| ABSTRACT | 第1-4页 |
| 摘要 | 第4-7页 |
| CHAPTER Ⅰ INTRODUCTION | 第7-10页 |
| ·Background of the study | 第7-8页 |
| ·Purpose of the thesis | 第8-9页 |
| ·Significance of the thesis | 第9-10页 |
| CHAPTER Ⅱ LITERATURE REVIEW | 第10-23页 |
| ·Literature review of vague language | 第10-14页 |
| ·Vague language study in abroad and China | 第10-12页 |
| ·Definition of vague language | 第12-14页 |
| ·Literature review of relevance theory | 第14-21页 |
| ·Definition of relevance | 第14-15页 |
| ·Principles of relevance | 第15-17页 |
| ·Concept of context in relevance theory | 第17-18页 |
| ·Concept of communication in relevance theory | 第18-20页 |
| ·Concept of inference in relevance theory | 第20-21页 |
| ·Relevance theory and vague language | 第21-23页 |
| CHAPTER Ⅲ THE RELEVANCE-THEORETIC ANALYSIS OF VAGUELANGUAGE IN DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES | 第23-58页 |
| ·Brief introduction of Desperate Housewives | 第23页 |
| ·Classifications of vague Language | 第23-29页 |
| ·Semantic vagueness | 第24-26页 |
| ·Pragmatic vagueness | 第26-29页 |
| ·Brief analysis of vague language used by females in Desperate Housewives | 第29-32页 |
| ·Vague language generally used by females | 第29-30页 |
| ·The reasons of vague language used by females | 第30-31页 |
| ·The functions of vague language used by females | 第31-32页 |
| ·Pragmatic analysis of vague language used by females from perspective of relevance theory | 第32-58页 |
| ·Analysis of vague language used by females in concept of communication | 第33-36页 |
| ·Analysis of vague language used by females in concept of context | 第36-38页 |
| ·Principle of relevance used in analysis of vague language used by females | 第38-41页 |
| ·Pragmatic analysis of ostensive and inferential effects for vague language used by females | 第41-47页 |
| ·Pragmatic functions of vague language used by females basing on relevance theory | 第47-55页 |
| ·Research findings | 第55-58页 |
| CHAPTER Ⅳ CONCLUSION | 第58-61页 |
| ·Findings of the study | 第58-59页 |
| ·Limitations of the study | 第59页 |
| ·Speculations of further study | 第59-61页 |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | 第61-64页 |
| 攻读硕士学位期间发表的论文 | 第64-65页 |
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第65-68页 |
| APPENDIX Ⅰ | 第68-71页 |
| APPENDIX Ⅱ | 第71-75页 |
| APPENDIX Ⅲ | 第75-79页 |
| APPENDIX Ⅳ | 第79-82页 |
