| 摘要 | 第4-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-7页 |
| Introduction | 第10-13页 |
| Chapter One A Brief Study of Reading Comprehension | 第13-23页 |
| 1.1 The Major Models of Reading Comprehension | 第13-20页 |
| 1.1.1 The Bottom-up Model | 第14-16页 |
| 1.1.2 The Top-down Model | 第16-17页 |
| 1.1.3 The Interactive Model | 第17-19页 |
| 1.1.4 The Schema-theoretic Model | 第19-20页 |
| 1.1.5 Summary | 第20页 |
| 1.2 The Nature of Reading | 第20-23页 |
| 1.2.1 Reading as a Cognitive Process | 第20-21页 |
| 1.2.2 Reading as a Construction Process | 第21-22页 |
| 1.2.3 Reading as an Interactive Process | 第22页 |
| 1.2.4 Reading as a Strategic Process | 第22-23页 |
| Chapter Two An Overview of Relevance Theory | 第23-33页 |
| 2.1 The Background of Relevance Theory | 第23-27页 |
| 2.1.1 The Relevance-theoretic Views on Communication | 第23-24页 |
| 2.1.2 Ostensive-inferential Communication | 第24-25页 |
| 2.1.3 Relevance Theory and the Cooperative Principle | 第25-27页 |
| 2.2 Key Notions of Relevance Theory | 第27-33页 |
| 2.2.1 Relevance | 第27-28页 |
| 2.2.2 Contextual Effect | 第28-29页 |
| 2.2.3 Processing Effort | 第29-31页 |
| 2.2.4 Presumption of Optimal Relevance | 第31页 |
| 2.2.5 The Principle of Relevance Theory | 第31-33页 |
| Chapter Three The Application of Relevance Theory to Interpreting the Reading Process | 第33-40页 |
| 3.1 Ostensive-inferential Communication in the Reading Process | 第33-36页 |
| 3.2 Choosing a Context to Understand | 第36-38页 |
| 3.3 Setting Optimal Relevance as the Ultimate Goal of Reading | 第38-40页 |
| Chapter Four The Application of Relevance Theory to Enhancing the ReadingComprehension | 第40-52页 |
| 4.1 Enhancing Comprehension at Lexical Level | 第40-44页 |
| 4.2 Enhancing Comprehension by Appreciating Poetic Effects | 第44-50页 |
| 4.2.1 Appreciating Poetic Effects of Rhetorical Devices | 第44-48页 |
| 4.2.2 Appreciating Poetic Effects of Special Syntactic Patterns | 第48-50页 |
| 4.3 Enhancing Comprehension by Enlightening the Reader on the Importance of Cultural Background | 第50-52页 |
| Conclusion | 第52-54页 |
| Bibliography | 第54-57页 |
| Acknowledgement | 第57页 |
