| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-8页 |
| Contents | 第8-9页 |
| Introduction | 第9-12页 |
| ·Purpose of the thesis | 第9-10页 |
| ·Significance of the thesis | 第10页 |
| ·Organization of the thesis | 第10-12页 |
| Chapter 1 Literature Review | 第12-15页 |
| Chapter 2 Related Theoretical Background | 第15-32页 |
| ·The cooperative principle | 第15-18页 |
| ·Politeness principle | 第18-22页 |
| ·Relevance theory | 第22-25页 |
| ·Ostensive-inferential model of communication | 第22-23页 |
| ·Relevance, contextual effect and processing effort | 第23-25页 |
| ·Conversational implicature | 第25-32页 |
| ·Grice’s theory of implicature | 第26-28页 |
| ·Alternative mechanisms | 第28-32页 |
| Chapter 3 Appreciation of Death of A Salesman from the perspective of pragmatics | 第32-52页 |
| ·An introduction of Death of A Salesman | 第32-34页 |
| ·Analysis of cooperative principle in Death of A Salesman | 第34-37页 |
| ·Analysis of politeness principle in Death of A Salesman | 第37-42页 |
| ·Analysis of relevance theory in Death of A Salesman | 第42-48页 |
| ·Analysis of conversational implicature in Death of A Salesman | 第48-52页 |
| Conclusion | 第52-54页 |
| Bibliography | 第54-56页 |
