| Acknowledgements | 第1-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-9页 |
| 摘要 | 第9-10页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第10-17页 |
| ·The Object of the Research | 第10-11页 |
| ·The Rationale of the Research | 第11页 |
| ·Definitions of Bridging Reference | 第11-15页 |
| ·Main Issues and the Significance of the Research | 第15-16页 |
| ·The Methodology and the Organization of the Research | 第16-17页 |
| Chapter 2 A Brief Survey and Analysis of Past Research on Bridging | 第17-24页 |
| ·The Research Background | 第17-20页 |
| ·Current Research on Bridging in China | 第20-24页 |
| Chapter 3 Theoretic Basis and Cognitive Inference in Bridging Reference | 第24-36页 |
| ·The Framework of Relevance Theory | 第24-28页 |
| ·Introduction | 第24-25页 |
| ·Basic Notions of Relevance Theory and Cognition | 第25-27页 |
| ·Conclusion | 第27-28页 |
| ·An Explanation for Bridging Reference Based on Relevance Theory | 第28-36页 |
| ·Implicated Assumption and Implicated Premise | 第28-31页 |
| ·Search and Expectation for Relevance in Bridging Reference | 第31-36页 |
| Chapter 4 Cognitive Models and the Phenomenon of Bridging Reference | 第36-47页 |
| ·Complex Bridging Reference | 第36-38页 |
| ·Cognitive Models | 第38-41页 |
| ·The Origin of the Notion | 第38-39页 |
| ·Lakoff, Ungerer and Schmid’s Descriptions of Cognitive Models | 第39-40页 |
| ·Sperber and Wilson’s Descriptions of Cognitive Models | 第40-41页 |
| ·An Alternative Explanation for Bridging Reference Based on Cognitive Models | 第41-47页 |
| ·Introduction | 第41-42页 |
| ·An Explanation for Bridging Reference Based on Cognitive Models | 第42-44页 |
| ·A Supplementary Account | 第44-47页 |
| Chapter 5 Analyses of Bridging Felicity Judgements | 第47-55页 |
| ·Introduction | 第47-48页 |
| ·A Contrastive Analysis of Matsui’s Findings and This Author’s | 第48-52页 |
| ·Matsui’s Relevance-theoretic Criterion | 第49-51页 |
| ·Conclusions Based on the Contrastive Analyses | 第51-52页 |
| ·An Alternative Account for Bridging Felicity | 第52-55页 |
| Chapter 6 Conclusion | 第55-58页 |
| ·Introduction | 第55页 |
| ·Conclusion | 第55-56页 |
| ·Limitations and Suggestions | 第56-58页 |
| Appendix 1 | 第58-62页 |
| Appendix 2 | 第62-65页 |
| References | 第65-67页 |
