| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-10页 |
| Introduction | 第10-14页 |
| Chapter 1 Legal Language | 第14-20页 |
| ·Definition of Law | 第14-15页 |
| ·Legal Language | 第15-19页 |
| ·Nature of Legal Language | 第15-16页 |
| ·Characteristics of Legal Language | 第16-19页 |
| ·Legislative Language | 第19-20页 |
| Chapter 2 Overview of Speech Act Theory | 第20-31页 |
| ·Austin’s Speech Act Theory | 第20-21页 |
| ·Theory of Illocutionary Act | 第21-22页 |
| ·Searle’s Taxonomy of Illocutionary Acts | 第22-25页 |
| ·Speech Acts and Context | 第25-26页 |
| ·Applicability of Speech Act Theory to Legal Language Analysis | 第26-28页 |
| ·Previous Studies on Legal Speech Acts | 第28-31页 |
| ·Studies Abroad | 第28-29页 |
| ·Studies at Home | 第29-31页 |
| Chapter 3 Comparative Analysis of English and Chinese Legal Performatives | 第31-45页 |
| ·Introduction to Legislative Speech Act | 第31-33页 |
| ·Illocutionary Forces in English Legislative Texts | 第33-37页 |
| ·Illocutionary Force of Imposing Obligations | 第34-35页 |
| ·Illocutionary Force of Conferring Rights | 第35-36页 |
| ·Illocutionary Force of Stating Prohibitions | 第36-37页 |
| ·Chinese Legal Performatives | 第37-43页 |
| ·Performatives for Imposing an Obligation | 第38-41页 |
| ·Performatives for Conferring a Right | 第41页 |
| ·Performatives for Stating a Prohibition | 第41-42页 |
| ·Zero Performatives | 第42-43页 |
| ·Discussions | 第43-45页 |
| Chapter 4 Implications for Legal Translation | 第45-54页 |
| ·Application of Speech Act Theory to Translation | 第45-46页 |
| ·Introduction to Legal Translation | 第46-47页 |
| ·Implication for C-E Translation | 第47-54页 |
| ·Translation of Performatives for Imposing an Obligation | 第48-50页 |
| ·Translation of Performatives for Conferring a Right | 第50-51页 |
| ·Translation of Performatives for Stating a Prohibition | 第51-54页 |
| Conclusion | 第54-57页 |
| Bibliography | 第57-58页 |
