| Abstract | 第1-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-7页 |
| Table of Contents | 第7-9页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第9-12页 |
| ·Background of the Research | 第9-10页 |
| ·Significances of the Research | 第10-11页 |
| ·Organization and Outline of the Thesis | 第11-12页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第12-22页 |
| ·Business Negotiation | 第12-17页 |
| ·Definitions of Business Negotiation | 第12-13页 |
| ·Phases of Business Negotiation | 第13-15页 |
| ·The Importance of Language in Business Negotiation | 第15页 |
| ·An Overview of the Features of Business Negotiation Language | 第15-17页 |
| ·Previous Studies on Business Negotiation | 第17-22页 |
| ·Studies of Business Negotiation from the Perspective of Strategies | 第17-19页 |
| ·Studies of Business Negotiation from the Perspective of Linguistics | 第19-22页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Foundations | 第22-33页 |
| ·A Brief Review of Studies of Presupposition | 第22-28页 |
| ·Philosophical Origin of Presupposition | 第23-24页 |
| ·Semantic Presupposition | 第24-26页 |
| ·Pragmatic Presupposition | 第26-28页 |
| ·Presupposition Triggers | 第28-33页 |
| ·Presupposition Triggers on the Semantic Level | 第29-30页 |
| ·Presupposition Triggers on the Syntactical Level | 第30-31页 |
| ·Presupposition Triggers on the Contextual Level | 第31-33页 |
| Chapter Four Research Methodology | 第33-37页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第33页 |
| ·Research Objectives | 第33-34页 |
| ·Research Procedures | 第34-35页 |
| ·Data Collection | 第35-37页 |
| Chapter Five Results and Discussion | 第37-66页 |
| ·Classifications of Pragmatic Presupposition in English Business Negotiations | 第38-59页 |
| ·Existential Presupposition | 第40-47页 |
| ·Factive Presupposition | 第47-51页 |
| ·State Presupposition | 第51-54页 |
| ·Belief Presupposition | 第54-56页 |
| ·Structural Presupposition | 第56-58页 |
| ·Counter-factual Presupposition | 第58-59页 |
| ·Functions of Pragmatic Presupposition in English Business Negotiations | 第59-66页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第66-69页 |
| ·Summary of the Research Findings | 第66-67页 |
| ·Limitations of the Present Study | 第67-68页 |
| ·Suggestions for Further Research | 第68-69页 |
| References | 第69-72页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第72-73页 |
| Appendix | 第73-78页 |
