| Abstract(in Chinese) | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract(in English) | 第5-7页 |
| Contents | 第7-9页 |
| Introduction | 第9-15页 |
| ·Background of the Research | 第9-11页 |
| ·Questions of the Research | 第11页 |
| ·Method of the Research | 第11-12页 |
| ·Aim and Significance of the Research | 第12-13页 |
| ·Organization of the Thesis | 第13-15页 |
| Chapter One Literature Review | 第15-24页 |
| ·The Language Characteristics of Lin Yutang's Works | 第15-17页 |
| ·The Language Features of the English Version of Moment in Peking | 第17-21页 |
| ·A Survey of Previous Studies on Moment in Peking | 第21-24页 |
| Chapter Two The Theoretical Framework of the Thesis | 第24-36页 |
| ·Grice's Cooperative Principle | 第24-31页 |
| ·Leech's Theory of Politeness Principle | 第31-34页 |
| ·Summary | 第34-36页 |
| Chapter Three A Study on Characters' Utterances in Moment in Peking | 第36-62页 |
| ·Brief Introduction to Characters' Utterances in Moment in Peking | 第37页 |
| ·Conversational Implicatures Produced by Violation of the Quantity Maxim in Moment in Peking | 第37-43页 |
| ·Conversational Implicatures Produced by Violation of the Quality Maxim in Moment in Peking | 第43-49页 |
| ·Conversational Implicatures Produced by Violation of the Relation Maxim in Moment in Peking | 第49-51页 |
| ·Conversational Implicature Produced by Violation of the Manner Maxim in Moment in Peking | 第51-60页 |
| ·Summary | 第60-62页 |
| Chapter Four The Function of Conversational Implicature in Characters'Utterances in Moment in Peking | 第62-70页 |
| ·For the Sake of Politeness | 第63-65页 |
| ·For the Sake of Banter | 第65-66页 |
| ·Reflection of the Characters' Personalities | 第66-67页 |
| ·Reflection of Social Culture and Phenomena | 第67-70页 |
| Conclusion | 第70-74页 |
| Bibliography | 第74-76页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第76-77页 |
| About the Author | 第77页 |
