| ABSTRACT | 第1-7页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第7-9页 |
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第9-14页 |
| CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION | 第14-17页 |
| ·Aim of Research | 第14-15页 |
| ·Research Methodology | 第15-16页 |
| ·Framework of the Thesis | 第16-17页 |
| CHAPTER TWO RELEVANT LITERATURE REVIEWS | 第17-26页 |
| ·Semantic Change of Word Meaning | 第17-21页 |
| ·Viewpoint of Historical Semantics | 第17-19页 |
| ·Viewpoint of Prototype Semantics | 第19-21页 |
| ·Ad hoc Concepts | 第21-25页 |
| ·Definition of Ad hoc Concepts | 第21页 |
| ·Barsalou’s Points of View of Ad hoc Concepts | 第21-23页 |
| ·Carston’s Points of View of Ad hoc Concepts | 第23-25页 |
| ·Summaries | 第25-26页 |
| CHAPTER THREE RELEVANCE THEORY AND ITS ACCOUNT OF AD HOC CONCEPTS AND WORD MEANING | 第26-41页 |
| ·Theoretic Framework — Relevance Theory | 第26-32页 |
| ·Definition of Relevance | 第26-27页 |
| ·Two Principles of Relevance | 第27-29页 |
| ·Relevance Theoretic Comprehension Procedure | 第29-32页 |
| ·A Relevance-theoretic Account of the Ad hoc Concept andWord Meaning | 第32-41页 |
| ·Progresses of Existing Accounts | 第32-35页 |
| ·The Narrowing and Broadening of Word Meaning within Relevance Theory | 第35-39页 |
| ·Ad hoc Concepts andWord Meaning | 第39-41页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR FEATURES OF CHINESE AD HOC WORD MEANING | 第41-49页 |
| ·Grammatical Features of Chinese Ad hocWord Meaning | 第42-45页 |
| ·Ad hoc Meaning of Nouns | 第42-43页 |
| ·Ad hoc Meaning of Verbs | 第43-44页 |
| ·Ad hoc Meaning of Adjectives | 第44-45页 |
| ·Pragmatic Features of Chinese Ad hocWord Meaning | 第45-47页 |
| ·Contextual Dependence | 第45-46页 |
| ·Dynamic Process of Interpretation | 第46页 |
| ·Different Developing Directions | 第46-47页 |
| ·The Tendency of the Changes of Chinese Ad hocWord Meaning | 第47页 |
| ·Summaries | 第47-49页 |
| CHAPTER FIVE RELEVANCE THEORY AND INTERPRETATION OF BROADENINGAND NARROWING OF CHINESE WORD MEANING | 第49-67页 |
| ·Relevance-theoretic Comprehension Procedures | 第49-53页 |
| ·Interpretation of Narrowing of ChineseWord Meaning | 第53-59页 |
| ·Pragmatic Narrowing in a Certain Context | 第55-57页 |
| ·Determinations of Word Meanings with Different Degrees | 第57-58页 |
| ·Disambiguation | 第58-59页 |
| ·Interpretation of Broadening of ChineseWord Meaning | 第59-66页 |
| ·Approximation | 第60-61页 |
| ·Category Extension | 第61-62页 |
| ·Metaphor, Hyperbole and Metonymy | 第62-66页 |
| ·Summary | 第66-67页 |
| CHAPTER SIX CONCLUSION | 第67-73页 |
| ·Findings | 第67-68页 |
| ·Implications of the Present Study | 第68-69页 |
| ·Limitations and Suggestions for the Future Studies | 第69-73页 |
| ·Limitations | 第69-70页 |
| ·Suggestions for the Future Studies | 第70-73页 |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | 第73-77页 |
| 攻读学位期间主要科研成果目录 | 第77页 |
