| Acknowledgements | 第6-9页 |
| 摘要 | 第9-23页 |
| Abstract | 第23-26页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第31-48页 |
| 1.1 Motivation for the study | 第32-34页 |
| 1.2 Object of investigation | 第34-40页 |
| 1.3 Research questions | 第40-41页 |
| 1.4 Theoretical basis | 第41-43页 |
| 1.5 Methodology | 第43-45页 |
| 1.6 Organization of the dissertation | 第45-48页 |
| Chapter 2 Review of relevant literature | 第48-87页 |
| 2.1 Review of previous study on expository questions | 第49-60页 |
| 2.1.1 Defining expository question | 第49-52页 |
| 2.1.2 Characteristics of expository questions | 第52-54页 |
| 2.1.3 Functions of expository questions | 第54-57页 |
| 2.1.3.1 Rhetorical approaches | 第54-56页 |
| 2.1.3.2 Pragmatic approaches | 第56-57页 |
| 2.1.4 Classification of expository questions | 第57-60页 |
| 2.2 Review of previous study on rhetorical questions | 第60-80页 |
| 2.2.1 Defining rhetorical question | 第60-63页 |
| 2.2.2 Characteristics of rhetorical questions | 第63-69页 |
| 2.2.3 Identifying rhetorical questions | 第69-72页 |
| 2.2.4 Functions of rhetorical questions | 第72-80页 |
| 2.2.4.1 Rhetorical approaches | 第72-75页 |
| 2.2.4.2 Pragmatic approaches | 第75-80页 |
| 2.3 A new typology of fictive questions | 第80-81页 |
| 2.4 Review of previous studies on fictive questions in the Zhuangzi text | 第81-87页 |
| Chapter 3 Theoretical Framework | 第87-111页 |
| 3.1 Conceptual blending theory | 第87-98页 |
| 3.1.1 Types of conceptual integration networks | 第90-96页 |
| 3.1.2 Conceptual blending in discourse | 第96-98页 |
| 3.2 Fictive interaction: Conceptual blending at the communicative level | 第98-106页 |
| 3.2.1 Fictive interaction blend | 第99-103页 |
| 3.2.2 Conversational monologues | 第103-106页 |
| 3.3 Writer-reader interaction networks in the Zhuangzi text | 第106-111页 |
| Chapter 4 Forms and functions of expository questions in the Zhuangzi text | 第111-149页 |
| 4.1 Distribution of expository questions in the Zhuangzi text | 第112-114页 |
| 4.2 Expository questions as intersubjective mixed viewpoint constructions in theZhuangzi text | 第114-141页 |
| 4.2.1 Expository questions in the Here-and-Now Space | 第114-123页 |
| 4.2.2 Expository questions in the Current Discourse Space | 第123-141页 |
| 4.3 Functions of expository questions in the Zhuangzi text | 第141-144页 |
| 4.4 Summary | 第144-149页 |
| Chapter 5 Forms and functions of rhetorical questions in the Zhuangzi text | 第149-188页 |
| 5.1 Distribution of rhetorical questions in the Zhuangzi text | 第150-157页 |
| 5.1.1 Rhetorical questions in Classical Chinese | 第150-153页 |
| 5.1.2 Overview of rhetorical questions in the Zhuangzi text | 第153-157页 |
| 5.2 Rhetorical questions as intersubjective mixed viewpoint constructions in theZhuangzi text | 第157-181页 |
| 5.2.1 Rhetorical questions in the Here-and-Now Space | 第158-161页 |
| 5.2.2 Rhetorical questions in the Current Discourse Space | 第161-181页 |
| 5.3 Functions of rhetorical questions in the Zhuangzi text | 第181-184页 |
| 5.4 Summary | 第184-188页 |
| Chapter 6 A cognitive rhetorical analysis of the use of fictive questions in theZhuangzi text | 第188-208页 |
| 6.1 Zhuangzi's philosophy of mysticism and rhetoric of experience | 第190-194页 |
| 6.2 Mental simulation, perspective taking and self-persuasion | 第194-206页 |
| 6.2.1 Neural mechanisms of mental simulation and perspective taking | 第195-198页 |
| 6.2.2 Toward a simulation rhetorics model of self-persuasion | 第198-203页 |
| 6.2.3 Fictive questions and self-persuasion in the Zhuangzi text | 第203-206页 |
| 6.3 Summary | 第206-208页 |
| Chapter 7 Conclusion | 第208-221页 |
| 7.1 Summary of major findings | 第208-212页 |
| 7.2 Significance of the study | 第212-215页 |
| 7.3 Limitations of the study | 第215-216页 |
| 7.4 Suggestions for future research | 第216-221页 |
| References | 第221-271页 |
| Appendix 1 Allegories in the Zhuangzi Text | 第271-281页 |
| Appendix 2 Forms and functions of expository questions in the Zhuangzi text | 第281-294页 |
| Appendix 3 Forms and functions of rhetorical questions in the Zhuangzi text | 第294-327页 |
