| Abstract | 第1-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-8页 |
| Contents | 第8-11页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第11-14页 |
| ·Purpose of the Study | 第11页 |
| ·Significance of the Study | 第11-12页 |
| ·Research Methodology | 第12页 |
| ·Current Situation of the Study | 第12-14页 |
| Chapter Two Theoretical Framework of Indirect speech Act | 第14-21页 |
| ·Speech Act Theory | 第14-17页 |
| ·Performatives and Constatives | 第14-16页 |
| ·The Classification of Speech Acts | 第16页 |
| ·The Classification of Illocutionary Acts | 第16-17页 |
| ·Indirect Speech Act Theory | 第17-21页 |
| ·Searle's Development of Speech Act Theory | 第17-19页 |
| ·Indirect Speech Act Theory | 第19-21页 |
| Chapter Three Indirect Speech Act of Basic Types of English Sentences | 第21-34页 |
| ·Declarative Sentences | 第21-27页 |
| ·Notion of Declarative Sentence and Its Basic Illocutionary Function | 第21页 |
| ·Indirect Speech Acts of Declarative Sentence | 第21-27页 |
| ·Interrogative Meaning | 第22页 |
| ·Imperative Meaning | 第22-24页 |
| ·Exclamative Meaning | 第24页 |
| ·Rhetoric Illocutionary Function | 第24-27页 |
| ·Interrogative Sentence | 第27-31页 |
| ·Notion of Interrogative Sentence and Its Basic Illocutionary Function | 第27-28页 |
| ·Indirect Speech Acts of Interrogative Sentence | 第28-31页 |
| ·Assertives | 第28-29页 |
| ·Directives | 第29-30页 |
| ·Commissives | 第30-31页 |
| ·Expressives | 第31页 |
| ·Imperative Sentence | 第31-34页 |
| ·Notion of Imperative Sentence and Its Basic Illocutionary Function | 第31-32页 |
| ·Indirect Speech Acts of Imperative Sentence | 第32-34页 |
| ·Conditional Meaning | 第32页 |
| ·Concessive Meaning | 第32页 |
| ·Meaning of "Wish" | 第32-34页 |
| Chapter Four The Interpretation of Indirect Speech Acts from Pragmatic Factors | 第34-43页 |
| ·The Interpretation of Indirect Speech Acts Based on Politeness | 第34-38页 |
| ·Based on the Cooperative Principle | 第34-36页 |
| ·Based on the Politeness Principles | 第36-38页 |
| ·The Interpretation of Indirect Speech Acts Based on the Context | 第38-40页 |
| ·The Interpretation of Indirect Speech Acts Based on the Cross-culture Awareness | 第40-43页 |
| Chapter Five Implications of the Indirect Speech Act Theory to English Teaching | 第43-49页 |
| ·To Improve Learners' Communicative Competence | 第43-45页 |
| ·To Cultivate Learners' Sense of Context | 第45-47页 |
| ·To Increase Learners' Cultural Awareness | 第47-48页 |
| ·To Improve Learners' Inference Strategies | 第48-49页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第49-51页 |
| Bibliography | 第51-54页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第54页 |