| Abstract | 第1-9页 |
| 摘要 | 第9-10页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第10-14页 |
| ·The Objective of the Research | 第10-11页 |
| ·Rationale of the Present Study | 第11-12页 |
| ·Significance of the Study and Problem Statement. | 第12页 |
| ·The Outline of the Thesis | 第12-14页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第14-22页 |
| ·A General Introduction of China Foreign Ministry Spokesperson’s Remarks | 第14-15页 |
| ·Chinese Regular Press Conference | 第14页 |
| ·Features of Spokesperson’s Language | 第14-15页 |
| ·Previous Studies on Foreign Ministry Spokesperson’s Remarks | 第15-20页 |
| ·Studies from Vagueness Perspective | 第16-17页 |
| ·Studies from Strategy Perspective | 第17-19页 |
| ·Studies from Cooperative Principle and Politeness Principle Perspective | 第19-20页 |
| ·Studies from Adaptation Perspective | 第20页 |
| ·Comments on Previous Studies | 第20-22页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Framework and Research Methodology | 第22-38页 |
| ·A Brief Introduction to the Relevance Theory | 第22-25页 |
| ·Ostension- Inferential Communication | 第22-23页 |
| ·Relevance, Contextual Effects and Processing Efforts | 第23页 |
| ·Context | 第23-24页 |
| ·Optimal Relevance | 第24-25页 |
| ·A Brief Introduction to the Adaptation Theory | 第25-30页 |
| ·Making Choices | 第25-26页 |
| ·Three Properties of Language | 第26-27页 |
| ·Four Angles of Investigation | 第27-30页 |
| ·Merits and Demerits | 第30-31页 |
| ·The Framework of the Relevance-Adaptation Model | 第31-34页 |
| ·Data Collection and Research Methodology | 第34-38页 |
| ·Data Collection and Processing | 第34-36页 |
| ·Methodology | 第36-38页 |
| Chapter Four Analysis of Spokesperson’s Remarks Under the Relevance-Adaptation Model | 第38-62页 |
| ·Introduction to Spokesperson’s Remarks | 第38-39页 |
| ·Spokesperson’s Remarks as a Process of Relevance-Orientation | 第39-43页 |
| ·Spokesperson’s Remarks as a Result of Choice-Making | 第43-46页 |
| ·Spokesperson’s Remarks as a Process of Choice-Making Based on Relevance | 第46-48页 |
| ·Spokesperson’s Remarks as an Integrated Process between Linguistic Forms Contextual Correlates | 第48-55页 |
| ·Adaptation to Social World | 第48-51页 |
| ·Adaptation to Mental World | 第51-53页 |
| ·Adaptation to Physical World | 第53-55页 |
| ·Spokesperson’s Remarks as a Process of Strategy-Choosing | 第55-59页 |
| ·Directly Answering | 第55-56页 |
| ·Understatement | 第56-57页 |
| ·General Wording | 第57-58页 |
| ·Shifting Focus | 第58-59页 |
| ·Summary | 第59-62页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第62-67页 |
| ·Major Findings | 第62-63页 |
| ·Implication | 第63-65页 |
| ·Limitations and suggestions for Further Exploration | 第65-67页 |
| References | 第67-71页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第71-72页 |
| Publications | 第72页 |
