| 摘要 | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-7页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第7-8页 |
| TABLE OF CONTENTS | 第8-11页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第11-14页 |
| ·Rationale of the Study | 第11-12页 |
| ·Objectives of the Study | 第12页 |
| ·Methodology of the Study | 第12-13页 |
| ·Layout of the Thesis | 第13-14页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第14-27页 |
| ·Introduction | 第14页 |
| ·Previous Studies on Conundrums | 第14-20页 |
| ·Definitions and Characteristics of Conundrums | 第14-16页 |
| ·Anthropological and Folklore Approach | 第16-17页 |
| ·Linguistic Approach | 第17-19页 |
| ·Achievements and Limitations of Previous Studies | 第19-20页 |
| ·Previous Studies on Garden Path | 第20-26页 |
| ·Definition and Classification of Garden Path | 第20-22页 |
| ·Psycholinguistic Approach | 第22-24页 |
| ·Syntactic Approach | 第24页 |
| ·Cognitive Approach | 第24-26页 |
| ·L2 Acquisition and Rhetorical Approaches | 第26页 |
| ·Summary | 第26-27页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Framework | 第27-48页 |
| ·Introduction | 第27页 |
| ·Conundrums and Garden Path | 第27-29页 |
| ·Relevance Theory | 第29-35页 |
| ·Degree of the Relevance: Contextual Effects and Processing Effort | 第30-32页 |
| ·Relevance Principle: Maximal and Optimal Relevance | 第32-35页 |
| ·Adaptation Theory | 第35-47页 |
| ·Contextual Correlates of Adaptability | 第37-43页 |
| ·Language Users | 第38-40页 |
| ·The Physical World | 第40-41页 |
| ·The Social World | 第41-42页 |
| ·The Mental World | 第42-43页 |
| ·Structural Objectives of Adaptability | 第43-44页 |
| ·Dynamics of Adaptability | 第44-45页 |
| ·Salience of the Adaptation Processes | 第45-47页 |
| ·Summary | 第47-48页 |
| Chapter Four The Garden Path in Understanding Conundrums: A Relevant Adaptation Model | 第48-67页 |
| ·Introduction | 第48-49页 |
| ·Data Collection and Classification | 第49-50页 |
| ·Cognitive Mechanism of Garden Path | 第50-51页 |
| ·Initial Garden Path: Apparent Maximal Relevance | 第50页 |
| ·Ultimate Garden Path: Covert Optimal Relevance | 第50-51页 |
| ·Conundrums and Relevance Theory | 第51-56页 |
| ·Conundrums and Cognitive Context | 第51-53页 |
| ·Conundrums and Relevance | 第53-55页 |
| ·Conundrums and Processing Efforts | 第55-56页 |
| ·Conundrums and Adaptation Theory | 第56-65页 |
| ·Adaptation to Language Structure | 第57-61页 |
| ·Adaptation to Physical World | 第61-63页 |
| ·Adaptation to Social World | 第63-64页 |
| ·Adaptation to Mental World | 第64-65页 |
| ·Summary | 第65-67页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第67-70页 |
| ·Main Findings of the Study | 第67-68页 |
| ·Limitations of the Study | 第68页 |
| ·Pedagogical Implications | 第68-69页 |
| ·Suggestions for the Further Studies | 第69-70页 |
| References | 第70-73页 |
