| Acknowledgements | 第1-4页 |
| Abstract (in Chinese) | 第4-6页 |
| Abstract (in English) | 第6-11页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第11-19页 |
| ·Definitions of Ambiguity | 第11-12页 |
| ·Ambiguity in Terms of Different Language Levels | 第11-12页 |
| ·Ambiguity in Terms of Scope | 第12页 |
| ·Classifications of Ambiguity | 第12-15页 |
| ·Hirst's Classification | 第12-14页 |
| ·Simpson's Classification | 第14页 |
| ·Qiu Shude's Classification | 第14-15页 |
| ·Other Classifications | 第15页 |
| ·Interpretations of Ambiguity | 第15-19页 |
| ·Chomsky's Interpretation | 第15-16页 |
| ·Montague's Interpretation | 第16-17页 |
| ·Grice's Interpretation | 第17页 |
| ·Qiu Shude's Interpretation | 第17-19页 |
| Chapter 2 Language in Cognition | 第19-22页 |
| ·What Is Cognition | 第19页 |
| ·The Language Processing in Cognition | 第19-21页 |
| ·Modularity | 第20页 |
| ·Connectionism | 第20-21页 |
| ·The Significance of Ambiguity Study | 第21-22页 |
| Chapter3 Activation-Selection Processing in Lexical Ambiguity | 第22-32页 |
| ·Internal Lexicon and Lexical Processing Models | 第22-26页 |
| ·Organization of Internal Lexicon | 第23-25页 |
| ·Lexical Processing Models | 第25-26页 |
| ·Analysis of Lexical Ambiguity | 第26-32页 |
| ·Lexical Ambiguity in Exhaustive Access | 第27-28页 |
| ·Lexical Ambiguity in Frequency-Based Access | 第28-29页 |
| ·Lexical Ambiguity in Context-Based Access | 第29-32页 |
| ·Context-Dependent Access | 第29-30页 |
| ·Activation-Suppression Access | 第30-32页 |
| Chapter 4 Parsing Strategies in Syntactic Ambiguity | 第32页 |
| ·Memory Issues in Information Processing System | 第32-34页 |
| ·Three Stages of Memory | 第32-33页 |
| ·Three Types of Memory | 第33-34页 |
| ·Parsing and Parsing Strategies in Syntactic Ambiguity | 第34-39页 |
| ·Immediacy principle in Syntactic Ambiguity | 第35-36页 |
| ·Late Closure Strategy in Syntactic Ambiguity | 第36-37页 |
| ·Minimal Attachment in Syntactic Ambiguity | 第37-39页 |
| Chapter 5 Cognitive Context of Memory in Pragmatic Ambiguity | 第39-56页 |
| ·Cognitive Context in Deep Consciousness | 第39-40页 |
| ·Mutual Manifestness in Surface Consciousness | 第40-41页 |
| ·The Features of Cognitive Context | 第41-44页 |
| ·Dynamic | 第42页 |
| ·Open | 第42-43页 |
| ·Interconnected | 第43页 |
| ·Idiosyncratic | 第43-44页 |
| ·Pragmatic Ambiguity in Cognitive Context | 第44-56页 |
| ·Pragmatic Ambiguity and Information Vacancy of Cognitive Context in Communication | 第45-46页 |
| ·Pragmatic Ambiguity and Information Selected by Mistake in Communication | 第46-52页 |
| ·Unintentional Selection by Mistake | 第47-51页 |
| ·The Influence of External Surroundings | 第47-49页 |
| ·The Influence of Stored Primary Cognitive Context | 第49-51页 |
| ·Intentional Selection by Mistake | 第51-52页 |
| ·Pragmatic Ambiguity and the Restraint of Cognitive Context | 第52-56页 |
| ·The Restraint of Exclusiveness of Cognitive Context | 第52-54页 |
| ·The Restraint of Socio-Psychological Representations of Cognitive Context | 第54-56页 |
| Chapter 6 Conclusion | 第56-59页 |
| Bibliography | 第59-61页 |