| Acknowledgements | 第4-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-8页 |
| 摘要 | 第9-11页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第11-16页 |
| 1.1 Research Background | 第11-13页 |
| 1.2 Research Questions | 第13-14页 |
| 1.3 Significance of the Research | 第14页 |
| 1.4 Layout of the Thesis | 第14-16页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第16-22页 |
| 2.1 Previous Studies on Later Wittgenstein’s Philosophical Theories | 第16-19页 |
| 2.2 Previous Studies on Austin’s Philosophical Theories | 第19-20页 |
| 2.3 Previous Studies on the Comparative Study of Later Wittgenstein’s and Austin’sPhilosophical Views | 第20-22页 |
| Chapter Three Philosophical Foundations | 第22-32页 |
| 3.1 Nominalism and Realism | 第22-24页 |
| 3.2 The Rationalist and the Empiricist | 第24页 |
| 3.3 Theories of Meaning | 第24-32页 |
| 3.3.1 Referential Theory | 第25-26页 |
| 3.3.2 Ideational Theory | 第26页 |
| 3.3.3 The Proposition Theory | 第26-27页 |
| 3.3.4 Use Theory | 第27-28页 |
| 3.3.5 Psychological Theory | 第28页 |
| 3.3.6 Verification Theory | 第28-29页 |
| 3.3.7 Truth- Conditional Theory | 第29-30页 |
| 3.3.8 The Reflections on Meaning Theories | 第30-32页 |
| Chapter Four Wittgenstein’s and Austin's Investigation of Meaning | 第32-51页 |
| 4.1 Later Wittgenstein’s Theory of Meaning | 第32-36页 |
| 4.1.1 Language Games | 第32-33页 |
| 4.1.2 Meaning as Use | 第33-36页 |
| 4.2 Austin’s Theory of Meaning | 第36-41页 |
| 4.2.1 Language Meaning in Speech Act Theory | 第36-39页 |
| 4.2.2 The Meaning of a Word | 第39-41页 |
| 4.3 The Similarities Between Later Wittgenstein’s and Austin’s Theories ofMeaning | 第41-44页 |
| 4.3.1 Similar Philosophical Access | 第41-42页 |
| 4.3.2 Similar Views on Language Meaning as Use | 第42-43页 |
| 4.3.3 Similar Views on Meaning’s Building Block | 第43-44页 |
| 4.4 Differences between Later Wittgenstein’s and Austin’s Meaning Theories | 第44-51页 |
| 4.4.1 Different Views on Language Meaning’s Range | 第44-47页 |
| 4.4.2 Different Views on“Meaning as Use” | 第47-48页 |
| 4.4.3 Different Views on Philosophy of Language | 第48-51页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第51-53页 |
| References | 第53-56页 |
