| Chapter One Introduction | 第1-13页 |
| ·My Approach in this Thesis | 第11页 |
| ·The Structure of This Thesis | 第11-13页 |
| Chapter Two The Development of the Studies of Context | 第13-22页 |
| ·The Beginning of the Study of Context | 第13页 |
| ·The Static Views on Context | 第13-19页 |
| ·The Dynamic Views on Context | 第19-22页 |
| Chapter Three The Nature of Context | 第22-37页 |
| ·What is Context | 第22-24页 |
| ·The Contextual Factors of Different Types | 第24-33页 |
| ·The Dynamic Property of Context | 第33-37页 |
| Chapter Four The Function of Context in Discourse Interpretation | 第37-68页 |
| ·The Extemal Manifestation of its Function | 第38-47页 |
| ·The Explaining Function | 第38-43页 |
| ·The Constraining Function | 第43-47页 |
| ·The Internal Functioning Mechanism of Context | 第47-68页 |
| ·The Sources of Contextual Information | 第47-51页 |
| ·The Retrieval of Contextual Information | 第51-54页 |
| ·The Construction of a Context | 第54-57页 |
| ·The Inferential Process of Discourse Meaning from Context | 第57-68页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第68-70页 |
| Bibliography | 第70-71页 |
