| Acknowledgements | 第1-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-8页 |
| Abstract | 第8-12页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第12-17页 |
| ·Orientation of the Present Study | 第12-13页 |
| ·Significance of the Present Study | 第13-14页 |
| ·Objective of the Thesis | 第14-15页 |
| ·Organization of the Thesis | 第15-17页 |
| Chapter Two Review of Related Literature | 第17-24页 |
| ·Previous Studies on Deictic Projection | 第17-23页 |
| ·Cognitive Linguistic Perspectives:Mental Spaces and Conceptual Blending | 第17-20页 |
| ·Psychological Perspectives:Distance and Empathy | 第20-21页 |
| ·Pragmatic Perspective:Adaptation and Politeness | 第21-23页 |
| ·Summary | 第23-24页 |
| Chapter Three Description of the Conceptual Framework | 第24-38页 |
| ·Theoretical Backgrounds to the Present Study | 第24-32页 |
| ·Communication Accommodation Theory | 第24-26页 |
| ·Verschueren's Adaptation Theory | 第26-30页 |
| ·The pragmatic perspective | 第26页 |
| ·Making linguistic choice | 第26-27页 |
| ·Variability, negotiability and adaptability | 第27-28页 |
| ·Four angles of pragmatic study | 第28-30页 |
| ·The Pragmatic Distance Hypothesis | 第30-32页 |
| ·The Characterization of Personal Deictic Projection | 第32-34页 |
| ·Different Categories of Person Deixis | 第32-33页 |
| ·Defining Deictic Projection | 第33-34页 |
| ·Description of the Conceptual Framework | 第34-36页 |
| ·Summary:An Adaptation Model for Personal Deictic Projection | 第36-38页 |
| Chapter Four An Analysis of Personal Deictic Projection within the Framework of Adaptation Theory | 第38-75页 |
| ·The Variability of Personal Deictic Projection | 第38-51页 |
| ·Second Person Is Projected on First Person | 第39-42页 |
| ·First Person Is Projected on Second Person | 第42-44页 |
| ·Third Person Is Projected on Second Person | 第44-47页 |
| ·Third Person Is Projected on First Person | 第47-50页 |
| ·Summary | 第50-51页 |
| ·The Adaptability of Personal Deictic Projection | 第51-74页 |
| ·Personal Deictic Projection as Adaptation to Social Conventions | 第51-63页 |
| ·Adaptation to relative power relation | 第52-58页 |
| ·Adaptation to relative social distance | 第58-63页 |
| ·Personal Deictic Projection as Adaptation to Psychological Motivations | 第63-74页 |
| ·Adaptation realized as pragmatic empathy | 第64-69页 |
| ·Adaptation realized as pragmatic de-empathy | 第69-74页 |
| ·Summary | 第74-75页 |
| Chapter Five Findings and Conclusion | 第75-79页 |
| ·Overview | 第75页 |
| ·Major Findings | 第75-77页 |
| ·Limitations and Suggestions for Further Research | 第77-79页 |
| Bibliography | 第79-81页 |
