| Abstract | 第1-8页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-11页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第11-15页 |
| ·Origin of the present study | 第11-12页 |
| ·Research rationale | 第12-13页 |
| ·Research questions | 第13页 |
| ·Source of data | 第13-14页 |
| ·Research significance | 第14-15页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第15-27页 |
| ·The delimitation of lie | 第15-18页 |
| ·The definition of lie | 第15-16页 |
| ·Categories of lies | 第16-17页 |
| ·Lying and rhetoric | 第17-18页 |
| ·The psychological perspective of lying | 第18-19页 |
| ·The socio-cultural perspective of lying | 第19-20页 |
| ·The semantic perspective of lying | 第20-21页 |
| ·The existing pragmatic perspective of lying | 第21-25页 |
| ·Problems existing in the past studies | 第25-27页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Framework | 第27-33页 |
| ·The development of adaptation theory | 第27-28页 |
| ·Adaptation theory | 第28-29页 |
| ·Key notions in the theoretical framework | 第29-33页 |
| ·Making choices | 第29页 |
| ·Three features of language | 第29-30页 |
| ·Four angles of investigation | 第30-31页 |
| ·Ingredients of the communicative context | 第31-33页 |
| Chapter Four The Effective Operation of Lying Strategy | 第33-57页 |
| ·Adaptability of lying strategy | 第33-48页 |
| ·Adaptation to the physical world | 第34-36页 |
| ·Adaptation to time | 第34-35页 |
| ·Adaptation to place | 第35-36页 |
| ·Adaptation to the social world | 第36-41页 |
| ·Adaptation to social norms | 第36-38页 |
| ·Adaptation to social domains | 第38-41页 |
| ·Adaptation to the mental world | 第41-46页 |
| ·Adaptation to the communicative intentions of the speaker | 第42-44页 |
| ·Adaptation to the psychological needs of the hearer | 第44-46页 |
| ·Integrated choice-making process | 第46-48页 |
| ·The operation of lying strategy | 第48-57页 |
| ·Negotiability of lying | 第49-50页 |
| ·Variability of lying | 第50-55页 |
| ·Misrepresenting the linguistic information | 第51-52页 |
| ·Misrepresenting the non-linguistic information | 第52-54页 |
| ·Masking the negative information | 第54-55页 |
| ·Strategies employed in strengthening the reliability of lies | 第55-57页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusions | 第57-59页 |
| ·Major findings of the present study | 第57页 |
| ·Implications of the present study | 第57-58页 |
| ·Limitations of the present study | 第58-59页 |
| References | 第59-63页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第63页 |
