| Acknowledgements | 第1-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-9页 |
| 摘要 | 第9-14页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第14-17页 |
| ·General Description of the Study | 第14页 |
| ·Significance of the Study | 第14-15页 |
| ·Purpose of the Study | 第15-16页 |
| ·Overall Structure of the Thesis | 第16-17页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第17-39页 |
| ·Definition and Explanation of Ambiguity | 第17-31页 |
| ·A Historical Perspective of Ambiguity | 第17-19页 |
| ·Definitions of Ambiguity | 第19-21页 |
| ·Features of Ambiguity | 第21-23页 |
| ·Ambiguity at Various Levels | 第23-31页 |
| ·Phonetic or PhonologicaI Ambiguity | 第24-25页 |
| ·Lexical Ambiguity | 第25-26页 |
| ·Syntactic Ambiguity | 第26-29页 |
| ·Pragmatic Ambiguity | 第29-31页 |
| ·Overview of Business Contract | 第31-39页 |
| ·Definition of Business Contract | 第31-33页 |
| ·Classification of Business Contract | 第33页 |
| ·Provisions and Legal Elements of Business Contract | 第33-34页 |
| ·Structural Characteristics of Business Contract | 第34-35页 |
| ·Language Features of Business Contract | 第35-39页 |
| ·Wording and Expression | 第35-36页 |
| ·Sentence Structure | 第36-38页 |
| ·Tense | 第38-39页 |
| Chapter 3 Methodology of the Study | 第39-46页 |
| ·Design of the Study | 第39页 |
| ·Research Question | 第39-40页 |
| ·Source of Data | 第40页 |
| ·The Tool for the Analysis of Data | 第40-42页 |
| ·Results of Data Analysis | 第42-45页 |
| ·Summary | 第45-46页 |
| Chapter 4 Ambiguity in Business Contraet and Disambiguation Strategies | 第46-73页 |
| ·Ambiguity in Business Contract | 第46-63页 |
| ·Ambiguity of Phrasal Adjective | 第46-48页 |
| ·Ambiguity of Finite and Infinite Subordinate Clauses | 第48-52页 |
| ·Ambiguity of the Negative Sentence with the Causative Clause | 第52-53页 |
| ·Ambiguity of Reference | 第53-55页 |
| ·Selective Ambiguity of Reference | 第53-54页 |
| ·Multiple Ambiguity of Reference | 第54-55页 |
| ·Ambiguity of Post-modifiers | 第55-57页 |
| ·Single Selective Modifiers | 第55-56页 |
| ·Multiple Selective Modifiers | 第56-57页 |
| ·Ambiguity of Adverbs and Adverbial Phrases | 第57-60页 |
| ·Squinting Modifiers and Adverbial Phrases | 第57-59页 |
| ·Dangling Adverbs and Adverbial Phrases | 第59页 |
| ·Ambiguity of the Adverb"Only" | 第59-60页 |
| ·Ambiguity of Prepositions | 第60-61页 |
| ·Ambiguity of Pre-modifiers | 第61-63页 |
| ·Single Selective Pre-modifiers | 第62页 |
| ·Multiple Selective Pre-modifiers | 第62-63页 |
| ·Rules of Drafting Business Contracts | 第63页 |
| ·Strategies of Disambiguation Based on the Rules | 第63-72页 |
| ·Phrasal Adjective | 第64页 |
| ·Definite and Indefinite Subordinate Clause | 第64-65页 |
| ·Causative Clause behind A Negation Sentence | 第65-66页 |
| ·Post-modifiers | 第66-69页 |
| ·Modification of All Antecedents | 第66-68页 |
| ·Modification of the Last Antecedent | 第68-69页 |
| ·Adverb and Adverbial Phrase | 第69-70页 |
| ·Pre-modifiers | 第70-72页 |
| ·Summary | 第72-73页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第73-76页 |
| ·Major Findings | 第73-74页 |
| ·Limitations of the Study | 第74-75页 |
| ·Suggestions for Further Researches | 第75-76页 |
| References | 第76-79页 |
| Appendix | 第79-81页 |
