| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-6页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第6-10页 |
| CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION | 第10-15页 |
| ·AN OVERVIEW OF NEGATION | 第10-13页 |
| ·The Definition of Negation | 第10-11页 |
| ·Classification of Negation | 第11-13页 |
| ·Negation at Different Levels | 第13页 |
| ·A BRIEF SURVEY OF PREVIOUS STUDIES ON NEGATION | 第13-15页 |
| CHAPTER TWO EXPLICIT NEGATION IN ENGLISH AND CHINESE | 第15-30页 |
| ·EXPLICIT NEGATION IN ENGLISH AND CHINESE AT THE LEXICAL LEVEL | 第15-23页 |
| ·Morphological Negative Words | 第15-19页 |
| ·Negative Affixation in English | 第16-18页 |
| ·Negative Prefixation in English | 第16-17页 |
| ·Negative Suffixation in English | 第17-18页 |
| ·Negative “Affixation”in Chinese | 第18页 |
| ·Negative “Prefixation”in Chinese | 第18页 |
| ·Negative “Infixation”in Chinese | 第18页 |
| ·The Differences Concerning the Use of Affixes in English and Chinese | 第18-19页 |
| ·Negative Words | 第19-23页 |
| ·Classifications of Negators | 第19-21页 |
| ·Special Uses of Negative words in English and Chinese | 第21-23页 |
| ·EXPLICIT NEGATION IN ENGLISH AND CHINESE AT THE SYNTACTIC LEVEL | 第23-29页 |
| ·Sentential Negation and Local Negation | 第23-25页 |
| ·Absolute Negation and Partial Negation | 第25-27页 |
| ·Double Negation | 第27-28页 |
| ·Answers to Negative yes-no Questions and to Negative Tag Questions | 第28-29页 |
| ·Summary | 第29-30页 |
| CHAPTER THREE IMPLICIT NEGATION IN ENGLISH AND CHINESE | 第30-41页 |
| ·IMPLICIT NEGATION IN ENGLISH AND CHINESE AT THE LEXICAL LEVEL | 第30-33页 |
| ·Words with Implied Negative Meaning | 第30-31页 |
| ·Phrases with Implied Negative Meaning | 第31-32页 |
| ·Idioms with Implied Negative Meaning | 第32-33页 |
| ·IMPLICIT NEGATION IN ENGLISH AND CHINESE AT THE SYNTACTIC LEVEL | 第33-39页 |
| ·Sentence Types | 第33-35页 |
| ·Special sentence Structures | 第35-37页 |
| ·Rhetorical Devices | 第37-39页 |
| ·SUMMARY | 第39-41页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR A PRAGMATIC ANALYSIS OF NEGATION IN ENGLISH AND CHINESE | 第41-52页 |
| ·GRICE’S COOPERATIVE PRINCIPLE | 第41-42页 |
| ·LEECH’S POLITENESS PRINCIPLE | 第42-43页 |
| ·GU YUEGUO’S CHINESE POLITENESS THEORY | 第43-45页 |
| ·VIOLATING THE CP AND ABIDING BY THE PP | 第45-48页 |
| ·Violating the Maxim of Quantity and Abiding by the PP | 第45-46页 |
| ·Violating the Maxim of Quality and Abiding by the PP | 第46-47页 |
| ·Violating the Maxim of Relation and Abiding by the PP | 第47-48页 |
| ·Violating the Maxim of Manner and Abiding by the PP | 第48页 |
| ·CULTURAL INFLUENCES ON THE PRAGMATIC USES OF NEGATION IN ENGLISH AND CHINESE | 第48-52页 |
| CHAPTER FIVE CONCLUSION | 第52-54页 |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | 第54-56页 |
