| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-10页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第10-16页 |
| ·The object of the present research | 第10-11页 |
| ·The rationale of the research | 第11-13页 |
| ·A review of the relevant literature: perspectives and methodology in the existing studies | 第13-14页 |
| ·Notes on methodology and data collection | 第14-15页 |
| ·Outline of the thesis | 第15-16页 |
| Chapter Two Linguistic Phenomena in the Public Issues of Chan School | 第16-30页 |
| ·Chan School's linguistic view and its formation | 第16-20页 |
| ·Independence on words | 第17-19页 |
| ·Dependence on words | 第19-20页 |
| ·Categories of the public issues of Chan School | 第20-23页 |
| ·Non-verbal communication | 第20-22页 |
| ·Verbal communication | 第22-23页 |
| ·The characteristics of language use in the public issues | 第23-30页 |
| ·Employing symbols and parables to form a symbolic language system | 第23-25页 |
| ·Application of parable | 第23-24页 |
| ·Application of symbols and images | 第24-25页 |
| ·Employing unreasonable words | 第25-26页 |
| ·Putting mutually exclusive images together to form inconceivable intuitive system | 第26-27页 |
| ·Employing behaviors | 第27-28页 |
| ·Employing extreme means | 第28-30页 |
| Chapter Three Description of the Conceptual Framework | 第30-37页 |
| ·Relevance theory | 第30-34页 |
| ·Linguistic adaptation theory | 第34-37页 |
| Chapter Four Relevance of Linguistic Phenomena in the Public Issues | 第37-51页 |
| ·Relevance: the cognitive crux of public issues of Chan School | 第37-43页 |
| ·The cognitive effects of the public issues | 第37-39页 |
| ·Ostension and implicature of the public issues | 第39-41页 |
| ·The processing efforts and the cognitive effects | 第41-43页 |
| ·The cognitive contexts and the identification of implicatures of linguistic phenomena of public issues | 第43-51页 |
| ·The importance of the encyclopedic knowledge in the construction of cognitive contexts | 第44-45页 |
| ·Subdivisions of encyclopedia involved in the public issues | 第45-51页 |
| ·General knowledge of life | 第45-46页 |
| ·The knowledge about Buddhism | 第46-48页 |
| ·The knowledge of Satori | 第48-51页 |
| Chapter Five The Heuristic of Sutras and the Inspiration of Heidegger's Philosophy View | 第51-54页 |
| ·The heuristic of Sutras | 第51-52页 |
| ·Suggestion of Heidegger's philosophy view | 第52-54页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第54-57页 |
| ·Major findings | 第54-56页 |
| ·Limitations | 第56页 |
| ·Suggestions for further study | 第56-57页 |
| Bibliography | 第57-59页 |
| 承诺书 | 第59页 |
