| Abstract in English | 第4-5页 |
| Abstract in Chinese | 第6-9页 |
| Abbreviations | 第9-12页 |
| 1 Introduction | 第12-14页 |
| 1.1 Background of the study | 第12页 |
| 1.2 Purpose and significance of the study | 第12-13页 |
| 1.3 Structure of the thesis | 第13-14页 |
| 2 Literature Review | 第14-32页 |
| 2.1 Key terms | 第14-20页 |
| 2.1.1 Cooperative Principle | 第14-19页 |
| 2.1.2 Conversational Implicature | 第19-20页 |
| 2.2 Studies on Cooperative Principle | 第20-25页 |
| 2.2.1 Studies on Cooperative Principle abroad | 第20-22页 |
| 2.2.2 Studies on Cooperative Principle in China | 第22-25页 |
| 2.3 Studies on Conversational Implicature | 第25-29页 |
| 2.3.1 Studies on Conversational Implicature abroad | 第25-27页 |
| 2.3.2 Studies on Conversational Implicature in China | 第27-29页 |
| 2.4 Previous studies on Pretty Little Liars | 第29-32页 |
| 3 Methodology | 第32-36页 |
| 3.1 Research questions | 第32页 |
| 3.2 Data collection | 第32-34页 |
| 3.3 Analytic framework | 第34-36页 |
| 4 Results and Discussion | 第36-64页 |
| 4.1 Frequency and distribution of violating the Cooperative Principle | 第36-38页 |
| 4.1.1 Frequency and distribution of violating the quantity maxim | 第37页 |
| 4.1.2 Frequency and distribution of violating the quality maxim | 第37-38页 |
| 4.1.3 Frequency and distribution of violating the manner maxim | 第38页 |
| 4.1.4 Frequency and distribution of violating the relevance maxim | 第38页 |
| 4.2 Conversational Implicature generated by violating the Cooperative Principle | 第38-60页 |
| 4.2.1 Violating the quantity maxim | 第39-45页 |
| 4.2.2 Violating the quality maxim | 第45-50页 |
| 4.2.3 Violating the manner maxim | 第50-54页 |
| 4.2.4 Violating the relevance maxim | 第54-60页 |
| 4.3 Discussion | 第60-64页 |
| 4.3.1 Characteristics of juvenile talks | 第60-61页 |
| 4.3.2 Violation of Cooperative Principle in juvenile talks in comparisonwith other studies | 第61-64页 |
| 5 Conclusion | 第64-66页 |
| 5.1 Major findings | 第64页 |
| 5.2 Limitations of the study | 第64-65页 |
| 5.3 Suggestions for future research | 第65-66页 |
| Bibliography | 第66-70页 |
| Appendix | 第70-78页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第78-80页 |
| Publications | 第80页 |
