| Abstract | 第1-10页 |
| 内容摘要 | 第10-12页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第12-15页 |
| ·Orientation of the Present Study | 第12-13页 |
| ·Rationale | 第13-14页 |
| ·Organization of the Thesis | 第14-15页 |
| Chapter Two Review of the Related Literature | 第15-31页 |
| ·Previous Studies on the Model of Communication | 第16-28页 |
| ·Code Model | 第16-18页 |
| ·Conversational Implicature Theory | 第18-20页 |
| ·Ostensive-Inferential Model | 第20-23页 |
| ·Adaptation Theory | 第23-28页 |
| ·Questions Unanswered in the Previous Studies | 第28-29页 |
| ·The Perspective of the Present Study | 第29-31页 |
| Chapter Three Description of the Adaptation-Relevance Model | 第31-50页 |
| ·A Few Preliminary Words about Context | 第32-33页 |
| ·The Notion of Dynamic Context | 第33-38页 |
| ·The Problem with 'Mutual Knowledge' | 第34-35页 |
| ·The Dynamism of Context | 第35-38页 |
| ·The Notion of the Adaptation-Relevance Model | 第38-50页 |
| ·Communication as Relevance-Oriented | 第39-43页 |
| ·The Adaptation-Relevance as Integrated Processes Between Linguistic Choices and Contextual Choices | 第43-46页 |
| ·The Presumption of Relevance Deciding Choices of a Particular Utterance | 第46-48页 |
| ·The Adaptation-Relevance as Strategy-Choosing | 第48-50页 |
| Chapter Four The Applications of the Adaptation-Relevance Model | 第50-65页 |
| ·The Pragmatics of Indirect Speech | 第50-56页 |
| ·The Limitations of the Previous Studies in Explaining Indirectness | 第50-51页 |
| ·The Adaptation-Relevance Model Explaining Indirectness | 第51-56页 |
| ·The Adaptation-Relevance Model Explaining Politeness | 第56-65页 |
| ·Politeness, Communication and the Adaptation-Relevance Model | 第57-62页 |
| ·An Illustration | 第62-65页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第65-70页 |
| ·Overview | 第65-66页 |
| ·Implications | 第66-68页 |
| ·Limitations of the Present Study | 第68-69页 |
| ·Suggestions for the Future Work | 第69-70页 |
| Bibliography | 第70-73页 |
