| 摘要 | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-9页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第9-14页 |
| ·Object | 第9-12页 |
| ·Methodology | 第12页 |
| ·Organization of the Thesis | 第12-14页 |
| Chapter Two A Review of Schema and Schema Theory | 第14-29页 |
| ·Bartlett's Schema Theory | 第14-17页 |
| ·Bartlett's Definition of Schema | 第14-15页 |
| ·Properties of Schema | 第15页 |
| ·Operation of Schema | 第15-17页 |
| ·Modern Schema Theory | 第17-18页 |
| ·Minsky's Schema Theory | 第17-18页 |
| ·Rumelhart's Schema Theory | 第18页 |
| ·Tenets of Schema and Schema Theory | 第18-29页 |
| ·The Definition and Nature of Schema | 第18-20页 |
| ·Main Characteristics of Schema | 第20-25页 |
| ·Schema Categories | 第25-26页 |
| ·Schema Modification | 第26-29页 |
| Chapter Three The Framework of Relevance Theory | 第29-42页 |
| ·A Brief Comparison between Co-operative Principle and Relevance Theory | 第29-31页 |
| ·Cognitive Principle of Relevance | 第31-35页 |
| ·The Characterization of Relevance | 第31-34页 |
| ·Cognitive Principle of Relevance | 第34-35页 |
| ·Communicative Principle of Relevance | 第35-37页 |
| ·Layers of Meaning in Communication | 第37-39页 |
| ·Literal Sense | 第37-38页 |
| ·Meaning as Intensions | 第38-39页 |
| ·Relevance-theoretic Comprehension Procedure | 第39-42页 |
| Chapter Four The Role of Schema as the Cognitive Understanding Mechanism for Utterance Relevance | 第42-61页 |
| ·Theoretical Basis for the Application of Schema to Relevance Theory | 第42-45页 |
| ·Some Basic Ideas in Cognitive Linguistics | 第42-43页 |
| ·Language and Cognition | 第43-45页 |
| ·Schematic Processing Model for Relevance Theory | 第45-61页 |
| ·The Elements of the Model | 第45-47页 |
| ·The Dynamics of the Model | 第47-50页 |
| ·Illustrations on Schematic Processing Model | 第50-61页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第61-63页 |
| Bibliography | 第63-67页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第67页 |
