| Abstract | 第1-7页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第7-10页 |
| Introduction | 第10-12页 |
| Chapter One The Introduction to Reading Comprehension | 第12-20页 |
| ·Reading:a Printing Form of Communication | 第12页 |
| ·The Definition of Reading | 第12-13页 |
| ·The Current Models of Reading Comprehension | 第13-20页 |
| ·The Bottom-up Approach | 第13-14页 |
| ·The Top-down Approach | 第14-15页 |
| ·The Interactive Approach | 第15-18页 |
| ·The Schema Approach | 第18-20页 |
| Chapter Two Pragmatic Inference in Communication | 第20-33页 |
| ·What is Communication? | 第20页 |
| ·The Code Model:a Classic Model of Communication | 第20-21页 |
| ·The Pragmatic Inferential Model | 第21-33页 |
| ·The Definition of Pragmatic Inferential Model | 第21-22页 |
| ·The Gricean Approach to Communication | 第22-25页 |
| ·Sperber and Wilson's Approach to Communication | 第25-33页 |
| ·A General Survey of Relevance Theory | 第25-27页 |
| ·The Definition of Relevance | 第27-28页 |
| ·Ostensive-inference Model of Communication | 第28-29页 |
| ·Principle of Relevance and Pragmatic Inference | 第29-31页 |
| ·Dynamic Context | 第31-33页 |
| Chapter Three The Relations between Pragmatic Inference in Reading Comprehension and Teaching | 第33-60页 |
| ·Reading Process in a Relevance Theory Frame | 第33-38页 |
| ·Ostensive-inferential Process as a Typical Process of Reading Comprehension | 第33-35页 |
| ·Pragmatic Inference in Reading Comprehension | 第35-36页 |
| ·Cognitive Context in Reading Comprehension | 第36-38页 |
| ·Pragmatic Inference in the Three Reading Stages | 第38-60页 |
| ·The Pre-reading Stage | 第38-43页 |
| ·Relevant Contextual Assumptions | 第39-41页 |
| ·Prediction | 第41页 |
| ·Skimming and Scanning | 第41-43页 |
| ·Making the Purpose of Reading Clear | 第43页 |
| ·The While-reading Stage | 第43-54页 |
| ·Making Inferences from Context | 第44-45页 |
| ·Appreciating Poetic Effect | 第45-48页 |
| ·Vocabulary Development in Context | 第48-52页 |
| ·Comprehension at Textual Level | 第52-54页 |
| ·The Post-reading Stage | 第54-56页 |
| ·Constructing Relevant Cultural Context throughout the Three Stages | 第56-60页 |
| ·Following the Principle of Relevance | 第56-58页 |
| ·Integrating Cultural Teaching with Language Teaching | 第58-60页 |
| Chapter Four The Strategies and Suggestions of Reading Comprehension | 第60-67页 |
| ·Strategies for Inferential Reading | 第60-63页 |
| ·Cognitive Strategies | 第60-62页 |
| ·Metacognitive Strategies | 第62-63页 |
| ·Suggestions for the Teaching of Reading Comprehension | 第63-67页 |
| ·Cultivating Students' Inference Strategies in Reading Comprehension | 第63-65页 |
| ·Guessing the Meaning of Words | 第63-64页 |
| ·Separating the Ostensive Facts from the Implicated Opinions | 第64-65页 |
| ·Evaluating the Main Idea and Supporting Details | 第65页 |
| ·Understanding Relations within the Sentences | 第65页 |
| ·Procedures of Pragmatic Inference in Reading Comprehension | 第65-67页 |
| Conclusion | 第67-69页 |
| Acknowledgments | 第69-70页 |
| Bibliography | 第70-74页 |
