| 摘要 | 第1-9页 |
| Abstract | 第9-12页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第12-16页 |
| ·Preliminaries | 第12-13页 |
| ·Theoretical Background | 第13-15页 |
| ·The Principle of Least Effort | 第13-14页 |
| ·The Relevance Theory | 第14-15页 |
| ·Relevance | 第14页 |
| ·The Principles of Relevance | 第14-15页 |
| ·The Organization of the Thesis | 第15-16页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第16-23页 |
| Chapter 3 The Economy of Language in Verbal Communication：A Conceptual Framework | 第23-51页 |
| ·The Nature of Language | 第23-25页 |
| ·Verbal Communication | 第25-29页 |
| ·The Nature of Verbal Communication | 第25-27页 |
| ·The Process of Verbal Communication | 第27-29页 |
| ·Analyzing and Exemplifying the Economy of Language in Verbal Communication | 第29-44页 |
| ·A Theoretical Analysis of the Economy of Language in Verbal Communication | 第29-36页 |
| ·Exemplification of the Economy of Language in Verbal Communication | 第36-44页 |
| ·Economy and Redundancy in Verbal Communication | 第44-49页 |
| ·Explicit and Implicit Economy | 第44-46页 |
| ·Redundancy | 第46-49页 |
| ·Summary | 第49-51页 |
| Chapter 4 The Economy of Language in Verbal Communication: Its Causes, Constraints, and the Process of Interpreting It | 第51-65页 |
| ·The Causes of the Economy of Language in Verbal Communication | 第51-53页 |
| ·The Internal Causes | 第51-52页 |
| ·The External Causes | 第52-53页 |
| ·The Constraints on the Economy of Language in Verbal Communication | 第53-59页 |
| ·The Process of Interpreting the Economy of Language in Verbal Communication | 第59-64页 |
| ·Summary | 第64-65页 |
| Conclusion | 第65-69页 |
| 1. The Research in Retrospect | 第65-66页 |
| 2. Major Findings | 第66-67页 |
| 3. Implications, Limitations and Remaining Issues | 第67-69页 |
| References | 第69-73页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第73-74页 |
| Appendix A 攻读学位期间所发表的学术论文目录 | 第74-75页 |
| Appendix B 详细中文摘要 | 第75-78页 |
