| DECLARATION | 第1-4页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第4-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-6页 |
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第6-7页 |
| Transcription Conventions | 第7-8页 |
| Contents | 第8-10页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第10-16页 |
| ·Introduction | 第10-11页 |
| ·The Rationale of the Study | 第11-12页 |
| ·The Objectives of the Study | 第12-13页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第13页 |
| ·Data and Methodology | 第13-14页 |
| ·The Organization of the Thesis | 第14-16页 |
| Chapter 2 Review of the Relevant Literature | 第16-36页 |
| ·Introduction | 第16页 |
| ·Previous Studies on Discourse Analysis in Courtroom Trial | 第16-24页 |
| ·Studies on the Language of Mediation in Courtroom Interaction | 第17-18页 |
| ·Studies on Persuasion in Courtroom Interaction | 第18-19页 |
| ·Studies on Question and Questioning in Courtroom Interaction | 第19-22页 |
| ·Studies on Pragmatic Strategies in Courtroom Interaction | 第22-24页 |
| ·Studies on Presupposition | 第24-31页 |
| ·Traditional Approaches to presupposition | 第25-26页 |
| ·Semantic Approach to Presupposition | 第26-28页 |
| ·Pragmatic Approach to Presupposition | 第28-31页 |
| ·Studies on Conversational Implicature | 第31-35页 |
| ·Grice's theory of communication and implicature | 第31-32页 |
| ·The Relevance Theory Approach | 第32-34页 |
| ·The Neo-Gricean Approach | 第34-35页 |
| ·Summary | 第35-36页 |
| Chapter 3 Description of the Theoretical Framework | 第36-47页 |
| ·Introduction | 第36页 |
| ·The Theoretical Framework for the Present Study | 第36-38页 |
| ·Description of the Theoretical Framework | 第38-46页 |
| ·Semantic Presupposition | 第38-41页 |
| ·Truth-Conditional Theory | 第38-39页 |
| ·Presupposition Triggers | 第39-41页 |
| ·Pragmatic Presupposition | 第41-43页 |
| ·Felicity Conditions and Common Ground | 第42-43页 |
| ·Defeasibility | 第43页 |
| ·Conversational Implicature | 第43-46页 |
| ·Summary | 第46-47页 |
| Chapter 4 Analysis of Pragmatic Inferences in Courtroom Interaction | 第47-81页 |
| ·Introduction | 第47页 |
| ·Presupposition in Courtroom Interaction | 第47-67页 |
| ·Semantic Presupposition | 第48-64页 |
| ·Presupposition of Truth Conditional Theory | 第48-50页 |
| ·Presupposition Triggers | 第50-64页 |
| ·Pragmatic Presupposition | 第64-67页 |
| ·Felicity Conditions | 第64-65页 |
| ·Defcasibility | 第65-67页 |
| ·Conversational Implicature in Courtroom Interaction | 第67-80页 |
| ·Violation of Quality Maxim | 第67-71页 |
| ·Violation of Quantity Maxim | 第71-74页 |
| ·Violation of Relation Maxim | 第74-78页 |
| ·Violation of Manner Maxim | 第78-80页 |
| ·Summary | 第80-81页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第81-85页 |
| ·Summary of the Present Study | 第81页 |
| ·Conclusion | 第81-82页 |
| ·Implications | 第82-83页 |
| ·Limitations and Suggestions for Further Study | 第83-85页 |
| References | 第85-90页 |
