| Acknowledgement | 第1-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-14页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第14-20页 |
| ·Definition of person deixis | 第14-15页 |
| ·Literature review of related studies on person deixis in English and Chinese | 第15-18页 |
| ·The aim and arrangement of the present thesis | 第18-20页 |
| Chapter 2 Person Deixis in English | 第20-35页 |
| ·The social and pragmatic meanings of the first person deixis | 第20-27页 |
| ·The first person singular form I | 第20-22页 |
| ·The first person plural form we | 第22-27页 |
| ·Inclusive we | 第22-23页 |
| ·Exclusive we | 第23-26页 |
| ·We in place of a third person deixis | 第26页 |
| ·Summary of we | 第26-27页 |
| ·The social and pragmatic meanings of the second person deixis | 第27-31页 |
| ·The basic use of you | 第27-28页 |
| ·You for generic reference | 第28页 |
| ·You as a vocative | 第28页 |
| ·You in place of I | 第28-29页 |
| ·The former contrast between thou and you | 第29-31页 |
| ·The pragmatic meanings of the third person deixis | 第31-34页 |
| ·The first person singular form he/she/it | 第31-32页 |
| ·The singular form in place of I | 第32-33页 |
| ·The singular form in place of you | 第33页 |
| ·They in place of we | 第33-34页 |
| ·Summary | 第34-35页 |
| Chapter 3 Person Deixis in Chinese | 第35-55页 |
| ·The social and pragmatic meanings of the first person deixis | 第35-44页 |
| ·The first person singular form wo | 第35-36页 |
| ·The first person singular form zan in oral Chinese | 第36-37页 |
| ·The first person plural form wo-men | 第37-42页 |
| ·Inclusive wo-men | 第37页 |
| ·Exclusive-of-addressee wo-men | 第37-41页 |
| ·Exclusive-of-addresser wo-men | 第41页 |
| ·Wo-men as a determiner | 第41-42页 |
| ·The first person plural form zan-men in oral Chinese | 第42-44页 |
| ·Inclusive zan-men | 第42-43页 |
| ·Exclusive-of-addresser zan-men | 第43-44页 |
| ·Exclusive-of-addressee zan-men | 第44页 |
| ·The social and pragmatic meanings of the second person deixis | 第44-51页 |
| ·The second person singular form ni | 第44-46页 |
| ·Ni for generic reference | 第44-45页 |
| ·Ni as a vocative | 第45页 |
| ·Ni in place of wo/wo-men | 第45-46页 |
| ·The second person singular form nin | 第46-50页 |
| ·The basic use of nin | 第46-49页 |
| ·Nin in place of ni | 第49-50页 |
| ·Ni-men in place of other person deixis | 第50-51页 |
| ·Ni-men in place of ni | 第50-51页 |
| ·Ni-men in place of the third person deixis | 第51页 |
| ·The social and pragmatic meanings of the third person deixis | 第51-54页 |
| ·Kinship terms in place of the singular form | 第51-52页 |
| ·Ta in place of wo | 第52-53页 |
| ·Ta(men)in place of ni(men) | 第53-54页 |
| ·Summary | 第54-55页 |
| Chapter 4 A Contrastive Study of the Social and Pragmatic Meanings of English and Chinese Person Deixis | 第55-63页 |
| ·Similarities and differences in the first person deixis | 第55-58页 |
| ·The first person singular form;I vs.wo | 第55-56页 |
| ·The first person plural;we vs.wo-men | 第56-58页 |
| ·Comparison and contrast of inclusive use | 第57页 |
| ·Comparison and contrast of exclusive-of-addressee use | 第57-58页 |
| ·Comparison and contrast of exclusive-of-addresser use | 第58页 |
| ·Similarities and differences in the second person deixis | 第58-61页 |
| ·Similarities in the second person deixis | 第59页 |
| ·Differences in the second person deixis | 第59-61页 |
| ·Similarities and differences in the third person deixis | 第61-62页 |
| ·Summary | 第62-63页 |
| Chapter 5 A Contrastive Study of the Unconventional Use of English and Chinese Person Deixis | 第63-67页 |
| ·Vague use of the first person deixis | 第63页 |
| ·The first person deixis in drama | 第63-64页 |
| ·Impersonal use of the second person deixis | 第64-65页 |
| ·The second person deixis as a metalingual | 第65-67页 |
| Chapter 6 Conclusion | 第67-70页 |
| ·A brief summary of the similarities and differences between English and Chinese person deixis | 第67-68页 |
| ·The first person deixis | 第67-68页 |
| ·The second person deixis | 第68页 |
| ·The third personal deixis | 第68页 |
| ·Unconventional use of person deixis in both English and Chinese | 第68-70页 |
| Bibliography | 第70-73页 |
