| Abstract | 第1-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-12页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第12-23页 |
| ·Research Background | 第12-18页 |
| ·Purpose and Significance of the Present Study | 第18-21页 |
| ·Layout of the Thesis | 第21-23页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第23-48页 |
| ·Grice’s Cooperative Principle | 第23-25页 |
| ·Leech’s Politeness Principle | 第25-29页 |
| ·Sperber and Wilson’s Relevance Theory | 第29-48页 |
| ·The Definition of Relevance | 第29-31页 |
| ·The Principle of Relevance | 第31-33页 |
| ·Optimal Relevance | 第33-35页 |
| ·Ostensive-inferential Communication | 第35-39页 |
| ·Dynamic Context and Cognitive Environment | 第39-45页 |
| ·Implicatures | 第45-48页 |
| Chapter 3 Methodology | 第48-62页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第48-49页 |
| ·Research Approach | 第49-50页 |
| ·Subjects | 第50-51页 |
| ·Objectives of the Study | 第51页 |
| ·Data Collection and Transcription | 第51-62页 |
| ·Instruments | 第52-59页 |
| ·Reliability and Validity | 第59-62页 |
| Chapter 4 A Descriptive Analysis of EFL Classroom Teacher Questioning in Relevance Theory | 第62-84页 |
| ·Results of Classroom Observation | 第62-64页 |
| ·Results of Interview | 第64-67页 |
| ·Interview with Teachers | 第65-66页 |
| ·Interview with Students | 第66-67页 |
| ·Data analysis of Case Study | 第67-81页 |
| ·Case One | 第68-72页 |
| ·Case Two | 第72-76页 |
| ·Case Three | 第76-81页 |
| ·Summary | 第81-84页 |
| Chapter 5 Implications to EFL Classroom Teacher Questioning | 第84-105页 |
| ·Explanation of Teacher Questioning in Rrelevance | 第84-95页 |
| ·Classroom Teaching as a Communicative Behavior | 第85-87页 |
| ·Teacher Questioning as an Ostensive-inferential Communication | 第87-89页 |
| ·The Relevant and Ostensive Input in Teacher Questioning | 第89-91页 |
| ·Teacher Questioning in Dynamic Context and Contextual Implication | 第91-94页 |
| ·Effective Questioning in Relevance Theory | 第94-95页 |
| ·Implications | 第95-105页 |
| ·Teacher’s Questioning Strategies | 第96-98页 |
| ·Teacher’s Politeness Strategies | 第98-102页 |
| ·Teacher’s Feedback Strategies | 第102-105页 |
| Chapter 6 Summary | 第105-109页 |
| ·Suggestions | 第105-107页 |
| ·Suggestions to Students | 第105页 |
| ·Suggestions to Teachers | 第105-107页 |
| ·Limitations of the Thesis and Research | 第107-108页 |
| ·Future Study | 第108-109页 |
| Conclusion | 第109-110页 |
| Bibliography | 第110-117页 |
| Appendix I Checklist for classroom observation and interview | 第117-120页 |
| Appendix II Extracts of classroom discourse transcript | 第120-128页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第128-129页 |
| Resume | 第129页 |
