| Introduction | 第1-11页 |
| Chapter Ⅰ Edgar Allan Poe | 第11-18页 |
| ·Biographical Account of Edgar Allan Poe | 第11-12页 |
| ·Previous Researches on Poe | 第12-14页 |
| ·A Brief Review of Previous Research on Poe | 第12-13页 |
| ·Previous Researches on Poe's Detective Reasoning Stories | 第13-14页 |
| ·Outline of Poe's Three Reasoning Stories | 第14-16页 |
| ·The Murders in The Rue Morgue | 第14-15页 |
| ·The Mystery of Marie Roget | 第15-16页 |
| ·The Purloined Letter | 第16页 |
| ·Aim and Significance of the Present Study | 第16-18页 |
| Chapter Ⅱ Linguistic Approach to Poe's Three Reasoning Stories | 第18-27页 |
| ·Historical Background of Presupposition | 第18页 |
| ·Two Approaches to Presupposition | 第18-23页 |
| ·Semantic Presupposition | 第18-21页 |
| ·Pragmatic Presupposition | 第21-23页 |
| ·Defeasibility of Presupposition | 第23-24页 |
| ·Function of Presupposition in Inference | 第24-25页 |
| ·Summary | 第25-27页 |
| Chapter Ⅲ An Analysis of Pragmatic Presupposition in Poe's Three Reasoning Stories | 第27-42页 |
| ·Personal presupposition | 第27-32页 |
| ·Direct Personal Presupposition | 第28-30页 |
| ·Converse Personal Presupposition | 第30-31页 |
| ·Boundary between Direct Personal Presupposition and Converse Personal Presupposition | 第31-32页 |
| ·Context Presupposition | 第32-37页 |
| ·Background Presupposition | 第37-39页 |
| ·Addressee Presupposition | 第39-41页 |
| ·Summary | 第41-42页 |
| Chapter Ⅳ Conclusion | 第42-44页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第44-45页 |
| Bibliography | 第45-48页 |
| Articles Published During MA Study | 第48页 |
