| Abstract | 第1-8页 |
| 内容摘要 | 第8-10页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第10-14页 |
| ·A Brief Introduction to Indirect Speech Act | 第10-11页 |
| ·Inspiration of Constructing A Processing Model | 第11-12页 |
| ·Organization of This Thesis | 第12-14页 |
| Chapter Two A Historical Review of ISAs Research | 第14-27页 |
| ·Traditional Approaches to ISAs | 第14-15页 |
| ·Idiom Theory vs. Inference Theory | 第15-21页 |
| ·Recent Improvements | 第21-27页 |
| ·Relevance Theory | 第21-22页 |
| ·Contribution of Computer Science | 第22-23页 |
| ·Cognitive Schema | 第23-27页 |
| Chapter Three Hypothesis of Indirect Speech Act Schema (ISAS) | 第27-40页 |
| ·Theoretical Basis | 第27-34页 |
| ·Indirect Speech Act Theory | 第27-29页 |
| ·Schema Theory | 第29-32页 |
| ·A Brief Account of Illocutionary Scenario | 第32-34页 |
| ·Indirect Speech Act Schema: A Proposal | 第34-40页 |
| ·Describing ISAS: A Formula | 第34-36页 |
| ·Further Description by Comparison | 第36-37页 |
| ·An Advantage of ISAS over Traditional Approach | 第37-40页 |
| Chapter Four Classification and Operation of ISAS | 第40-53页 |
| ·Three Types of ISAS | 第40-44页 |
| ·Cultural-knowledge Based ISAS | 第40-41页 |
| ·Mutual-knowledge Based ISAS | 第41-43页 |
| ·Contextual-knowledge Based ISAS | 第43-44页 |
| ·Operation Mechanism of ISAS | 第44-51页 |
| ·Principle for the Operation | 第45-48页 |
| ·Activation of Knowledge Schemata | 第48-51页 |
| ·Construction of ISAS System | 第51页 |
| ·Triggers for ISAS | 第51-53页 |
| Chapter Five Case Studies: ISAS vs. Previous Approaches | 第53-74页 |
| ·Towards the Comprehension of Idioms | 第53-59页 |
| ·Towards the Comprehension of Irony | 第59-65页 |
| ·Towards the Use of Indirect Sentence Types | 第65-68页 |
| ·Toward the Comprehension of Metaphorical Expression | 第68-74页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第74-78页 |
| Bibliography | 第78-87页 |
| Abbreviations | 第87页 |
