| 摘要 | 第1-5页 |
| English Abstract | 第5-10页 |
| Introduction | 第10-16页 |
| ·Literature Review of Study on Speaker’s Meaning | 第10-13页 |
| ·Significance and Originality of the Study | 第13-14页 |
| ·Methodology and Data Collection | 第14页 |
| ·Organization of the Thesis | 第14-16页 |
| Chapter 1 Theoretical Background of the Study | 第16-23页 |
| ·Schema Theory | 第16-19页 |
| ·Definition of Schema | 第16-17页 |
| ·Characteristics of Schema | 第17-18页 |
| ·Classification of Schema | 第18-19页 |
| ·Cultural Schema Theory | 第19-23页 |
| ·Definition of Cultural Schema | 第19-20页 |
| ·Characteristics of Cultural Schema | 第20-21页 |
| ·Application of Cultural Schema | 第21-23页 |
| Chapter 2 Feasibility of Cultural Schema Theory in Inference of Speaker’s Meaning | 第23-33页 |
| ·A General Survey of Speaker’s Meaning | 第23-27页 |
| ·Meaning: Natural Meaning and Non-natural Meaning | 第23页 |
| ·Speaker’s Meaning: What Is Said and What Is Implicated | 第23-25页 |
| ·Pragmatic Inference of Speaker’s Meaning | 第25-27页 |
| ·The Relationship Between Cultural Schema and Utterance Interpretation | 第27-29页 |
| ·Functions of Schema in the Inferential Process | 第29-33页 |
| ·Facilitating Information Retrieval and Reconstruction | 第29页 |
| ·Eliminating Ambiguities | 第29-30页 |
| ·Generating Predications | 第30-31页 |
| ·Supplying Omitted Information | 第31-33页 |
| Chapter 3 Relations Between English and Chinese Cultural Schemata in Inferential Process | 第33-50页 |
| ·Equivalence in Cultural Schemata | 第33-36页 |
| ·Cultural Similarities as Major Part of Language | 第33-34页 |
| ·Success in Inference of Speaker’s Meaning Based on Equivalent Cultural Schemata | 第34-36页 |
| ·Conflicts Between Cultural Schemata | 第36-44页 |
| ·Cultural Differences Reflected in Language | 第37-38页 |
| ·Barriers in Inference of Speaker’s Meaning Caused by Conflicts Between Cultural Schemata | 第38-44页 |
| ·Vacancy in Cultural Schemata | 第44-50页 |
| ·Uniqueness of the Given Cultures | 第44-45页 |
| ·Barriers in Inference of Speaker’s Meaning Caused by Vacancy in Cultural Schemata | 第45-50页 |
| Chapter 4 Strategies for Inference of Speaker’s Meaning Based | 第50-57页 |
| ·Activation of the Pre-existing Cultural Schemata | 第50-52页 |
| ·Comparison and Modification of Relevant Cultural Schemata | 第52-53页 |
| ·Construction of New Cultural Schemata | 第53-57页 |
| ·Construction Principles of Cultural Schemata | 第54-55页 |
| ·Construction Methods of Cultural Schemata | 第55-57页 |
| Conclusion | 第57-59页 |
| Works Cited | 第59-63页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第63-64页 |
| Informative Chinese Abstract | 第64-67页 |
| Résuméand Publications since Entering the Program | 第67页 |
