| Abstract | 第5-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-13页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第13-19页 |
| 1.1 Research background | 第13-14页 |
| 1.2 Research objectives and significance | 第14-15页 |
| 1.3 Research methods and data source | 第15-17页 |
| 1.4 Research organization | 第17-19页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第19-30页 |
| 2.1 Review of news remarks | 第19-23页 |
| 2.1.1 From the perspective of language features | 第19-20页 |
| 2.1.2 From the perspective of cooperative and politeness principle | 第20-22页 |
| 2.1.3 From the perspective of adaptation theory | 第22-23页 |
| 2.2 Review of pragmatic response strategies | 第23-30页 |
| 2.2.1 Bulland Mayer’s eleven types of response strategies | 第25-27页 |
| 2.2.2 Liu Senlin’s six categories of response strategies | 第27-30页 |
| Chapter 3 Theoretical Framework: Relevance-Adaptation Model | 第30-41页 |
| 3.1 Dynamic context in Relevance-Adaptation Model | 第31-35页 |
| 3.1.1 Classification of context | 第32-34页 |
| 3.1.2 Variability of context | 第34-35页 |
| 3.2 Mechanisms of Relevance-Adaptation Model | 第35-41页 |
| 3.2.1 Formation of relevance presupposition | 第36-37页 |
| 3.2.2 Adaptation of contextual correlates | 第37-39页 |
| 3.2.3 Seeking of optimal relevance | 第39-41页 |
| Chapter 4 Understatement Response Strategies Used in Hong Lei’s News Remarks | 第41-53页 |
| 4.1 Types of understatement response strategies | 第42-47页 |
| 4.1.1 Comparative form | 第43-44页 |
| 4.1.2 Emphatic sentence | 第44-46页 |
| 4.1.3 Conditional clause | 第46-47页 |
| 4.2 Adaptation to choices of structural objects | 第47-53页 |
| 4.2.1 Choices made in forms and strategies | 第47-49页 |
| 4.2.2 Choices made with various degrees of consciousness | 第49-50页 |
| 4.2.3 Choices made to use language or to remain silent | 第50-53页 |
| Chapter 5 Vague Response Strategies Used in Hong Lei’s News Remarks | 第53-65页 |
| 5.1 Linguistic variability of vagueness | 第54-59页 |
| 5.1.1 Vagueness at the lexical level | 第55-56页 |
| 5.1.2 Vagueness at the sentential level | 第56-57页 |
| 5.1.3 Vagueness at the discourse level | 第57-59页 |
| 5.2 Choices as process of relevance-adaptation | 第59-65页 |
| 5.2.1 Adapting to linguistic context | 第59-60页 |
| 5.2.2 Adapting to situational context | 第60-62页 |
| 5.2.3 Adapting to background knowledge context | 第62-65页 |
| Chapter 6 Evasive Response Strategies Used in Hong Lei’s News Remarks | 第65-75页 |
| 6.1 Types of evasive response strategies | 第66-70页 |
| 6.1.1 Expressing evasive response strategy | 第67-68页 |
| 6.1.2 Implied evasive response strategy | 第68-70页 |
| 6.2 Adaptation to the variable context | 第70-75页 |
| 6.2.1 Extending the cognitive context | 第70-72页 |
| 6.2.2 Reducing the cognitive context | 第72-73页 |
| 6.2.3 Changing the cognitive context | 第73-75页 |
| Chapter 7 Conclusion | 第75-78页 |
| 7.1 Major findings | 第75-77页 |
| 7.2 Limitations and suggestions for further study | 第77-78页 |
| Bibliography | 第78-81页 |
| Websites Visited | 第81-82页 |
| Appendix: Samples of Hong Lei’s Remarks in This Thesis | 第82-86页 |
| 攻读学位期间主要研究成果 | 第86-87页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第87页 |
