| 摘要 | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-9页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第9-13页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第13-18页 |
| ·Introduction of “X be X” | 第13-14页 |
| ·Motivations of the Study | 第14-15页 |
| ·Objectives of the Study | 第15页 |
| ·Methodology and Data Collection | 第15-16页 |
| ·Layout of the Thesis | 第16-18页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第18-30页 |
| ·Foreign Scholars’Studies of “X be X” | 第18-22页 |
| ·Radical Pragmatic Analysis | 第18-19页 |
| ·Radical Semantic Analysis | 第19-21页 |
| ·A Less Radical Account | 第21-22页 |
| ·Comments | 第22页 |
| ·D omestic Scholars’Studies of “X be X” | 第22-29页 |
| ·A Rhetorical Approach | 第23-24页 |
| ·A Syntactic Approach | 第24-26页 |
| ·The Property of “X”and “Be” | 第24-25页 |
| ·Act as Component of Sentence | 第25页 |
| ·Monomial Type and Multinomial Type of “X be X” | 第25-26页 |
| ·Expansion of “X be X”Format | 第26页 |
| ·A Semantic Approach | 第26-27页 |
| ·A Pragmatic Approach | 第27-28页 |
| ·A Cognitive Approach | 第28页 |
| ·Comments | 第28-29页 |
| ·Achievements and Limitations of the Previous Studies | 第29-30页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Framework | 第30-50页 |
| ·The Foundation of the Adaptation-Relevance Model | 第30-45页 |
| ·Introduction of Relevance Theory | 第30-36页 |
| ·Ostension and Inference | 第30-31页 |
| ·Contextual Effects | 第31-32页 |
| ·Two Principles of Relevance | 第32-33页 |
| ·Optimal Relevance | 第33-34页 |
| ·Relevance Theory and Interpretation of “X be X” | 第34-36页 |
| ·Introduction of Adaptation Theory | 第36-45页 |
| ·Making Choices | 第37页 |
| ·Three Properties of Language | 第37-39页 |
| ·Four Angles of Investigation | 第39-41页 |
| ·Adaptation Theory and Interpretation of “X be X” | 第41-45页 |
| ·The Framework of the Adaptation-Relevance Model | 第45-49页 |
| ·Language Use as a Process of Relevance-orientation | 第47页 |
| ·Language Use as a Process of Choice-making Based on Relevance | 第47-48页 |
| ·Language Use as a Process of Participation of Contextual Presumption | 第48页 |
| ·Language Use as a Process of Dynamic Adaptation | 第48页 |
| ·Language Use as a Process of Strategy-choosing | 第48-49页 |
| ·Summary | 第49-50页 |
| Chapter Four The Adaptation-Relevance Approach to Tautology “X be X” | 第50-78页 |
| ·Analysis of “X be X”Step by Step by A-R Model | 第50-70页 |
| ·“X be X”Use as a Process of Relevance-orientation | 第50-52页 |
| ·“X be X”Use as a Process of Choice-making Based on Relevance | 第52-54页 |
| ·“X be X”Use as a Process of Participation of Contextual Presumption | 第54-57页 |
| ·“X be X”Use as a Process of Adaptation | 第57-63页 |
| ·The Adaptation to the Mental World | 第57-58页 |
| ·The Adaptation to the Social World | 第58-62页 |
| ·The Adaptation to the Physical World | 第62-63页 |
| ·“X be X”Use as a Process of Strategy-choosing | 第63-70页 |
| ·Intended Vagueness | 第64-65页 |
| ·Highlight | 第65-67页 |
| ·Concession | 第67-68页 |
| ·Praise or Criticism | 第68-69页 |
| ·Tolerance | 第69-70页 |
| ·Whole Analysis on Classical “X be X”Cases Under A-R Model | 第70-76页 |
| ·Summary | 第76-78页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusions | 第78-81页 |
| ·Major Findings | 第78-79页 |
| ·Limitations | 第79-80页 |
| ·Suggestions for Further Research | 第80-81页 |
| References | 第81-86页 |
