| Abstract in Chinese | 第1-9页 |
| Abstract in English | 第9-11页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第11-14页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第14-25页 |
| ·Semiologists' Study of Code Model of Communication | 第14-15页 |
| ·Code Model's Interpretation of Human Communication | 第14-15页 |
| ·The Insoluble Problems of the Code Model | 第15页 |
| ·Austin and Searle's Speech Acts Theory (SAT) | 第15-18页 |
| ·Austin's Tripartition of Speech Acts | 第15-16页 |
| ·Searle's Theory of Indirect Speech Acts | 第16-17页 |
| ·The Strong and Weak Points of Searle's Theory of Indirect Speech Act | 第17-18页 |
| ·Grice's Theory of Conversational Implkature | 第18-22页 |
| ·The Distinction between Natural Meaning and Non-natural Meaning | 第19页 |
| ·Conversational Implicature | 第19-20页 |
| ·Comments on Grice's CP and Conversational Implicature | 第20-22页 |
| ·Bach & Harnish's Speech Act Schema (SAS) | 第22-23页 |
| ·The Scope of This Thesis | 第23-25页 |
| Chapter 3 RT and the Comprehension of Utterance in Communication | 第25-39页 |
| ·The Background of RT | 第25-27页 |
| ·ST and the Comprehension of Utterances in Verbal Communication | 第27-39页 |
| ·Ostensive-Inferential Communication Model | 第27-32页 |
| ·Cognitive Context | 第32-35页 |
| ·Optimal Relevance | 第35-39页 |
| Chapter 4 RT's Role in Interpreting English Euphemism as a Communication Mode | 第39-62页 |
| ·The Generation and Motives of English Euphemism | 第41-44页 |
| ·The Operating Devices of English Euphemism | 第44-46页 |
| ·RT's Role in Interpreting English Euphemism as a Communication Mode | 第46-62页 |
| ·English Euphemism Produced in the Form of Figurative Device | 第50-58页 |
| ·Metaphor | 第50-51页 |
| ·Periphrasis | 第51-53页 |
| ·Metonymy | 第53-54页 |
| ·Personification | 第54-55页 |
| ·Analogy | 第55页 |
| ·Ellipsis | 第55-56页 |
| ·Understatement | 第56-57页 |
| ·Loan Words | 第57-58页 |
| ·English Euphemism Produced in the Form of Phonetic Device | 第58页 |
| ·English Euphemism Produced in the Form of Lexical Device | 第58-60页 |
| ·English Euphemism Produced in the Form of Grammatical Device | 第60-62页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第62-65页 |
| ·Brief Summary | 第62-63页 |
| ·Limitations | 第63-64页 |
| ·Suggestions for Further Study and Research | 第64-65页 |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | 第65-68页 |
