| Synopsis | 第1-5页 |
| 内容提要 | 第5-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-9页 |
| 摘要 | 第9-13页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第13-16页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第16-27页 |
| ·Previous Studies on Commissives | 第16-24页 |
| ·Previous Studies Abroad | 第16-23页 |
| ·Previous Studies at Home | 第23-24页 |
| ·Studies on the Language of English Business Contracts | 第24-25页 |
| ·Problems of Past Studies | 第25-27页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Framework and Methodology | 第27-34页 |
| ·Theoretical Framework | 第27-32页 |
| ·Definition of Speech Act | 第27-28页 |
| ·Illocutionary Act | 第28-29页 |
| ·The Illocutionary Force Indicating Device | 第29-30页 |
| ·Felicity Conditions | 第30-31页 |
| ·Direct and Indirect Speech Acts | 第31-32页 |
| ·Methodology | 第32-34页 |
| ·Data Collection | 第32-33页 |
| ·Research Method | 第33-34页 |
| Chapter Four Data Analysis and Discussion | 第34-56页 |
| ·Types of Commissives in English Business Contracts | 第34-37页 |
| ·Felicity Conditions on Commissives in English Business Contract | 第37-40页 |
| ·Lexical Expressions for Commissives in English Business Contract | 第40-47页 |
| ·Modals in Commissives | 第40-45页 |
| ·Tacit Commissive Verbs | 第45-47页 |
| ·Syntactic Patterns of Commissives in English Business Contracts | 第47-52页 |
| ·Long Declarative Sentences | 第47-48页 |
| ·Conditional Clauses | 第48-52页 |
| ·Semantic Features of Commissives in English Business Contracts | 第52-56页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第56-59页 |
| ·Major Findings of the Study | 第56-58页 |
| ·Implications and Limitations of the Study | 第58-59页 |
| References | 第59-62页 |
| 导师及作者简介 | 第62-63页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第63-64页 |
| Appendix | 第64-91页 |
