| Acknowledgements | 第4-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-8页 |
| 内容摘要 | 第9-11页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第11-15页 |
| 1.1 Research background | 第12页 |
| 1.2 Research questions and purpose of the study | 第12-13页 |
| 1.3 Significance of the research | 第13页 |
| 1.4 Layout of the thesis | 第13-15页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第15-23页 |
| 2.1 Key terms | 第15-17页 |
| 2.1.1 Compatibility | 第15-16页 |
| 2.1.2 Common intelligibility | 第16-17页 |
| 2.1.3 Language game | 第17页 |
| 2.2 Existing studies | 第17-20页 |
| 2.2.1 Existing studies on Wittgenstein's language game | 第18-19页 |
| 2.2.2 Present researches on sentence compatibility in Wittgenstein's language game | 第19-20页 |
| 2.3 The problems of the existing studies | 第20-21页 |
| 2.3.1 The lack of microscopic observations on language game | 第20-21页 |
| 2.3.2 The lack of a systemic and detailed analysis of sentence compatibility | 第21页 |
| 2.4 Possible solutions to the existing problems | 第21页 |
| 2.5 Summary | 第21-23页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Preliminaries | 第23-37页 |
| 3.1 Wittgenstein's theory of language game | 第24-26页 |
| 3.2 Unity of common intelligibility | 第26-28页 |
| 3.3 Context and common intelligibility | 第28-29页 |
| 3.4 Possibility of common intelligibility | 第29-32页 |
| 3.5 The mechanism for compatibility | 第32-36页 |
| 3.6 Summary | 第36-37页 |
| Chapter Four An Analysis of the Compatibility of Sentences in Language Game | 第37-64页 |
| 4.1 The elements involved in the evaluation of sentence compatibility | 第38-46页 |
| 4.1.1 The symbolic compatibility elements | 第39-41页 |
| 4.1.2 The perceptual compatibility elements | 第41-43页 |
| 4.1.3 The imaginary compatibility elements | 第43-44页 |
| 4.1.4 The contextual compatibility elements | 第44-46页 |
| 4.2 The classification of sentences according to compatibility | 第46-54页 |
| 4.2.1 The sentences with form-based compatibility | 第46-50页 |
| 4.2.1.1 The sound switch compatibility | 第47-49页 |
| 4.2.1.2 The form change compatibility | 第49-50页 |
| 4.2.2 The sentences with meaning-based compatibility | 第50-54页 |
| 4.2.2.1 The perceptual meaning compatibility | 第50-51页 |
| 4.2.2.2 The imaginary meaning compatibility | 第51-53页 |
| 4.2.2.3 The contextual meaning compatibility | 第53-54页 |
| 4.3 The degree of sentence compatibility | 第54-63页 |
| 4.3.1 The monocompatibility | 第55-57页 |
| 4.3.2 The noncompatibility | 第57-59页 |
| 4.3.3 The polycompatibility | 第59-63页 |
| 4.4 Summary | 第63-64页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第64-67页 |
| 5.1 Major findings of the study | 第64-65页 |
| 5.2 Implications of the study | 第65页 |
| 5.2.1 Theoretical implications | 第65页 |
| 5.2.2 Practical implications | 第65页 |
| 5.3 Limitations and prospects for further study | 第65-67页 |
| References | 第67-70页 |
