| Chapter One: Introduction to the main approaches to the study of conversation | 第1-13页 |
| Chapter Two: A View of the Cooperative Principle | 第13-21页 |
| ·Conversational Implicature | 第13-14页 |
| ·The Cooperative Principle in Conversation | 第14页 |
| ·The Generation of Conversational Implicature | 第14-16页 |
| ·Flouts Exploiting Maxims | 第16-18页 |
| ·Flouts Exploiting Maxim of Quantity | 第16-17页 |
| ·Flouts Exploiting Maxim of Quality | 第17页 |
| ·Flouts Exploiting Maxim of Relation | 第17页 |
| ·Flouts Exploiting Maxim of Manner | 第17-18页 |
| ·Properties of Conversational Implicature | 第18-21页 |
| Chapter Three: An Outline of Relevance Theory | 第21-32页 |
| ·Ostensive-inferential Communication | 第21-24页 |
| ·The Definition of Relevance | 第24-25页 |
| ·The Degree of Relevanc | 第25-28页 |
| ·The Principle of Relevance | 第28-32页 |
| Chapter Four: Differences Between the Cooperative Principle and Relevance Theory | 第32-71页 |
| ·Differences in the Theoretical Sources Between the CP and RT | 第32-37页 |
| ·Comments on the Theoretical Sources of the Two Theories | 第37-39页 |
| ·Differences in the Two Theoretical Models | 第39-43页 |
| ·Comments on the Two Theoretical Models | 第43-45页 |
| ·Differences in The Inferential Model of Communication of the Two Theories | 第45-52页 |
| ·Two Types of Models of Communication | 第45-46页 |
| ·Grice's Inferential Model of Communication: Coding and Inference | 第46-48页 |
| ·Sperber and Wilson's Inferential Model of Communication: Relevance and Inference | 第48-52页 |
| ·Comments on the Two Inferential Models of Communication | 第52-53页 |
| ·Differences in the Definitions of 'Meaning' | 第53-58页 |
| ·Comments on the Definitions of 'Meaning' | 第58-59页 |
| ·Differences in the Definitions of 'Context' | 第59-64页 |
| ·Comments on the Definitions of 'Context' | 第64-65页 |
| ·Differences in the Two Approaches to Interpretation of Metaphors | 第65-68页 |
| ·Comments on the Two Approaches to the Interpretation of Metaphors | 第68-71页 |
| Chapter Five: Conclusion | 第71-76页 |
| Bibliography | 第76-77页 |