| Abstract | 第1-5页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第5-9页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第9-11页 |
| ·The Background of the Study of Ellipsis | 第9页 |
| ·The Purpose of the Thesis | 第9-10页 |
| ·The Outline of the Thesis | 第10-11页 |
| Chapter Two A General Survey of the Previous Studies of Ellipsis | 第11-21页 |
| ·Definitions, Criteria and Classifications of Ellipsis | 第11-17页 |
| ·Functions of Ellipsis in Rhetoric and Functional Grammar | 第17-19页 |
| ·Summary | 第19-21页 |
| Chapter Three The Approaches to the Study of Ellipsis in Discourse | 第21-28页 |
| ·Discourse and Discourse Function | 第21-24页 |
| ·The Approaches to Discourse and to Ellipsis in Discourse | 第24-27页 |
| ·Summary | 第27-28页 |
| Chapter Four The Discourse Functions of Ellipsis | 第28-43页 |
| ·Three Discourse Functions of Ellipsis | 第28-31页 |
| ·The Coherence Function of Ellipsis | 第31-34页 |
| ·The Information-focus Function of Ellipsis | 第34-38页 |
| ·The Interpersonal Function of Ellipsis | 第38-41页 |
| ·Summary | 第41-43页 |
| Chapter Five A Relevance Theory Approach to the Discourse Functions of Ellipsis | 第43-60页 |
| ·Relevance Theory | 第43-47页 |
| ·The Relevance-Theoretical Comprehension Procedures to the Discourse Functions of Ellipsis | 第47-50页 |
| ·A Relevance-Theoretical Model to the Discourse Functions of Ellipsis | 第50-51页 |
| ·Applying Relevance Theory to the Discourse Functions of Ellipsis | 第51-58页 |
| ·Summary | 第58-60页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第60-63页 |
| ·Major Findings | 第60-62页 |
| ·Limitations and Suggestions for Further Studies | 第62-63页 |
| Bibliography | 第63-67页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第67-68页 |
