| ACKNOWLEDGMENTS | 第1-6页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第6-8页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-9页 |
| CONTENTS | 第9-11页 |
| LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS | 第11-12页 |
| LIST OF FIGURES | 第12-13页 |
| LIST OF CASES | 第13-14页 |
| CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION | 第14-22页 |
| ·Overview | 第14-15页 |
| ·Definition of Key Terms | 第15-16页 |
| ·Definition of Indeterminacy | 第15页 |
| ·Definition of Linguistic Evidence | 第15-16页 |
| ·Rationale | 第16-19页 |
| ·The reasons for the present study | 第16-18页 |
| ·Uniqueness of the present study | 第18页 |
| ·Possible implications | 第18-19页 |
| ·Research questions | 第19页 |
| ·Methodology and Data | 第19页 |
| ·Organization of the thesis | 第19-22页 |
| CHAPTER TWO LITERATURE REVIEW | 第22-34页 |
| ·Introduction | 第22页 |
| ·Resolutions of IWM in linguistic evidence in the law circle and in forensic linguistics | 第22-26页 |
| ·Lexical Pragmatic Account of Word Meaning | 第26-29页 |
| ·Previous Studies on OT | 第29-32页 |
| ·Summary | 第32-34页 |
| CHAPTER THREE THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK | 第34-56页 |
| ·Introduction | 第34页 |
| ·Theoretical background | 第34-44页 |
| ·Ran's account of lexical pragmatic enrichment | 第34-37页 |
| ·Introduction of OT into the interpretation of WIMs | 第37-40页 |
| ·Bi-OT suggested by Blutner | 第40-43页 |
| ·Summary | 第43-44页 |
| ·Theoretical Framework for the Proposed Research | 第44-55页 |
| ·Possible constraints for interpreting WIMs to resolve IWM in linguistic evidence | 第44-48页 |
| ·The classification of WIMs | 第48-52页 |
| ·The theoretical framework for the present research | 第52-55页 |
| ·Summary | 第55-56页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR ANALYSIS OF AND RESOLUTIONS TO INDETERMINACY OF WORD MEANING IN LINGUISTIC EVIDENCE | 第56-76页 |
| ·Introduction | 第56页 |
| ·Cases with words in need of pragmatic narrowing and their resolution | 第56-71页 |
| ·Cases with generic terms | 第56-59页 |
| ·Cases with scalar terms | 第59-63页 |
| ·Cases with polysemous terms | 第63-66页 |
| ·Cases with deictics | 第66-71页 |
| ·Cases with words in need of pragmatic broadening and their resolution | 第71-73页 |
| ·Cases with category extension words | 第71-72页 |
| ·Cases with approximation words | 第72-73页 |
| ·Summary | 第73-76页 |
| CHAPTER FIVE CASE STUDIES | 第76-96页 |
| ·Introduction | 第76页 |
| ·The "chicken" case:a decided case | 第76-85页 |
| ·Introduction | 第76-77页 |
| ·Analysis of the case | 第77-85页 |
| ·Results of Analysis | 第85页 |
| ·The 'watch' case:a controversial case | 第85-94页 |
| ·Introduction | 第85页 |
| ·Analysis of the case | 第85-94页 |
| ·Results of analysis | 第94页 |
| ·Summary | 第94-96页 |
| CHAPTER SIX CONCLUSION | 第96-102页 |
| ·Overview | 第96-97页 |
| ·Conclusion | 第97-98页 |
| ·Implications | 第98-99页 |
| ·Limitations | 第99-100页 |
| ·Suggestions for Further Studies | 第100-102页 |
| REFERENCES | 第102-106页 |
| CASES CITED | 第106页 |
