| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第1-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-7页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第7-12页 |
| LIST OF FIGURES | 第12-13页 |
| Chapter One INTRODUCTION | 第13-20页 |
| ·The Background of the Study | 第13-15页 |
| ·The Purposes and Significance of the Study | 第15-16页 |
| ·Research Methods | 第16-18页 |
| ·The Structure of the Paper | 第18-20页 |
| Chapter Two LITERATURE REVIEW | 第20-37页 |
| ·A Brief Introduction to Silence | 第20-31页 |
| ·Definitions of silence | 第20-21页 |
| ·Forms of silence | 第21-25页 |
| ·Functions of silence | 第25-27页 |
| ·Current studies on silence at home and abroad | 第27-31页 |
| ·A Brief Introduction to the Absurd | 第31-37页 |
| ·Definitions of theatre | 第31-32页 |
| ·The language in theatre | 第32-33页 |
| ·Characteristics of the theatre of the absurd | 第33-37页 |
| Chapter Three THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK | 第37-50页 |
| ·Relevance Theory | 第37-41页 |
| ·Cognitive environments and mutual manifestness | 第37-38页 |
| ·The informative intention and communicative intention | 第38-39页 |
| ·Ostensive-Inferential communication | 第39-40页 |
| ·Degree of relevance and relevance principle | 第40-41页 |
| ·Verschueren's Adaptation Theory | 第41-45页 |
| ·Making choices | 第41-42页 |
| ·Four angles of investigation | 第42-45页 |
| ·Adaptation-Relevance Model | 第45-50页 |
| Chapter Four PRAGMATIC INTERPRETATIONS OF SILENCE IN WAITINGFOR GODOT | 第50-78页 |
| ·The Introduction to Waiting for Godot | 第50-51页 |
| ·Analysis of Different Types of Silences Based on Adaptation-Relevance Model | 第51-63页 |
| ·Pause | 第51-55页 |
| ·Turn silence | 第55-58页 |
| ·Gap and lapse | 第58-63页 |
| ·Adaptation between Playwright and Audience | 第63-68页 |
| ·The expectation of audience | 第66-67页 |
| ·The orientation of playwright | 第67-68页 |
| ·Adaptation between Performers and Audience | 第68-78页 |
| ·Adaptation to mental world | 第68-73页 |
| ·Disappointment at reality | 第68-70页 |
| ·Confusion about time | 第70-73页 |
| ·Adaptation to poetic musicality | 第73-78页 |
| Chapter Five CONCLUSION | 第78-82页 |
| ·Major Findings of the Research | 第78-80页 |
| ·Limitations of the Study and Suggestions for the Further Research | 第80-82页 |
| REFERENCES | 第82-87页 |
| 附录：作者在攻读硕士学位期间发表的论文 | 第87页 |
