| ENGLISH ABSTRACT | 第4页 |
| CHINESE ABSTRACT | 第5-6页 |
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第6-11页 |
| CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION | 第11-15页 |
| 1.1 The Object of the Present Study | 第11-12页 |
| 1.2 Rationale and Objectives of the Present Study | 第12-13页 |
| 1.3 Significance of the Present Study | 第13页 |
| 1.4 Methodology of the Present Study | 第13页 |
| 1.5 Structure of the Present Study | 第13-15页 |
| CHAPTER TWO LITERATURE REVIEW | 第15-23页 |
| 2.1 Research on the Theory of Meaning | 第15-18页 |
| 2.1.1 Value of the theory of meaning | 第15-18页 |
| 2.1.2 Defects of the theory of meaning | 第18页 |
| 2.2 Research on the Theory of Conversational Implicature | 第18-22页 |
| 2.2.1 Improvement of the theory of conversational implicature | 第19-20页 |
| 2.2.2 Supplement of the theory of conversational implicature | 第20页 |
| 2.2.3 Negation of the theory of conversational implicature | 第20-21页 |
| 2.2.4 Application of the Cooperative Principle | 第21-22页 |
| 2.3 Reflection on Previous Studies | 第22-23页 |
| CHAPTER THREE INTRODUCTION TO GRICE'S MEANING THEORIES | 第23-35页 |
| 3.1 The Theory of Meaning | 第23-27页 |
| 3.1.1 Natural meaning and non-natural meaning | 第23-25页 |
| 3.1.2 Classification of non-natural meaning | 第25-26页 |
| 3.1.3 Utterer's meaning and intention | 第26-27页 |
| 3.2 The Theory of Conversational Implicature | 第27-33页 |
| 3.2.1 The Cooperative Principle | 第28页 |
| 3.2.2 The Conversational implicature | 第28-33页 |
| 3.3 Summary | 第33-35页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR PHILOSOPHICAL REFLECTIONS ON GRICE'S MEANING THEORIES | 第35-61页 |
| 4.1 Philosophical Background | 第35-39页 |
| 4.1.1 Three stages of Western philosophy | 第35页 |
| 4.1.2 Inalytical philosophy and its two schools | 第35-39页 |
| 4.2 Intentionality | 第39-48页 |
| 4.2.1 Intentionality in Western philosophy | 第39-41页 |
| 4.2.2 Intentionality in Grice' meaning theories | 第41-48页 |
| 4.3 Rationality | 第48-55页 |
| 4.3.1 Rationalism in Western philosophy | 第48-49页 |
| 4.3.2 Rationality in Grice's meaning theories | 第49-55页 |
| 4.4 Philosophical Psychology, Metaphysics and Value | 第55-58页 |
| 4.4.1 Philosophical psychology, metaphysics and value in Western philosophy | 第55-56页 |
| 4.4.2 Philosophical psychology, metaphysics and value in Grice's meaning theories | 第56-58页 |
| 4.5 Summary | 第58-61页 |
| CHAPTER FIVE CONCLUSION | 第61-65页 |
| 5.1 Findings of the Present Study | 第61-62页 |
| 5.2 Implications of the Present Study | 第62页 |
| 5.3 Limitations and Suggestions for Further Study | 第62-65页 |
| REFERENCES | 第65-67页 |
| PUBLICATIONS | 第67-69页 |
| PERSONAL PROFILE | 第69-71页 |
| 承诺书 | 第71-73页 |
