| Abstract | 第1-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-6页 |
| Contents | 第6-8页 |
| 1. Introdution | 第8-12页 |
| ·The Reasons and Significance of the Research | 第8-9页 |
| ·The Brief Introduction of How I Met Your Mother | 第9-10页 |
| ·The Research Questions of the Thesis | 第10页 |
| ·The Layout of the Thesis | 第10-12页 |
| 2. Literature Review | 第12-16页 |
| ·The Researches on Proper Nouns from Philosophy of Language | 第12-13页 |
| ·The Researches on Proper Nouns from Linguistics | 第13-14页 |
| ·The Researches on Proper Nouns from Other Perspectives | 第14-16页 |
| 3. Introduction of Relevant Theories and Concepts | 第16-22页 |
| ·A Brief Introduction of Relevance Theory | 第16-18页 |
| ·The Definition of Relevance | 第16-17页 |
| ·The Two Principles of Relevance | 第17页 |
| ·The Brief Introduction of Cognitive Context | 第17-18页 |
| ·A Brief Introduction of Mental Space Theory | 第18-19页 |
| ·The Space-builders and the Main Types of Mental Space | 第18-19页 |
| ·Three Spaces: Base, Focus and Viewpoint | 第19页 |
| ·Three Principles for the Interpretation of the Elements in Mental Space | 第19页 |
| ·The Definition and Classification of Reference | 第19-20页 |
| ·The Definition and Classification of Proper nouns | 第20-22页 |
| 4. Methodology for this Study | 第22-24页 |
| ·Data Collecting | 第22-23页 |
| ·Research Procedures | 第23-24页 |
| 5. The Analysis of Data | 第24-50页 |
| ·Analysis of the Category Referring to People | 第24-33页 |
| ·The First Sub-category for the Reference of Persons’ Names | 第25-29页 |
| ·The Second Sub-category for the Reference of Persons’ Names | 第29-30页 |
| ·The Third Sub-category for the Reference of Persons’ Names | 第30-33页 |
| ·Analysis of the Category Referring to Things | 第33-40页 |
| ·The First Sub-category for the Reference of Names of Things | 第33-34页 |
| ·The Second Sub-category for the Reference of Names of Things | 第34-36页 |
| ·The Third Sub-category for the Reference of Names of Things | 第36-38页 |
| ·The Fourth Sub-category for the Reference of Names of Things | 第38-40页 |
| ·Analysis of the Category Referring to Places | 第40-45页 |
| ·The First Sub-category for the Reference of Names of Places | 第40-42页 |
| ·The Second Sub-category for the Reference of Names of Places | 第42-45页 |
| ·Analysis of the Proper Nouns of the Other Usages | 第45-50页 |
| ·The First Sub-category for Proper Nouns of Other Usages | 第46-47页 |
| ·The Second Sub-category for Proper Nouns of Other Usages | 第47-50页 |
| 6. Conclusion | 第50-52页 |
| ·Results from this Analysis | 第50-51页 |
| ·Limitations of this Analysis | 第51页 |
| ·Implications for the Future Studies | 第51页 |
| ·Suggestions for Further Studies | 第51-52页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第52-54页 |
| Bibliography | 第54-55页 |
