| Declaration | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-8页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第8-12页 |
| List of Tables and Figures | 第12页 |
| List of Appendices | 第12-13页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第13-19页 |
| ·Purpose of the Study | 第13-14页 |
| ·Rationale for the Study | 第14-16页 |
| ·Significance of the Study | 第16-18页 |
| ·Outline of the Thesis | 第18-19页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第19-36页 |
| ·Introduction | 第19页 |
| ·Studies on Debate | 第19-25页 |
| ·Debate and its Social Significance | 第19-20页 |
| ·Intercollegiate Chinese Debate Contest | 第20-22页 |
| ·Free Debate | 第22-23页 |
| ·Research on Debate | 第23-25页 |
| ·Studies on Cooperative Principle | 第25-35页 |
| ·Theory of Cooperative Principle | 第25-29页 |
| ·Cooperative Principle | 第25页 |
| ·Four Conversational Maxims | 第25-27页 |
| ·Non-observance of the Maxims | 第27-29页 |
| ·Critiques of Cooperative Principle | 第29-31页 |
| ·Modification and Development of Cooperative Principle | 第31-32页 |
| ·Application of Cooperative Principle | 第32-35页 |
| ·Summary | 第35-36页 |
| Chapter 3 Research Methodology | 第36-43页 |
| ·Introduction | 第36页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第36-37页 |
| ·Analytical Framework | 第37-40页 |
| ·Cooperative Principle | 第37-40页 |
| ·Conversational Goals | 第40页 |
| ·Data Collection | 第40-41页 |
| ·Analytical Procedures | 第41-43页 |
| Chapter 4 Pragmatic Analysis of Conversational Maxims in Free Debate | 第43-78页 |
| ·Introduction | 第43页 |
| ·Non-observance of the Maxims of Cooperative Principle | 第43-74页 |
| ·Non-observance of Maxim of Quantity | 第45-57页 |
| ·More Information | 第45-51页 |
| ·Less Information | 第51-57页 |
| ·Non-observance of Maxim of Quality | 第57-67页 |
| ·Non-observance of Maxim of Relation | 第67-72页 |
| ·Non-observance of Maxim of Manner | 第72-74页 |
| ·Observance of the Maxims of Cooperative Principle | 第74-76页 |
| ·Summary | 第76-78页 |
| Chapter 5 Results and Discussion | 第78-92页 |
| ·Introduction | 第78页 |
| ·Results | 第78-82页 |
| ·The Degree to Which Maxims are Violated | 第78-80页 |
| ·The Degree to Which Each Maxim is Violated | 第80-82页 |
| ·The Reasons for the Non-observance of Maxims of Cooperative Principle in Free Debate | 第82-90页 |
| ·The Significance of Conversational Goals | 第82-84页 |
| ·Relationship between Conversational Goals and Pragmatic Principles | 第84-85页 |
| ·Goals of Debating and Non-observance of Maxims | 第85-90页 |
| ·Goals of Debating and Non-observance of Quantity Maxim | 第86-88页 |
| ·Goals of Debating and Non-observance of Relation Maxim | 第88-89页 |
| ·Goals of Debating and Non-observance of Quality Maxim & Non-observance of Manner Maxim | 第89-90页 |
| ·Summary | 第90-92页 |
| Chapter 6 Conclusion | 第92-98页 |
| ·Overview of the Study | 第92-94页 |
| ·Implications of the Study | 第94-95页 |
| ·Limitations of the Study | 第95-96页 |
| ·Suggestions for Further Research | 第96-98页 |
| References | 第98-104页 |
| Appendices | 第104-110页 |
| Appendix I | 第104-105页 |
| Appendix II | 第105-107页 |
| Appendix III | 第107-110页 |
