| Abstract | 第1-8页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-11页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第11-17页 |
| ·Research Background | 第11-12页 |
| ·Research Objective | 第12-13页 |
| ·Research Significance | 第13-14页 |
| ·Layout of the Thesis | 第14-17页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review and Theoretical Base | 第17-35页 |
| ·Cooperative Principle | 第17-26页 |
| ·Understanding of Cooperative Principle | 第17-18页 |
| ·Four Maxims of Cooperative Principle | 第18-19页 |
| ·Violation of the Maxims of CP | 第19-21页 |
| ·The Theory of Conversational Implicature | 第21-23页 |
| ·The Relevant Researches on Cooperative Principle | 第23-26页 |
| ·Politeness Principle | 第26-33页 |
| ·Maxims of Politeness Principle | 第26-28页 |
| ·Understanding of Maxims of PP | 第28-32页 |
| ·Relevant Researches on PP | 第32-33页 |
| ·The Relationship Between CP and PP | 第33-35页 |
| Chapter 3 Methodology | 第35-39页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第35页 |
| ·Data Source and Collection | 第35-36页 |
| ·Analytical Procedures | 第36-39页 |
| Chapter 4 Case Analysis: Conversational Implicatures in The Big Bang Theory | 第39-73页 |
| ·Some Quantitative Findings | 第39-42页 |
| ·Conversational Implicatures Through Violation of CP | 第42-66页 |
| ·Violation of the Quantity Maxim | 第43-49页 |
| ·Violation of the Quality Maxim | 第49-58页 |
| ·Violation of the Relation Maxim | 第58-61页 |
| ·Violation of the Manner Maxim | 第61-66页 |
| ·Conversational Implicatures Through Violation of PP | 第66-71页 |
| ·Violation of the Maxims of Tact and Generosity | 第66-68页 |
| ·Violation of the Maxims of Approbation and Modesty | 第68-69页 |
| ·Violation of the the Maxims of Agreement and Sympathy | 第69-71页 |
| ·Summary | 第71-73页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第73-77页 |
| ·Major Findings of the Study | 第73-74页 |
| ·Limitations of the Study | 第74-75页 |
| ·Implications for Further Studies | 第75-77页 |
| Bibliography | 第77-81页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第81-83页 |
| Appendix | 第83页 |
