| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract(English version) | 第5-8页 |
| Abstract(Chinese version) | 第8-12页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第12-16页 |
| ·The Aim of the Study | 第14页 |
| ·The Organization of the Dissertation | 第14-16页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第16-22页 |
| ·Domestic Study of Proverbs | 第16-19页 |
| ·The Study of Proverbs from Cultural Point of View | 第16-18页 |
| ·The Study of Proverbs from Syntactic Point of View | 第18-19页 |
| ·The Study of Proverbs from the perspective of Their Features and Translation | 第19页 |
| ·Relevant Studies Abroad | 第19-22页 |
| Chapter 3 Relevant Theories | 第22-28页 |
| ·Development of Pragmatics | 第22-23页 |
| ·Speech Act Theory by Austin | 第23-25页 |
| ·Speech Act Theory by Searle | 第25-28页 |
| Chapter 4 Formation of Proverbs | 第28-38页 |
| ·Structure of Proverbs | 第28-29页 |
| ·Figures of Speech | 第29-33页 |
| ·Simile | 第30-31页 |
| ·Metaphor | 第31页 |
| ·Personification | 第31-32页 |
| ·Hyperbole | 第32页 |
| ·Other Forms of Rhetorics | 第32-33页 |
| ·Lexicology | 第33-35页 |
| ·The Difference between Proverbs and Idioms | 第33-34页 |
| ·The Semantic Relation between the Proverb's Integrity and Structural Components | 第34-35页 |
| ·The Relation between the Form of a Proverb and Its Pragmatic Implication | 第35-38页 |
| Chapter 5 Classifications of Illocutionary Acts of Proverbs | 第38-50页 |
| ·Classifications of Illocutionary Acts | 第38-40页 |
| ·Classifications of Illocutionary Acts by Austin | 第38-39页 |
| ·Classifications of Illocutionary Acts by Searle | 第39-40页 |
| ·Classifications of Illocutionary Acts of Proverbs | 第40-44页 |
| ·Classifications of Illocutionary Force in Proverbs in Light of Contexts | 第44-50页 |
| ·Frontal Illocutionary Force in Proverbs | 第44-46页 |
| ·Public Illocutionary Force in Proverbs | 第46-47页 |
| ·Lateral Illocutionary Force in Proverbs | 第47-50页 |
| Chapter 6 Illocutionary Acts by Proverbs and Contexts | 第50-59页 |
| ·Proverb Speech Acts | 第50-51页 |
| ·Context and Speech Acts | 第51-53页 |
| ·The Same Proverb and Different Contexts | 第53-54页 |
| ·Illocutionary Force in Speech Acts | 第54-59页 |
| ·Context, Illocutionary Force and Illocutionary Purpose | 第55页 |
| ·Implicit Performatives and Explicit Performatives | 第55-59页 |
| Chapter 7 Conclusion | 第59-62页 |
| Bibliography | 第62-66页 |
| Appendix | 第66页 |
