| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-10页 |
| Introduction | 第10-14页 |
| Chapter 1 Parenthetical Discourse Markers | 第14-26页 |
| ·Definitions of English Parentheses | 第14-15页 |
| ·Classification of English Parentheses | 第15-20页 |
| ·Review of Relevant Studies on Parentheses | 第20-26页 |
| ·The Functional-grammatical Approach | 第21-22页 |
| ·The Semantic Approach | 第22-23页 |
| ·The Cognitive-pragmatic Approach | 第23-26页 |
| Chapter 2 A Research on Cognitive Pragmatics | 第26-38页 |
| ·An Introduction to Cognitive Pragmatics | 第26-27页 |
| ·The Notions of Relevance Theory | 第27-34页 |
| ·Ostensive-inferential Communication | 第27-30页 |
| ·Relevance and Principles of Relevance | 第30-32页 |
| ·Context and Cognitive Context | 第32-34页 |
| ·Conceptual Meaning and Procedural Meaning | 第34-38页 |
| Chapter3 A Cognitive Pragmatic Analysis of Parentheses in Pride and Prejudice | 第38-60页 |
| ·Enhancement of Ostensive-inferential Communication | 第38-43页 |
| ·Realization of Ostensive Process | 第39-40页 |
| ·Guidance of Inferential Process | 第40-43页 |
| ·Construction of Cognitive Context | 第43-49页 |
| ·Construction of Cognitive Context by Lexical Information | 第44-45页 |
| ·Construction of Cognitive Context by Logical Information | 第45-47页 |
| ·Construction of Cognitive Context by Encyclopedic Information | 第47-49页 |
| ·Contextual Effect of Parentheses | 第49-55页 |
| ·Parentheses Introducing Contextual Implication | 第49-51页 |
| ·Parentheses Strengthening the Available Assumption | 第51-52页 |
| ·Parentheses Contradicting the Available Assumption | 第52-53页 |
| ·Parentheses Contributing to Optimal Relevance | 第53-55页 |
| ·Conceptual and Procedural Meaning of Parentheses | 第55-60页 |
| Chapter 4 Main Functions of Parenthetical Discourse Markers in Pride and Prejudice | 第60-80页 |
| ·Pragmatic Functions of Parentheses | 第60-74页 |
| ·Working as Modal Expressions | 第61-65页 |
| ·Contributing to Precision and Politeness | 第62-64页 |
| ·Stating Comment | 第64-65页 |
| ·Contribution to Coherence | 第65-74页 |
| ·Elaboration | 第66-68页 |
| ·Extension | 第68-71页 |
| ·Enhancement | 第71-74页 |
| ·Interactive Functions of Parentheses | 第74-78页 |
| ·Contributing to Constraint of Contextual Assumption | 第74-76页 |
| ·Contributing to Constraint of Cognitive Result | 第76-78页 |
| ·Rhetorical Functions of Parentheses | 第78-80页 |
| Conclusion | 第80-84页 |
| Bibliography | 第84-86页 |
