| Acknowledgments | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-10页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第10-13页 |
| ·Phenomenon of Scalar Implicature | 第10-11页 |
| ·Definition of Scalar Implicature | 第11-13页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第13-18页 |
| ·Conversational Implicature: Description and Characterizations | 第13-14页 |
| ·Neo-Gricean's Frame and Scalar Implicature | 第14-16页 |
| ·Relevance Theory and Scalar Implicature | 第16-18页 |
| Chapter 3 A Comparative Study of Scalar Implicature | 第18-46页 |
| ·Implicature vs. Explicature | 第18-27页 |
| ·A Debate on the Definition | 第18-20页 |
| ·Ostensive-Inferential Model | 第20-22页 |
| ·Generalized Implicatures as "Explicature" | 第22-25页 |
| ·Enriched Pragmatic Role | 第25-27页 |
| ·Defaultism vs. Contextualism | 第27-35页 |
| ·Disputes on the Course of Inference | 第27-29页 |
| ·A Challenge from Contextualism | 第29-31页 |
| ·Contextual Effects and Choice of Context | 第31-33页 |
| ·Contextual Role | 第33-35页 |
| ·Maxim of Quantity vs. the Principle of Relevance | 第35-46页 |
| ·Differences between two Principles | 第35-38页 |
| ·A Search for Relevance | 第38-41页 |
| ·Efforts and Effects | 第41-43页 |
| ·Cooperation in Communication | 第43-46页 |
| Chapter 4 Experimental Investigation of Scalar Implicature | 第46-60页 |
| ·Survey of the Past Experimental Works | 第46-47页 |
| ·Experiment 1 | 第47-51页 |
| ·Experiment 2 | 第51-55页 |
| ·Experiment 3 | 第55-58页 |
| ·General Discussion | 第58-60页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第60-62页 |
| ·Overview | 第60-61页 |
| ·Significance and Suggestions for Future Study | 第61-62页 |
| Appendix 1: Sentences as Stimuli in Experiment 1 | 第62-64页 |
| Appendix 2: Sentences as Stimuli in Experiment 2 | 第64-68页 |
| Appendix 3: Sentences as Stimuli in Experiment 3 | 第68-72页 |
| Appendix 4: Original Statistics in Experiment 1 | 第72-75页 |
| Appendix 5: Original Statistics in Experiment 2 | 第75-78页 |
| Appendix 6: Original Statistics in Experiment 3 | 第78-81页 |
| Bibliography | 第81-83页 |
