| Acknowledgements | 第1-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-9页 |
| 摘要 | 第9-11页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第11-18页 |
| ·Background to the Study | 第11-13页 |
| ·Purpose of the Study | 第13-14页 |
| ·Scope of the Study | 第14-16页 |
| ·Illogical Expressions VS.Oxymora | 第14-15页 |
| ·Seemingly Illogical Discourses VS.Internally Illogical Expressions | 第15-16页 |
| ·Layout of the Thesis | 第16-18页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第18-22页 |
| ·Previous Studies on the Relationship between Logic and Meaning | 第18-19页 |
| ·Previous Studies on the Meaning of Illogical Expressions | 第19-21页 |
| ·Summary | 第21-22页 |
| Chapter Three Questioning the Theoretical Basis of the Meaninglessness of Illogical Expressions | 第22-41页 |
| ·Theoretical Basis of the Meaninglessness of Illogical Expressions | 第23-27页 |
| ·Wittgenstein's "logical form" | 第24-25页 |
| ·The Chain of Reasoning for Illogical Expressions to be Meaningless | 第25-27页 |
| ·Being Illogical Entailing Being Unimaginable | 第26页 |
| ·Being Unimaginable Entailing Being Unthinkable | 第26-27页 |
| ·Illogical Expressions Becoming Meaningless | 第27页 |
| ·Questioning the Theoretical Basis of the Meaninglessness of Illogical Expressions:A Case Study of "a rod without length | 第27-39页 |
| ·Questioning on Illogicality's Entailing Unimaginability | 第29-35页 |
| ·Questioning on Unimaginability's Entailing Unthinkability | 第35-37页 |
| ·Questioning on Illogical Expresions' Meainglessness | 第37-39页 |
| ·Summary | 第39-41页 |
| Chapter Four Justifying and Exemplifying the Meaningfulness of Illogical Expressions | 第41-56页 |
| ·Justification for the Meaningfulness of Illogical Expressions:A Case Study of "a rod without length" | 第41-47页 |
| ·The Use of "a rod without length" | 第41-44页 |
| ·The Meaning of "a rod without length" | 第44-47页 |
| ·Exemplifying the Meaningfulness of Illogical Expressions with Illgical Proverbs in English and Chinese | 第47-52页 |
| ·Illogical Proverbs in English | 第47-50页 |
| ·Illogical Proverbs in Chinese | 第50-52页 |
| ·The Ways that Illogical Expressions Get Their Meaning | 第52-54页 |
| ·Conceptual Metonymy | 第52-53页 |
| ·Conceptual Metonymy in the Case of Illogical Expressions | 第53-54页 |
| ·Summary | 第54-56页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第56-59页 |
| ·Overview | 第56-57页 |
| ·Limitations of the Study | 第57-59页 |
| References | 第59-60页 |
