| Acknowledgements | 第1-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-8页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-9页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第9-13页 |
| ·Purpose of the Thesis | 第10页 |
| ·Significance of the Thesis | 第10-11页 |
| ·Main Structure of This Thesis | 第11-13页 |
| Chapter Two Pragmatics in General | 第13-20页 |
| ·The Definition of Pragmatics | 第13-15页 |
| ·Why We Need Pragmatics | 第15-16页 |
| ·Meaning and Context——the Two Basic Concepts in the Study of Pragmatics | 第16-20页 |
| Chapter Three Speech Act Theory and A Dream of Red Mansions | 第20-30页 |
| ·Constatives and Performatives | 第20-23页 |
| ·A theory of the Illocutionary act | 第23-30页 |
| ·Three Senses of Speech Act | 第23-25页 |
| ·Illocutionary Act | 第25-30页 |
| Chapter Four The Cooperative Principle and A Dream of Red Mansions | 第30-39页 |
| ·The Cooperative Principle | 第30-35页 |
| ·The Definition of Cooperative Principle and Four Maxims | 第30-31页 |
| ·Violation of the Maxims | 第31-35页 |
| ·Conversational Implicature | 第35-39页 |
| ·Classification of Conversational Implicatures | 第36-37页 |
| ·Particularized Conversational Implicatures | 第37-39页 |
| Chapter Five Pragmatic Studies of Politeness and A Dream of Red Mansions | 第39-52页 |
| ·Face Saving Theory | 第39-45页 |
| ·Definition of Face-saving act and Face-threatening Acts | 第39-42页 |
| ·Positive Face and Negative Face | 第42-45页 |
| ·Pragmatic Study of Politeness | 第45-52页 |
| ·Definition of Politeness | 第45-46页 |
| ·Pragmatic Competence by Lakoff | 第46-47页 |
| ·Leech’s Politeness Principle | 第47-49页 |
| ·Politeness Principle of Gu Yueguo | 第49-52页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第52-55页 |
| ·Summary | 第52页 |
| ·Limitations and Significance | 第52-55页 |
| Bibliography | 第55-58页 |
