| Acknowledgements | 第2-3页 |
| Abstract | 第3页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第7-15页 |
| 1.1 Lexical Underspecification | 第7-9页 |
| 1.2 Lexical Underspecification and Pragmatics | 第9-12页 |
| 1.2.1 Semantics and Pragmatics | 第9-10页 |
| 1.2.2 Lexical Pragmatics and Contextual Enrichment | 第10-12页 |
| 1.3 Lexical Underspecification in Phrases of Free Combination | 第12-13页 |
| 1.4 Overview of the Paper | 第13-15页 |
| Chapter 2 Lexical Pragmatics: A New Perspective | 第15-25页 |
| 2.1 Limitations of the Principle of Compositionality | 第15-19页 |
| 2.1.1 The Principle of Compositionality | 第16页 |
| 2.1.2 Limitations of the Principle of Compositionality | 第16-19页 |
| 2.2 Lexical Pragmatics: Mechanism | 第19-25页 |
| 2.2.1 The Non-compositional Aspect of Lexical Underspecification | 第19-20页 |
| 2.2.2 Contextual Enrichment Based on the Principle of Conversational Implicature | 第20-23页 |
| 2.2.3 Optimality Theory (OT) and Lexical Pragmatics | 第23-24页 |
| 2.2.4 Features of Lexical Pragmatics | 第24-25页 |
| Chapter 3 Specification of Meaning Based on Contextual Enrichment | 第25-45页 |
| 3.1 The 'Semantic Skeleton' Model | 第25-28页 |
| 3.1.1 The Semantic Structure of Phrases of Free Combiantion | 第25-26页 |
| 3.1.2 Three Positions in Comparison with the Standard Compositionality | 第26-27页 |
| 3.1.3 The Semantic Skeleton Model | 第27-28页 |
| 3.2 World Knowledge as Resource | 第28-32页 |
| 3.2.1 Cognitive Environments: The Basis of Pragmatic Inference | 第29-30页 |
| 3.2.2 World Knowledge as Resource | 第30-32页 |
| 3.3 Context Enrichment: the Inferential Mechanism | 第32-45页 |
| 3.3.1 Viewing the Specification of Meaning in the Communication Process | 第32-36页 |
| 3.3.2 Contextual Enrichement Based on the Principle of Relevance | 第36-45页 |
| Chapter 4 Lexical Underspecification in Premodifier + Noun Head Structure | 第45-55页 |
| 4.1 The Premodifier + Noun Head Structure | 第45-47页 |
| 4.2 Adjectives as Premodifier | 第47-50页 |
| 4.2.1 Color Premodifiers | 第47-48页 |
| 4.2.2 Trait Premodifiers | 第48-50页 |
| 4.2.3 Measure Premodifiers | 第50页 |
| 4.3 Noun as Premodifier | 第50-55页 |
| Chapter 5 Toward a Full Understanding of Phrase Meaning | 第55-62页 |
| 5.1 The Process of Interpreting Phrase Meaning | 第55-56页 |
| 5.2 The Premodifier + Noun Head Structure: Examples | 第56-62页 |
| Chapter 6 Conclusion and Further Study | 第62-66页 |
| 6.1 Conclusion | 第62-64页 |
| 6.2 Possible Further Study and Development | 第64-66页 |
| Bibliography | 第66-67页 |
