| acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| abstract | 第5-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-11页 |
| Introduction | 第11-15页 |
| Chapter One Literature Review | 第15-25页 |
| ·Definitions of News and News Headlines | 第15-17页 |
| ·News | 第15-16页 |
| ·News headlines | 第16-17页 |
| ·Requirements and Types of News Headlines | 第17-19页 |
| ·Requirements of News Headlines | 第17-18页 |
| ·Types of News Headlines | 第18-19页 |
| ·Functions of News Headlines | 第19-20页 |
| ·Previous Studies on News Headlines at Home and Abroad | 第20-25页 |
| ·Previous Studies on News Headlines at Home | 第21页 |
| ·Previous Studies on News Headlines Abroad | 第21-25页 |
| Chapter Two Theoretical Foundation of the Study | 第25-41页 |
| ·Definition of Pragmatics | 第25-27页 |
| ·Related Pragmatic Theories | 第27-41页 |
| ·Relevance Theory | 第27-30页 |
| ·Ostensive-Inferential Communication | 第28-29页 |
| ·Optimal Relevance | 第29-30页 |
| ·Presupposition | 第30-41页 |
| ·Definition of Presupposition | 第31-34页 |
| ·Characteristics of Pragmatic Presupposition | 第34-36页 |
| ·Presupposition Trigger | 第36-41页 |
| Chapter Three Stylistic Features of English News Headlines | 第41-59页 |
| ·Definition of Stylistics | 第41-43页 |
| ·Stylistic Features of English News Headlines | 第43-58页 |
| ·Features on Lexical Level | 第43-49页 |
| ·Features on Grammatical Level | 第49-53页 |
| ·Features on Rhetorical Level | 第53-58页 |
| ·Summary | 第58-59页 |
| Chapter Four Pragmatic Analysis of English News Headlines | 第59-75页 |
| ·Analysis of English News Headlines on Lexical Level | 第59-64页 |
| ·Analysis from the Perspective of Relevance Theory | 第59-62页 |
| ·Analysis from the Perspective of Presupposition | 第62-64页 |
| ·Analysis of English News Headlines on Grammatical Level | 第64-69页 |
| ·Analysis from the Perspective of Relevance Theory | 第64-67页 |
| ·Analysis from the Perspective of Presupposition | 第67-69页 |
| ·Analysis of English News Headlines on Rhetorical Level | 第69-75页 |
| ·Analysis from the Perspective of Relevance Theory | 第69-71页 |
| ·Analysis from the Perspective of Presupposition | 第71-75页 |
| ChapteChapter Five Significance of the Study | 第75-79页 |
| ·Better Understanding of English News Headlines | 第75-76页 |
| ·Better Editing of English News Headlines | 第76-78页 |
| ·Enriching the Study of English News Headlines from the Perspective of Pragmatics | 第78-79页 |
| Conclusion | 第79-83页 |
| Bibliography | 第83-85页 |
