inference | 第21-23页 |
| ·A Pragmatic Inference from the Relevant Perspective | 第23-29页 |
| ·The Principle of Relevance | 第24-25页 |
| ·An Account of Cognitive Context | 第25-26页 |
| ·Relevance-Theoretical Pragmatic Inference | 第26-29页 |
| CHAPTER 3 A Pragmatic Analysis of Repetitions in Talk Shows | 第29-43页 |
| ·Classifications and Distributive Features of Repetitions | 第29-34页 |
| ·Causes of the Generation of Repetitions | 第34-37页 |
| ·Pragmatic Functions of Repetitions | 第37-43页 |
| ·Enhancement of the Illocutionary Force for Illocutionary Act | 第37-38页 |
| ·Enhancement of the Stimulative Intensity of Important Items | 第38-39页 |
| ·Expressing Various Emotions | 第39-41页 |
| ·Adding New Information | 第41-43页 |
| CHAPTER 4 A Pragmatic Explanation of Repetitions in Shi Hua Shi Shu | 第43-60页 |
| ·Characteristics of Repetitions in Shi Hua Shi Shuo | 第43-45页 |
| ·The Communication with Repetitions as a Synthetic Process of Ostension and Inference | 第45-48页 |
| ·Ostensive Process on the Side of the Addresser | 第46-47页 |
| ·Pragmatic Inference on the Side of the Addressee | 第47-48页 |
| ·The Nature of Repetition Comprehension---Extra Efforts Means Extra Effects | 第48-50页 |
| ·Pragmatic Inference of Repetitions on the Side of the Addressee | 第50-56页 |
| ·Inference at the Level of Explicature | 第50-52页 |
| ·Pragmatic Inference at the Level of Implicature | 第52-56页 |
| ·An Integrate Inferential Process of Repetition Comprehension | 第56-60页 |
| Conclusion | 第60-62页 |
| Notes | 第62-63页 |
| References | 第63-66页 |
| Acknowledgement | 第66-67页 |
| Appendix | 第67-74页 |
| Informative Chinese Abstract | 第74-77页 |
| Résuméand Publications since Entering the Program | 第77页 |
