| 摘要 | 第1-4页 |
| Abstract | 第4-6页 |
| Contents | 第6-8页 |
| Introduction | 第8-11页 |
| Chapter 1 Literature Review | 第11-20页 |
| ·Theoretical Study and Application of Relevance Theory | 第11-12页 |
| ·Relevance Theory in China | 第12-13页 |
| ·An Overview of Relevance Theory | 第13-20页 |
| ·Grice’s Theory and RelevanceTheory | 第13-15页 |
| ·"Ostensive-Inferential" Communicative Model | 第15-17页 |
| ·Relevance Principle | 第17-18页 |
| ·Variables of Relevance: Effect and Effort | 第18-19页 |
| ·Context and "Mutual Manifest" | 第19-20页 |
| Chapter 2 Indirect Communicative Level in Literary Conversation | 第20-40页 |
| ·Comparison between Literary Conversation and Spoken Conversation | 第20-24页 |
| ·Comparison between written discourse and spoken discourse | 第20-23页 |
| ·Comparison between literary conversation and spoken conversation | 第23-24页 |
| ·Definition of Indirect Communicative Level | 第24-26页 |
| ·Analysis of Literary Conversations in The Scarlet Letter | 第26-40页 |
| ·Case Study: "The Reader Knows Less" | 第26-31页 |
| ·Case Study: "The Reader Knows More" | 第31-34页 |
| ·Case Study: "The Reader Knows The Same" | 第34-40页 |
| Chapter 3 Further Discussion about Indirect Communicative Level | 第40-43页 |
| ·Indirect Communicative Level in Non-literary Conditions | 第40-41页 |
| ·Categorization of Non-literary Indirect Communication | 第41-43页 |
| Conclusion | 第43-46页 |
| Bibliography | 第46-49页 |
| Acknowledgement | 第49页 |