| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-10页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第10-12页 |
| ·The significance of the study | 第10-11页 |
| ·The outline of the thesis | 第11-12页 |
| Chapter Two Linguistic Rationale of the Meaning Generation in the Application of Criminal Law | 第12-28页 |
| ·An overview | 第12页 |
| ·The categories of meaning | 第12-15页 |
| ·Meaning of langue and parole | 第13-14页 |
| ·Connotative and denotative meaning | 第14页 |
| ·Semantic relations | 第14-15页 |
| ·Context in the application of criminal law | 第15-18页 |
| ·The classification of context in criminal law | 第16页 |
| ·The significance of context in the meaning generation | 第16-18页 |
| ·Open texture | 第18-23页 |
| ·An overview of open texture | 第18-20页 |
| ·The relationship between open texture and other linguistic concepts | 第20-23页 |
| ·The relationship between vagueness and open texture | 第20-21页 |
| ·The relationship between semantic field and open texture | 第21-22页 |
| ·The relationship between prototype and open texture | 第22-23页 |
| ·Communicative action | 第23-28页 |
| ·Speech act theory and CP principle | 第23-25页 |
| ·Communicative action | 第25-26页 |
| ·Steps of communicative action in the application of criminal law | 第26-28页 |
| Chapter Three The Necessity to Analyze the Meaning Generation | 第28-32页 |
| ·The necessity | 第28-29页 |
| ·The reasons that result in indeterminate meaning in application of criminal law | 第29-32页 |
| Chapter Four An Overview of Criminal Norm and Criminal Fact in the Interpretation | 第32-44页 |
| ·The system of legal interpretation in contemporary China | 第32页 |
| ·Legal interpretation of criminal norms | 第32-39页 |
| ·Other approaches to interpret the criminal norms | 第33-35页 |
| ·The syntactic structure | 第35-39页 |
| ·The meaning generation of the criminal facts | 第39-44页 |
| ·Requirements of criminal facts | 第40-41页 |
| ·The logical structure of the criminal fact | 第41页 |
| ·Characteristics | 第41-42页 |
| ·The process of the meaning generation of criminal facts | 第42-44页 |
| Chapter Five The Meaning Generation in the Application of Criminal Law | 第44-54页 |
| ·The meaning generation from macro respect | 第44-47页 |
| ·Process of the meaning generation | 第44-46页 |
| ·Circulatory process of the meaning generation of criminal law | 第46-47页 |
| ·The meaning generation from micro aspect | 第47-54页 |
| ·The meaning generation of criminal norms and criminal fact | 第48页 |
| ·The selection of criminal norms and criminal fact | 第48-51页 |
| ·The meaning determination of criminal norms and facts | 第51-54页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第54-56页 |
| ·Conclusion from perspective of legal linguistics | 第54页 |
| ·Conclusion from perspective of criminal jurisprudence | 第54-56页 |
| Bibliography | 第56-58页 |
