| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-8页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-11页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第11-15页 |
| ·The Background of the Study | 第11-12页 |
| ·The Significance of the Study | 第12-13页 |
| ·The Structure of the Thesis | 第13-15页 |
| Chapter Two A Literature Review | 第15-27页 |
| ·The Phonetics Approach to the English Intonation | 第16-18页 |
| ·The Attitudinal Approach to the English Intonation | 第18-19页 |
| ·A Study of the Grammar- and Syntax-based View | 第19-22页 |
| ·The Pragmatic Approach to the English Intonation | 第22-25页 |
| ·Summary | 第25-27页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Framework and Research Methodology | 第27-33页 |
| ·A Sketch of Relevance Theory | 第27-30页 |
| ·The Ostensive-inferential Communication | 第27-29页 |
| ·The Principle of Relevance | 第29-30页 |
| ·Research Methodology | 第30-31页 |
| ·Summary | 第31-33页 |
| Chapter Four The Ostensive-inferential Communication in the Use and Comprehension of the English Intonation | 第33-50页 |
| ·The Use and Comprehension of the English Intonation Based on the Ostensive-inferential Communication | 第33-35页 |
| ·The English Intonation as a Means of Ostension | 第35-37页 |
| ·The English Intonation to Constraint the Inferential Procedure | 第37-49页 |
| ·The English Intonation to Highlight the Propositional Information | 第40-43页 |
| ·The English Intonation to Strengthen the Force of the Propositional | 第43-46页 |
| ·The English Intonation to Express Attitudes towards the Propositional Content | 第46-49页 |
| ·Summary | 第49-50页 |
| Chapter Five The Principle of Relevance in the Use and Comprehension of the English Intonation | 第50-66页 |
| ·The Use and Comprehension of the English Intonation Based on the Principle of Relevance | 第50-56页 |
| ·The English Intonation to Indicate the Relationship between the Utterance and the Context | 第51-54页 |
| ·The English Intonation to Indicate the Presumption of Relevance | 第54-56页 |
| ·The Optimal Relevance in the Use and Comprehension of the English Intonation | 第56-59页 |
| ·The English Intonation to Indicate Relevance Achieved by Expressing Irrelevant Contextual Assumptions | 第59-64页 |
| ·Summary | 第64-66页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第66-68页 |
| ·Major Findings of the Thesis | 第66-67页 |
| ·Limitations of the Research | 第67-68页 |
| Bibliography | 第68-71页 |
| Appendix A | 第71-72页 |
| Appendix B | 第72-75页 |
