| 摘要 | 第1-4页 |
| Abstract | 第4-8页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第8-12页 |
| ·Objective and Significance of the Study | 第8-10页 |
| ·Data Collection | 第10页 |
| ·Organization of the Thesis | 第10-12页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第12-22页 |
| ·Deixis | 第12-13页 |
| ·Person Deixis | 第13-14页 |
| ·Empathy | 第14-17页 |
| ·De-empathy | 第17-18页 |
| ·AHistorical Review on Desperate Housewives | 第18-22页 |
| ·ABrief Introduction to Desperate Housewives | 第18-19页 |
| ·AHistorical Review on Studies of Desperate Housewives | 第19-22页 |
| Chapter Three Pragmatic Person Deixis | 第22-28页 |
| ·Egocentricity of Person Deixis | 第22-23页 |
| ·Deictic Projection | 第23页 |
| ·Usage of Person Deixis | 第23-24页 |
| ·Classifications of Person Deixis | 第24-26页 |
| ·Summary | 第26-28页 |
| Chapter Four Pragmatic Empathy and De-empathy | 第28-32页 |
| ·Adaptation Theory | 第28-29页 |
| ·Integration of Person Deixis, Adaptation, and Empathy and De-empathy | 第29-31页 |
| ·Summary | 第31-32页 |
| Chapter Five Pragmatic Empathy and De-empathy Realized by Person Deixis in Desperate Housewives | 第32-62页 |
| ·Pragmatic Empathy and De-empathy Realized by Pronouns | 第32-36页 |
| ·Third Person Pronouns | 第32-34页 |
| ·Plural Forms of First Person Pronouns | 第34-35页 |
| ·Indefinite Pronouns | 第35-36页 |
| ·Pragmatic Empathy and De-empathy Realized by Names | 第36-47页 |
| ·Normal Names | 第36-40页 |
| ·Normal Nicknames | 第40-42页 |
| ·Metaphoric Nicknames | 第42-43页 |
| ·Respectful Names | 第43-45页 |
| ·Normal Disparaging Names | 第45-46页 |
| ·Metaphoric Disparaging Names | 第46-47页 |
| ·Pragmatic Empathy and De-empathy Realized by Relative and Social Addressing Terms | 第47-53页 |
| ·Relative and Social Addressing Terms Used to Indicate the First Person40 | 第47-49页 |
| ·Relative and Social Addressing Terms Used to Indicate the Second Person | 第49-51页 |
| ·Relative and Social Addressing Terms Used to Indicate the Third Person | 第51-53页 |
| ·Pragmatic Empathy and De-empathy Realized by Other Person Deixis | 第53-55页 |
| ·Pragmatic Empathy and De-empathy Realized by the Changes of Person Deixis | 第55-62页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第62-64页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第64-66页 |
| Bibliography | 第66-69页 |
| Publication | 第69-70页 |