| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第6-7页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第7-8页 |
| 摘要 | 第9-15页 |
| CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION | 第15-19页 |
| 1.1 Research Background | 第15-16页 |
| 1.2 Purpose and Significance of the Study | 第16-17页 |
| 1.3 Structure of the Thesis | 第17-19页 |
| CHAPTER Ⅱ LITERATURE REVIEW | 第19-25页 |
| 2.1 Previous Studies on Business English Letter | 第19-22页 |
| 2.1.1 Perspectives of the Studies on Business Letter | 第19-21页 |
| 2.1.2 Classifications and Language Characteristics of English Letter of Offer | 第21-22页 |
| 2.2 Previous Studies on Deixis | 第22-25页 |
| 2.2.1 Previous Studies on Deixis Abroad | 第22-23页 |
| 2.2.2 Previous Studies on Deixis at Home | 第23-25页 |
| CHAPTER Ⅲ THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK | 第25-41页 |
| 3.1 Definitions of Deixis | 第25-26页 |
| 3.2 Deictic and Non-deictic Usages | 第26-30页 |
| 3.3 Categories of Deictic Expressions | 第30-36页 |
| 3.3.1 Person Deixis | 第31-34页 |
| 3.3.2 Time Deixis | 第34-35页 |
| 3.3.3 Place Deixis | 第35页 |
| 3.3.4 Contextual Deixis | 第35页 |
| 3.3.5 Social Deixis | 第35-36页 |
| 3.4 The Egocentricity of Deixis and Deictic Projection | 第36-37页 |
| 3.5 Deixis and Distance | 第37-40页 |
| 3.6 Theoretical Framework of the Present Study | 第40-41页 |
| CHAPTER Ⅳ RESEARCH METHODOLOGY | 第41-45页 |
| 4.1 Research Questions | 第41-42页 |
| 4.2 Data Collections | 第42页 |
| 4.3 Research Tools | 第42页 |
| 4.4 Research Methods and Procedures | 第42-45页 |
| CHAPTER Ⅴ RESULTS AND ANALYSES OF DEICTIC MEANINGS IN ENGLISH LETTEROF OFFER | 第45-63页 |
| 5.1 An Overall Study of Deictic Expressions in English Letter of Offer | 第45-46页 |
| 5.2 Person Deixis in English Letter of Offer | 第46-51页 |
| 5.2.1 The Characteristics and Functions of First Person Deixis in English Letter of Offer | 第47-48页 |
| 5.2.2 The Characteristics and Functions of Second Person Deixis in English Letter of Offer34 | 第48-49页 |
| 5.2.3 The Characteristics and Functions of Third Person Deixis in English Letter of Offer | 第49-50页 |
| 5.2.4 Summary | 第50-51页 |
| 5.3 Time Deixis in English Letter of Offer | 第51-55页 |
| 5.3.1 The Characteristics and Functions of Time Deixis in English Letter of Offer | 第52-53页 |
| 5.3.2 Strategies in Using Time Deixis | 第53-55页 |
| 5.3.3 Summary | 第55页 |
| 5.4 Place Deixis in English Letter of Offer | 第55-59页 |
| 5.4.1 The Use of Place Deixis“the” | 第56-57页 |
| 5.4.2 The Characteristics and Functions of Place Deixis in English Letter of Offer | 第57-58页 |
| 5.4.3 Summary | 第58-59页 |
| 5.5 Contextual Deixis in English Letter of Offer | 第59-60页 |
| 5.5.1 The Characteristics and Functions of Contextual Deixis in English Letter of Offer | 第59-60页 |
| 5.5.2 Summary | 第60页 |
| 5.6 Social Deixis in English Letter of Offer | 第60-62页 |
| 5.6.1 The Characteristics and Functions of Social Deixis in English Letter of Offer | 第61页 |
| 5.6.2 Summary | 第61-62页 |
| 5.7 Suggestions for Pragmatic Strategy | 第62-63页 |
| CHAPTER Ⅵ CONCLUSION | 第63-66页 |
| 6.1 Major Findings of the Research | 第63-64页 |
| 6.2 Implications for Further Study | 第64-65页 |
| 6.3 Limitations of the Study | 第65-66页 |
| WORKS CITED | 第66-69页 |
| APPENDIX | 第69页 |
