| Acknowledgements | 第1-8页 |
| Abstract | 第8-13页 |
| 摘要 | 第13-17页 |
| 论文浓缩 | 第17-25页 |
| Contents | 第25-28页 |
| List of Figures | 第28页 |
| List of Tables | 第28页 |
| Abbreviations | 第28-29页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第29-48页 |
| ·Introductory remarks | 第29页 |
| ·The object of this study | 第29-40页 |
| ·The etymology of ML | 第29-30页 |
| ·The language system | 第30-32页 |
| ·The incompleteness of the previous definitions of ML | 第32-33页 |
| ·The definition of ML for this study | 第33-35页 |
| ·The notions of OL and metalinguality | 第35-37页 |
| ·Some examples of ML phenomena | 第37-40页 |
| ·Rationale for the study | 第40-42页 |
| ·Objectives of this study | 第42页 |
| ·Some methodological preliminaries | 第42-44页 |
| ·The organization of the dissertation | 第44-48页 |
| Chapter 2 Previous approaches to ML | 第48-74页 |
| ·The philosophical approach | 第48-57页 |
| ·The reflexivity of language | 第48-54页 |
| ·The didymous relation between ML and OL | 第54-57页 |
| ·The linguistic approach | 第57-70页 |
| ·The pervasiveness of ML in language | 第58-64页 |
| ·Metalinguistic consciousness | 第64-66页 |
| ·ML's functioning | 第66-70页 |
| ·Comments on the previous approaches to ML | 第70-72页 |
| ·Contributions | 第70-71页 |
| ·Limitations and inspirations | 第71-72页 |
| ·Summary | 第72-74页 |
| Chapter 3 The dimension view of ML | 第74-121页 |
| ·Introduction | 第74-75页 |
| ·The most basic requirement of metalinguality | 第75-81页 |
| ·Russell's view on linguistic reflexivity | 第75-81页 |
| ·The most basic requirement of metalinguality | 第81页 |
| ·Metalinguality in language | 第81-93页 |
| ·Metalingnality in linguistic sounds | 第82-83页 |
| ·Metalinguality in syntax | 第83-85页 |
| ·Metalinguality in words | 第85-87页 |
| ·The metalinguistic power embedded in a linguistic sign | 第87-92页 |
| ·Summary | 第92-93页 |
| ·Metalinguality in speech | 第93-116页 |
| ·ML use as a dynamic process of metalinguistic operation | 第93-96页 |
| ·ML use displaying an explicit/implicit scale | 第96-106页 |
| ·ML use occurring in all language use | 第106-115页 |
| ·Summary | 第115-116页 |
| ·Conclusion: language and speech anchored in metalinguality | 第116-121页 |
| ·Summary | 第116-117页 |
| ·Philosophical implications | 第117-121页 |
| Chapter 4 ML's rescuing language from its imperfection | 第121-156页 |
| ·Language imperfection | 第122-134页 |
| ·Incapacity of language | 第122-128页 |
| ·Fallacies, errors and indeterminacy in language | 第128-134页 |
| ·The philosophers' rescue of language from its imperfection | 第134-140页 |
| ·Rescuing imperfect language by Locke | 第134-136页 |
| ·Rescuing imperfect language by analytic philosophers | 第136-140页 |
| ·ML and self-rescue of language | 第140-153页 |
| ·ML as rescuing devices and the Hegelian dialectic | 第140-142页 |
| ·ML rescuing the lineaxity and one-dimension of language | 第142-144页 |
| ·ML rescuing the discreteness and contractedness of language | 第144-145页 |
| ·MLrescuing the finiteness of language | 第145-148页 |
| ·ML rescuing the indeterminacy of language | 第148-150页 |
| ·ML rescuing the fallacies and errors in language | 第150-153页 |
| ·Conclusion: both metalinguality and remediable language imperfection as necessary dimensions of language | 第153-156页 |
| ·Summary and conclusion | 第153-154页 |
| ·Philosophical implications | 第154-156页 |
| Chapter 5 Metalinguality in human mind | 第156-197页 |
| ·The notion of mind | 第156-157页 |
| ·The controversial issue about mind and language | 第157-167页 |
| ·The identity view | 第157-159页 |
| ·The Separability view | 第159-164页 |
| ·The inseparability view | 第164-167页 |
| ·Conclusion | 第167页 |
| ·Human mind is linguistic (1): biological arguments | 第167-172页 |
| ·Human mind is linguistic (2): metaphysical arguments | 第172-175页 |
| ·Do human beings think in mentalese or natural language? | 第175-178页 |
| ·Metalinguistic link between mentalese and NL | 第178-185页 |
| ·Approximation between mentalese and NL | 第178-180页 |
| ·Metalinguality linking mentalese and NL | 第180-185页 |
| ·How human mind works: metalinguistic operations on NL | 第185-194页 |
| ·The workplace hypothesis | 第186-189页 |
| ·The active-symbol hypothesis | 第189-190页 |
| ·The active-passive-symbol hypothesis | 第190-193页 |
| ·Summary | 第193-194页 |
| ·Conclusion | 第194-197页 |
| ·Metalinguality of human mind | 第194-195页 |
| ·Philosophical implications | 第195-197页 |
| Chapter 6 ML and reality | 第197-230页 |
| ·The notion of reality | 第197-200页 |
| ·ML dimension empowering language to be constructive | 第200-205页 |
| ·What is constructivism? | 第201-202页 |
| ·The constructive power of ML dimension | 第202-205页 |
| ·ML and constructive reality | 第205-223页 |
| ·Cookie-cutter reality by global ML | 第205-214页 |
| ·Mangrove-effect reality | 第214-216页 |
| ·Constructive realities accumulated by local ML | 第216-222页 |
| ·The thing-in-itself, dimensions of reality and constructive reality | 第222-223页 |
| ·Conclusion and philosophical implications | 第223-230页 |
| ·Conclusion | 第223-224页 |
| ·Philosophical implications of the relationship between language and reality | 第224-230页 |
| Chapter 7 Conclusion | 第230-238页 |
| ·Contributions of the study | 第230-232页 |
| ·Theoretical and philosophical implications of the study | 第232-235页 |
| ·Limitations of the study and suggestions for future work | 第235-238页 |
| Bibliography | 第238-250页 |
