| Acknowledgement | 第1-4页 |
| Abstract in Chinese | 第4-6页 |
| Abstract in English | 第6-9页 |
| Contents | 第9-12页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第12-16页 |
| ·Background Information | 第12-14页 |
| ·About the Study | 第14页 |
| ·The Methodology of the Study | 第14-15页 |
| ·The Structure of the Whole Thesis | 第15-16页 |
| Chapter Two An Overview of the Researches on Ambiguity | 第16-34页 |
| ·Introduction | 第16-18页 |
| ·Ambiguity | 第18-34页 |
| ·The Definition of Ambiguity | 第19-20页 |
| ·Ambiguity in terms of different language levels | 第19页 |
| ·Ambiguity in terms of scope | 第19-20页 |
| ·The Classifications of Ambiguity | 第20-23页 |
| ·Hirst's classification | 第20-22页 |
| ·Simpson's classification | 第22页 |
| ·Qiu Shude's classification | 第22-23页 |
| ·Other classifications | 第23页 |
| ·Interpretations of Ambiguity | 第23-27页 |
| ·Chomsky's interpretation | 第23-24页 |
| ·Montague's interpretation | 第24-25页 |
| ·Grice's interpretation | 第25-26页 |
| ·Qiu Shude's interpretation | 第26-27页 |
| ·Ambiguity in Text Comprehension | 第27页 |
| ·The Functions of Ambiguity | 第27页 |
| ·The Factors Resulting to Ambiguity | 第27-34页 |
| ·Phonologic Ambiguity | 第28-31页 |
| ·Stress and Phonetic Ambiguity | 第28页 |
| ·Intonation and Phonetic Ambiguity | 第28-29页 |
| ·Liaison and Phonological Ambiguity | 第29-30页 |
| ·Homophony and Phonological Ambiguity | 第30-31页 |
| ·Lexical Ambiguity | 第31页 |
| ·Grammatical Ambiguity | 第31-32页 |
| ·Pragmatic Ambiguity | 第32页 |
| ·Summary | 第32-34页 |
| Chapter Three Ambiguity in Non-linguistic Contexts | 第34-55页 |
| ·Introduction | 第34页 |
| ·The Function of Context in Interpreting Ambiguity | 第34-36页 |
| ·The Function of Non-linguistic Contexts in Interpreting Ambiguity | 第36-54页 |
| ·Situational Context | 第37-41页 |
| ·Cultural Context | 第41-46页 |
| ·Cultural Difference and Pragmatic Ambiguity | 第41-44页 |
| ·Other Examples of Cultural context | 第44-46页 |
| ·Cognitive Context | 第46-54页 |
| ·Structurization of Cognitive Context Factors | 第48-51页 |
| ·Cognitive Context and Disambiguation | 第51-54页 |
| ·Summary | 第54-55页 |
| Chapter Four The Implications of the Study for English Teaching | 第55-69页 |
| ·Introduction | 第55页 |
| ·The Value of the Studies on Ambiguity | 第55-56页 |
| ·Applications of the study in English Teaching | 第56-67页 |
| ·Context and Approaches in English Teaching | 第56-59页 |
| ·Context and Learning | 第59-62页 |
| ·Creating Context in the Classroom | 第59-60页 |
| ·Teachers and Learners and Contexts | 第60-62页 |
| ·Applications of Context and Approaches in English Teaching Classroom | 第62-67页 |
| ·Creating and Identifying the Situational Context | 第62-63页 |
| ·Identifying the Unconscious Cultural Rules | 第63-64页 |
| ·Cognitive Approach桹ther Context-learning Activities in the Classroom | 第64-67页 |
| ·The Suggestions on Cultivating Contextual Awareness | 第67-68页 |
| ·Summary | 第68-69页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第69-72页 |
| ·The Summary of the study | 第69-71页 |
| ·Limitations of the Study | 第71页 |
| ·Implications for Further Work | 第71-72页 |
| Bibliography | 第72-75页 |
