| 摘要 | 第1-8页 |
| Abstract | 第8-10页 |
| List of Figures | 第10-11页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第11-15页 |
| ·Background of the Research | 第11-12页 |
| ·The Scope of the Research | 第12页 |
| ·The Significance of the Research | 第12-13页 |
| ·The Structure of the Thesis | 第13-15页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第15-37页 |
| ·The Need for an Economic Perspective on Language Issues | 第15-16页 |
| ·Economic Terminologies Adopted in the Study of Language | 第16-21页 |
| ·Scarcity and Choice | 第16-18页 |
| ·The Maximization of Utility with Relevance to Rationality | 第18-20页 |
| ·The Theory of General Equilibrium | 第20页 |
| ·The Concept of Demand and Supply | 第20-21页 |
| ·Summary | 第21页 |
| ·Economists' study on Language Issues | 第21-25页 |
| ·Equilibrium and Language studies | 第22页 |
| ·Comments on Economics and Language and Further Research | 第22-24页 |
| ·The Demand and Supply Framework on Language Analysis | 第24页 |
| ·Some research on Language carried out by Chinese economists | 第24页 |
| ·Summary | 第24-25页 |
| ·Linguists' study on the Principle of Economy of Language | 第25-32页 |
| ·The Scarcity of Speech and the Choice for Speech Distribution | 第25-26页 |
| ·Linguistic Value | 第26-27页 |
| ·Economy of Expression | 第27页 |
| ·Some Comments and Developments on the Economy of Expression | 第27-28页 |
| ·Principle of Least Effort | 第28-29页 |
| ·Principle of Economy | 第29-30页 |
| ·Economy Principle in Pragmatics Study | 第30-31页 |
| ·Some Chinese Studies on the Principle of Economy | 第31-32页 |
| ·Econopragmatics: New Economy Principle | 第32-37页 |
| ·Communicative Tasks of Speech and Three Kinds of Pragmatic Behavior | 第33页 |
| ·Three laws in the Speech Distribution | 第33-34页 |
| ·New Economy Principle | 第34-35页 |
| ·Discussions on the New Economy Principle | 第35-37页 |
| Chapter 3 Data Collection | 第37-39页 |
| ·The Background of the Business Talks | 第37页 |
| ·The Three Informants Involved | 第37-38页 |
| ·An Introduction of the Collected Data | 第38-39页 |
| Chapter 4 Analysis of the Distribution of Speech for Expressing Main Communicative Intention | 第39-48页 |
| ·The Distribution of Speech for Expressing Main Communicative Intention | 第39-45页 |
| ·The Shared Experience | 第39-43页 |
| ·The Difficulty of Expressing Main Communicative Intention | 第43-45页 |
| ·The Equilibrium between Shared Knowledge and Input of Speech | 第45-46页 |
| ·Summary | 第46-48页 |
| Chapter 5 Speech Distribution in the Three Pragmatic Behaviors | 第48-68页 |
| ·The Pragmatic Behavior of Demand and Responsive Offer | 第48-59页 |
| ·Distribution of the Pragmatic Behavior of Demand | 第48-54页 |
| ·Distribution of the Responsive Offer for the Demand | 第54-59页 |
| ·The Equilibrium between Demand and Responsive Offer | 第59页 |
| ·The Pragmatic Behavior of Initial Offer and Responsive Offer | 第59-66页 |
| ·Distribution of the Pragmatic Behavior of Initial Offer | 第60-64页 |
| ·Distribution of the Responsive Offer for Initial Offer in Business Context | 第64-66页 |
| ·The Equilibrium between Initial Offer and Responsive Offer | 第66页 |
| ·Summary | 第66-68页 |
| Conclusion | 第68-70页 |
| References | 第70-74页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第74-75页 |
| Appendix A(Papers Published During the M.A.Degree) | 第75-76页 |
| Appendix B(Transcription of the recorded data set of business talks) | 第76-94页 |
| Appendix C(Abstract in Chinese) | 第94-97页 |
