| 摘要 | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-10页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第10-13页 |
| ·The Purpose and Method of Research | 第10-11页 |
| ·The Significance of the Research | 第11页 |
| ·The Structure of the Thesis | 第11-13页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第13-20页 |
| ·Origin and Limits of Lexical Pragmatics | 第13页 |
| ·The Properties and Characteristics of Lexical Pragmatics | 第13-15页 |
| ·Research Topics | 第15-17页 |
| ·The pragmatics of adjectives | 第15-16页 |
| ·Pragmatic anomaly | 第16页 |
| ·Blocking phenomenon | 第16页 |
| ·The understanding of lexical meanings | 第16-17页 |
| ·Past Studies of Lexical Pragmatics Abroad and at Home | 第17-19页 |
| ·Summary | 第19-20页 |
| Chapter Three Traditional Context and Cognitive Context | 第20-31页 |
| ·Traditional Context | 第20-21页 |
| ·The Features of Traditional Context | 第20-21页 |
| ·Cognitive Context | 第21-25页 |
| ·The Notion of Cognitive Context | 第21-24页 |
| ·The Features of Cognitive Context | 第24-25页 |
| ·Cognitive Context and Relevance | 第25-30页 |
| ·The Notion of Relevance | 第25-26页 |
| ·The Principle of Relevance | 第26-27页 |
| ·Degrees of Relevance:Effect and Effort | 第27-29页 |
| ·The Relation between Cognitive Context and Relevance | 第29-30页 |
| ·Summary | 第30-31页 |
| Chapter Four The Determinacy of Word Meaning in Context | 第31-52页 |
| ·The Indeterminacy of Word Meaning | 第31-35页 |
| ·Varieties of Pragmatic Processes | 第35-42页 |
| ·Pragmatic Narrowing | 第36-40页 |
| ·Pragmatic Broadening | 第40-42页 |
| ·The Determinacy of Word Meaning with Relevance Theory | 第42-52页 |
| ·The Framework of Relevance Theory | 第42-44页 |
| ·Explanation for Pragmatic Narrowing and Pragmatic Broadening with Relevance Theory | 第44-52页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusions | 第52-54页 |
| ·Conclusions | 第52-53页 |
| ·Limitations and Recommendations | 第53-54页 |
| Bibliography | 第54-57页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第57页 |