| Declaration | 第1-5页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第5-6页 |
| Abstract (English) | 第6-7页 |
| Abstract (Chinese) | 第7-8页 |
| Contents | 第8-11页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第11-18页 |
| 1．1 Introduction | 第11-12页 |
| 1．2 Motivation and Significance of the Study | 第12-14页 |
| 1．3 Objectives of the Study | 第14页 |
| 1．4 Methodology and Data | 第14-16页 |
| 1．5 The Organization of the Thesis | 第16-18页 |
| Chapter 2 A Review of the Relevant Literature | 第18-33页 |
| 2．1 Overview | 第18页 |
| 2．2 Criticism to Relevance Theory on the Social Dimension Presented by Sociologically Oriented Scholars | 第18-22页 |
| 2．2．1 Relevance theory as an intentionalist model devoid of social norms | 第18-19页 |
| 2．2．2 Relevance theory as a cognitive approach not based on epistemology | 第19-20页 |
| 2．2．3 Relevance theory as an individualistic model | 第20页 |
| 2．2．4 Sperber and Wilson's view of language as a tool for information processing | 第20-21页 |
| 2．2．5 Artificiality of examples in relevance theory | 第21-22页 |
| 2．3 Sperber and Wilson's Response to the Criticism | 第22-25页 |
| 2．4 Research Supporting Sperber and Wilson's Response | 第25-27页 |
| 2．5 Our View on Relevance Theory's Social Dimension | 第27-28页 |
| 2．6 Role Theory | 第28-30页 |
| 2．7 The Fifth Axiom of Interactional View of Communication | 第30-32页 |
| 2．8 Summary | 第32-33页 |
| Chapter 3 Integration of Relevance Theory and Role Theory | 第33-45页 |
| 3．1 Overview | 第33页 |
| 3．2 Relevance Theory | 第33-39页 |
| 3．2．1 Relevance and cognition | 第34-36页 |
| 3．2．2 Relevance and communication | 第36-39页 |
| 3．3 Integration of Relevance Theory and Role Theory | 第39-44页 |
| 3．3．1 Social aspects in the cognitive process of comprehension | 第39-41页 |
| 3．3．2 Integrating relevance theory and role theory | 第41-44页 |
| 3．4 Summary | 第44-45页 |
| Chapter 4 Social Roles and Role Relationship in Communication | 第45-64页 |
| 4．1 Overview | 第45页 |
| 4．2 Sperber and Wilson's Illustration of Relevance and the Function of Role Relationship | 第45-52页 |
| 4．3 Social Roles and Role Relationship | 第52-59页 |
| 4．3．1 Role cluster | 第52-53页 |
| 4．3．2 Role expectations and social norms | 第53-55页 |
| 4．3．3 Role relationship as the substrate of cognition and communication | 第55-57页 |
| 4．3．4 Stable role relationship and situational role relationship | 第57-59页 |
| 4．4 Role Relationship and (Non-)Fulfillment of Intentions | 第59-62页 |
| 4．5 A Model for Analysis of Interactional Conversation | 第62-63页 |
| 4．6 Summary | 第63-64页 |
| Chapter 5 The Function of Role Relationship in Communication:An Analysis on an Authentic Conversation | 第64-82页 |
| 5．1 Overview | 第64页 |
| 5．2 Introduction to the Conversation | 第64-66页 |
| 5．3 Analysis of the Conversation | 第66-74页 |
| 5．4 Comments on the Conversation | 第74-80页 |
| 5．4．1 The role relationship | 第74-77页 |
| 5．4．2 Dominant role and non-dominant role | 第77-80页 |
| 5．5 Summary | 第80-82页 |
| Chapter 6 Conclusions | 第82-89页 |
| 6．1 Summary of the Present Study | 第82-83页 |
| 6．2 Conclusions and Implications | 第83-86页 |
| 6．3 Limitations and Suggestions for Further Research | 第86-89页 |
| References | 第89-93页 |
