| Synopsis | 第1-9页 |
| Introduction | 第9-11页 |
| Chapter One Literature Review | 第11-17页 |
| ·Traditional Theories of Meaning | 第11-12页 |
| ·Origins of Various Theories of Meaning | 第11页 |
| ·Comments on Traditional Theories of Meaning | 第11-12页 |
| ·Background information of the speech act theory | 第12-15页 |
| ·Influenced by post-Wittgenstein’s theory of meaning | 第12-13页 |
| ·Directly benefited from Austin’s speech act theory | 第13-15页 |
| ·Three philosophical origins of Austin’s speech act theory | 第13-14页 |
| ·Constatives and performatives | 第14-15页 |
| ·Austin’s three-division for the speech acts | 第15页 |
| ·Impact on Searle’s speech act theory | 第15-17页 |
| Chapter Two Basic Theories on My Framework | 第17-36页 |
| ·A primary analysis into “illocutionary force” | 第18-23页 |
| ·Context | 第18-19页 |
| ·Proposition, sentence meaning and utterance meaning | 第19-20页 |
| ·Literal meaning and illocutionary force | 第20-23页 |
| ·Literal meaning | 第20-21页 |
| ·Understanding the concept of illocutionary force and its significance | 第21-22页 |
| ·Relations between literal meaning and illocutionary force | 第22-23页 |
| ·Searle’s Indirect speech act theory | 第23-29页 |
| ·Differing regulative and non-regulative indirect speech acts | 第24-26页 |
| ·Relating Grice’s C.P. to Searle indirect speech act theory | 第26-28页 |
| ·Understanding conversational implicature | 第27页 |
| ·Relations between C.P. and indirect speech act | 第27-28页 |
| ·Relating Leech’s politeness principle and Searle’s indirect speech act theory | 第28-29页 |
| ·Searle’s Theory of Meaning on Intentionality | 第29-36页 |
| ·Theoretical background | 第29-32页 |
| ·Brentano’s investigation on intentionality | 第30页 |
| ·Husserl’s concept on intentionality | 第30-32页 |
| ·Searle’s intentionality and speech act theory | 第32-34页 |
| ·Distinction between Searle and Husserl’s intentionality theory | 第32-33页 |
| ·The substance of Searle’s intentionality | 第33-34页 |
| ·Significance of intentionality | 第34-36页 |
| Chapter Three Empirical Studies | 第36-43页 |
| ·Research design | 第36-37页 |
| ·Purpose | 第36-37页 |
| ·Subjects | 第37页 |
| ·Methods | 第37页 |
| ·Procedure | 第37-39页 |
| ·Data collection and analysis | 第39页 |
| ·Discussions | 第39-43页 |
| ·Problems of traditional EFL teaching methods | 第39-40页 |
| ·Weakness of CLT method | 第40-41页 |
| ·Impact of indirect speech act theory on CLT | 第41页 |
| ·Summary | 第41-43页 |
| Chapter Four Implications for Communicative Languge Teaching Method | 第43-56页 |
| ·Understanding Communication | 第43-45页 |
| ·A wide-angle view of communication | 第43-44页 |
| ·Defining communication | 第44-45页 |
| ·Noticing the importance of communication | 第45页 |
| ·Implications from the Essence of Communication | 第45-49页 |
| ·Relations between intentionality and meaning | 第46-47页 |
| ·Four adequacy prerequisites to conform to | 第47-49页 |
| ·Several understandings on relations between intentionality and meaning | 第49页 |
| ·Suggestions for Improving Communicative Language Teaching Method | 第49-56页 |
| ·Understanding Communicative Language Teaching Method | 第50-52页 |
| ·Theoretically relating to Searle’s theory of meaning on intentionality | 第52-53页 |
| ·Theoretically relevant to Searle’s indirect speech act theory | 第53-56页 |
| Conclusion | 第56-57页 |
| Bibliography | 第57-60页 |
| Appendix | 第60-61页 |
| Abstract | 第61-64页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第64-67页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第67-68页 |
| 导师及作者简介 | 第68页 |
