| INTRODUCTION | 第1-9页 |
| CHAPTER ONE REVIEW OF THE STUDY ON AMBIGUITY FROMA HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE | 第9-33页 |
| ·THE DEFINITION OF “MEANING” | 第9-15页 |
| ·THE DEFINITION OF “AMBIGUITY” | 第15-17页 |
| ·THE CLASSIFICATIONS OF AMBIGUITY | 第17-23页 |
| ·THE CHARACTERISTICS OF AMBIGUITY | 第23-26页 |
| ·THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN AMBIGUITY AND IDIOMS | 第26-28页 |
| ·THE STUDY ON AMBIGUITY IN THE HISTORY | 第28-33页 |
| CHAPTER TWO AMBIGUITY AT VARIOUS LEVELS | 第33-80页 |
| ·AMBIGUITY AT PHONOLOGICAL LEVEL | 第33-41页 |
| ·AMBIGUITY AT LEXICAL LEVEL | 第41-58页 |
| ·AMBIGUITY AT GRAMMATICAL LEVEL | 第58-69页 |
| ·AMBIGUITY AT PRAGMATIC LEVEL | 第69-80页 |
| CHAPTER THREE THE CAUSE OF AMBIGUITY | 第80-93页 |
| ·N. CHOMSKY AND HIS THEORY OF TRANSFORMATIONAL-GENERATIVE GRAMMAR | 第80-88页 |
| ·FENG ZHIWEI AND PA (POTENTIAL AMBIGUITY) THEORY | 第88-90页 |
| ·OTHER STUDIES IN THE FIELD | 第90-93页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR APPLICATION OF LINGUISTIC AMBIGUITY | 第93-107页 |
| ·RHETORICAL APPLICATIONS | 第93-100页 |
| ·THEME-ALLUDING | 第100-101页 |
| ·ENGLISH TEACHING AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE | 第101-107页 |
| CONCLUSION | 第107-108页 |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | 第108-111页 |
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第111-112页 |
