| Abstract | 第1-10页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第10-12页 |
| Introduction | 第12-17页 |
| Definition of Headlines | 第12-13页 |
| Importance and Validity of the Study | 第13-15页 |
| Data Used in the Study | 第15页 |
| Organization of the Thesis | 第15-17页 |
| Chapter 1 Literature Review of Newspaper Headlines | 第17-20页 |
| ·Study of Newspaper Headlines Abroad | 第17-18页 |
| ·Study of Newspaper Headlines in China | 第18-20页 |
| Chapter 2 Theoretical Framework | 第20-41页 |
| ·Relevance Theory | 第20-32页 |
| ·Ostensive-Inferential Communication | 第20-22页 |
| ·The Way to Define Relevance | 第22-23页 |
| ·Degree of Relevance | 第23-25页 |
| ·The Principle of Relevance | 第25-30页 |
| ·Cognitive Context in Relevance Theory | 第30-32页 |
| ·Presupposition | 第32-41页 |
| ·Philosophical Origin | 第32-34页 |
| ·Semantic approach | 第34-35页 |
| ·Pragmatic approach | 第35-40页 |
| ·Presupposition in the thesis | 第40-41页 |
| Chapter 3 Analysis of Newspaper Headlines’Generation and Comprehension in the Framework of Relevance Theory | 第41-58页 |
| ·Newspaper Headlines — One Way Communication | 第41-42页 |
| ·Features of Newspaper Headlines | 第42-46页 |
| ·Conciseness | 第42-43页 |
| ·Punctuation | 第43-44页 |
| ·Acronym | 第44-45页 |
| ·Omission | 第45-46页 |
| ·Two Determinative Elements of Relevance in Newspaper Headlines | 第46-49页 |
| ·Contextual Effect | 第46-48页 |
| ·Processing Effort | 第48-49页 |
| ·Factors Determining the Construction of Cognitive Context | 第49页 |
| ·Pragmatic Presupposition in Newspaper Headlines | 第49-53页 |
| ·Declarative Sentence | 第50-51页 |
| ·Interrogative Sentence | 第51页 |
| ·Quotation Marks | 第51-52页 |
| ·Colon | 第52页 |
| ·Acronym | 第52-53页 |
| ·Presupposition, Relevance and Cognitive Context in Newspaper Headlines | 第53-58页 |
| Chapter 4 Newspaper Headlines’Generation and Comprehension Model | 第58-70页 |
| ·Newspaper Headlines’Generation Model | 第58-63页 |
| ·Writer’s Intention in Newspaper Headlines’Generation | 第58-59页 |
| ·Writer’s Presupposition and Relevance of Newspaper Headlines’Generation | 第59-61页 |
| ·Writer’s Presupposition and Reader’s Cognitive Context | 第61-62页 |
| ·Summary | 第62-63页 |
| ·Newspaper Headlines’Comprehension Model | 第63-70页 |
| ·Presupposition Accommodation in Newspaper Headlines’Comprehension | 第63-64页 |
| ·Inference of Communication | 第64-66页 |
| ·Inference of Newspaper Headlines | 第66-68页 |
| ·Summary | 第68-70页 |
| Conclusion | 第70-74页 |
| A General Summary of the Thesis | 第70-72页 |
| Limitations | 第72页 |
| Suggestions | 第72-74页 |
| Suggestions for Further Research | 第73页 |
| Suggestions for Newspaper Headlines’Generation and Comprehension | 第73-74页 |
| Bibliography | 第74-77页 |
| Appendix | 第77-89页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第89-90页 |
| Publication | 第90页 |
