| 摘要 | 第4-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-8页 |
| Contents | 第9-12页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第12-18页 |
| 1.1 Research Background | 第12-14页 |
| 1.2 Purpose and Significance of the Study | 第14-15页 |
| 1.3 Research Questions | 第15-16页 |
| 1.4 Research Methodology | 第16-17页 |
| 1.5 Organization of This Thesis | 第17-18页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第18-34页 |
| 2.1 An Overview of Deliberate Bickering | 第18-22页 |
| 2.1.1 Definition of Deliberate Bickering | 第18-21页 |
| 2.1.2 Manifestation Types of Deliberate Bickering | 第21-22页 |
| 2.2 Previous Studies in Relation to Deliberate Bickering | 第22-26页 |
| 2.2.1 Conflict Talk and Deliberate Bickering | 第22-23页 |
| 2.2.2 Deliberate Offensive Utterances and Deliberate Bickering | 第23页 |
| 2.2.3 Argument and Deliberate Bickering | 第23-24页 |
| 2.2.4 Sophistry and Deliberate Bickering | 第24-26页 |
| 2.3 Previous Studies from Folkloric Perspective | 第26-28页 |
| 2.4 Previous Studies from Linguistic Perspective | 第28-30页 |
| 2.4.1 Previous Studies from Lexical Perspective | 第28-29页 |
| 2.4.2 Previous Studies from Pragmatic Perspective | 第29-30页 |
| 2.5 Comments on the Previous Studies | 第30-34页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Framework | 第34-58页 |
| 3.1 Relevance Theory | 第34-47页 |
| 3.1.1 The Notion of Relevance and Two Principles of Relevance | 第34-40页 |
| 3.1.2 Explicature and Implicature | 第40-47页 |
| 3.2 Meta-representational Ability | 第47-49页 |
| 3.3 Three Interpreting Strategies | 第49-51页 |
| 3.4 A Working Model of Deliberate Bickering Interpretation | 第51-58页 |
| Chapter Four Analysis of Deliberate Bickering Interpretation | 第58-80页 |
| 4.1 Deliberate Misinterpretation and Sophisticated Understanding | 第58-61页 |
| 4.2 Three Sources of Constructing Contextual Assumptions | 第61-74页 |
| 4.2.1 Linguistic Context | 第61-67页 |
| 4.2.2 Encyclopedic Knowledge | 第67-70页 |
| 4.2.3 Expertise in Some Field | 第70-74页 |
| 4.3 Representing Implicatures and Meta-representing the Intended Meaning | 第74-77页 |
| 4.4 Summary | 第77-80页 |
| Chapter Five Analysis of Responses to Deliberate Bickering | 第80-90页 |
| 5.1 Two Types of Responses by the Hearer | 第80-84页 |
| 5.1.1 Refuting Back | 第80-82页 |
| 5.1.2 Echoing or Keeping Silent | 第82-84页 |
| 5.2 Reasons of Echoing and Keeping Silent | 第84-90页 |
| 5.2.1 Incompetence | 第85-87页 |
| 5.2.2 Politeness | 第87-90页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第90-94页 |
| 6.1 Major Findings of the Study | 第90-92页 |
| 6.2 Limitations of the Study | 第92-93页 |
| 6.3 Suggestions for Further Study | 第93-94页 |
| Bibliography | 第94-98页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第98-99页 |
| 个人简历 | 第99页 |
