| 内容提要 | 第1-5页 |
| Synopsis | 第5-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-11页 |
| Abstract | 第11-19页 |
| Introduction | 第19-22页 |
| Chapter 1 Literature Review | 第22-33页 |
| ·News and Newspaper Headline | 第22-24页 |
| ·Features of English Newspaper Headlines | 第24-27页 |
| ·Functions of English Newspaper Headlines | 第27-29页 |
| ·Related Studies of English Newspaper Headlines at Home and Abroad | 第29-33页 |
| ·Related Studies Abroad | 第29-31页 |
| ·Related Studies at Home | 第31-33页 |
| Chapter 2 Theoretical Framework and Research Methodology | 第33-52页 |
| ·Theoretical Framework: Relevance Theory | 第33-48页 |
| ·Ostensive – Inferential Communication | 第33-36页 |
| ·Informative Intention and Communicative Intention | 第36-38页 |
| ·The Principle of Relevance | 第38-43页 |
| ·The Notion of Relevance | 第38-40页 |
| ·Two Principles of Relevance | 第40-43页 |
| ·Cognitive Context in Relevance Theory | 第43-48页 |
| ·The Notion of Cognitive Context | 第43-45页 |
| ·Features and Functions of Cognitive Context | 第45-46页 |
| ·Cognitive Context and Communication | 第46-48页 |
| ·Research Methodology | 第48-52页 |
| ·Research Design | 第48-50页 |
| ·Data Collection | 第50页 |
| ·Research Procedure | 第50-52页 |
| Chapter 3 An Analysis of English Newspaper Headlines from the Perspective of Relevance Theory | 第52-72页 |
| ·The Realization of Ostensive – Inferential Communication through English Newspaper Headlines | 第52-57页 |
| ·Ostension in English Newspaper Headlines Communication | 第53-56页 |
| ·Inference in English Newspaper Headlines Communication | 第56-57页 |
| ·The Achievement of Relevance through English Newspaper Headlines | 第57-64页 |
| ·English Newspaper Headlines as Relevance Optimizer | 第58-60页 |
| ·Two Considerations in the Achievement of Relevance in English Newspaper Headlines | 第60-64页 |
| ·Cognitive Context and English Newspaper Headlines | 第64-72页 |
| ·Editor’s Cognitive Context in English Newspaper Headline Construction | 第64-66页 |
| ·Readers’ Cognitive Context in English Newspaper Headline Interpretation | 第66-72页 |
| Chapter 4 Implications | 第72-83页 |
| ·Implications for Editors in Generating English Newspaper Headlines | 第72-76页 |
| ·Implications for Readers in Interpreting English Newspaper Headlines | 第76-80页 |
| ·Implications for Researchers in Other Related Studies | 第80-83页 |
| Conclusion | 第83-86页 |
| References | 第86-91页 |
| 导师及作者简介 | 第91-92页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第92页 |
