| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-8页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-14页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第14-20页 |
| ·Research Background | 第14-15页 |
| ·Motivation of the Study | 第15-16页 |
| ·Significance of the Study | 第16-18页 |
| ·Theoretical Significance | 第16-17页 |
| ·Practical Significance | 第17-18页 |
| ·Objectives of the Study and Research Questions | 第18页 |
| ·Organization of the Thesis | 第18-20页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第20-28页 |
| ·Introduction | 第20页 |
| ·Studies on Mental Space Theory | 第20-23页 |
| ·Studies on MST Abroad | 第20-22页 |
| ·Studies on MST at Home | 第22-23页 |
| ·Studies on Pride and Prejudice | 第23-26页 |
| ·Introduction to Jane Austen and Pride and Prejudice | 第23-24页 |
| ·Studies on Pride and Prejudice Abroad and at Home | 第24-26页 |
| ·Studies on Adaptability in Pride and Prejudice | 第26页 |
| ·Summary and Inspirations | 第26-28页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Framework | 第28-39页 |
| ·Mental Space Theory | 第28-32页 |
| ·The Conception of Mental Space | 第28-29页 |
| ·Space Builder | 第29页 |
| ·Classification of Mental Space | 第29-31页 |
| ·Access Principle | 第31-32页 |
| ·Adaptation Theory | 第32-39页 |
| ·Language Use: the Choice-making | 第32-34页 |
| ·Language Properties: Variability, Negotiability and Adaptability | 第34-35页 |
| ·Meaningful Functioning of Language: Four Angles of Investigation | 第35-39页 |
| ·Contextual Correlates of Adaptability | 第35-36页 |
| ·Structural Objects of Adaptability | 第36-37页 |
| ·Dynamics of Adaptability | 第37页 |
| ·Salience of the Adaptation Processes | 第37-39页 |
| Chapter Four The Discourse Analysis on Adaptability in Pride and Prejudice fromthe Perspective of Mental Space Theory | 第39-62页 |
| ·Introduction | 第39页 |
| ·Analysis on Contextual Correlates of Adaptability in Pride and | 第39-44页 |
| ·Adaptation to the Mental World | 第39-41页 |
| ·Adaptation to the Social World | 第41-43页 |
| ·Adaptation to the Physical World | 第43-44页 |
| ·Analysis on Structural Objects of Adaptability in Pride and Prejudice fromMST | 第44-49页 |
| ·Languages, Codes and Styles | 第45-47页 |
| ·Utterance-building Ingredients | 第47-49页 |
| ·Analysis on Dynamics of Adaptability in Pride and Prejudice from MST | 第49-57页 |
| ·Dynamic and the Temporal Dimension | 第49-52页 |
| ·Dynamic and Context | 第52-55页 |
| ·Dynamic and Structure | 第55-57页 |
| ·Analysis on Salience in Adaptive Processes in Pride and Prejudice | 第57-61页 |
| ·Individual Salience | 第57-58页 |
| ·Social Salience | 第58-61页 |
| ·Summary | 第61-62页 |
| Chapter Five The Effects Space Adaptation Has on Pride and Prejudice | 第62-72页 |
| ·Introduction | 第62页 |
| ·Personality Characterizing | 第62-66页 |
| ·Plots Development | 第66-69页 |
| ·Readers Resonance | 第69-71页 |
| ·Summary | 第71-72页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第72-78页 |
| ·Summary | 第72页 |
| ·Major Findings of the Study | 第72-74页 |
| ·Implications of the Study | 第74-75页 |
| ·Limitations of the Study | 第75-76页 |
| ·Suggestions for Future Research | 第76-78页 |
| References | 第78-82页 |
| 攻读学位期间的研究成果 | 第82-83页 |
