| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第5-6页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第6-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-14页 |
| CHAPTER ONE GENERAL INTRODUCTION | 第14-20页 |
| 1.1 The object of the study | 第14-15页 |
| 1.2 The rationale for the study | 第15-17页 |
| 1.3 Significance of the study | 第17页 |
| 1.4 Aim and research questions | 第17-18页 |
| 1.5 Organization of the thesis | 第18-20页 |
| CHAPTER TWO LITERATURE REVIEW | 第20-37页 |
| 2.1 Introduction of deixis | 第20-26页 |
| 2.1.1 Definitions of deixis | 第20-21页 |
| 2.1.2 Classifications of deixis | 第21-23页 |
| 2.1.3 Characteristics of deixis | 第23-25页 |
| 2.1.4 Usages of deixis | 第25-26页 |
| 2.2 Deictic expressions and reference | 第26-28页 |
| 2.3 Previous studies on demonstratives | 第28-35页 |
| 2.3.1 The study of proximal and distal demonstratives aboard | 第29-32页 |
| 2.3.2 The study of proximal and distal demonstratives at home | 第32-33页 |
| 2.3.3 The contrastive study of demonstratives in Chinese and English | 第33-35页 |
| 2.4 Summary | 第35-37页 |
| CHAPTER THREE THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK | 第37-47页 |
| 3.1 Introduction | 第37页 |
| 3.2 The Deictic Reference Theory | 第37-41页 |
| 3.2.1 The deictic field | 第37-38页 |
| 3.2.2 Accessibility | 第38-40页 |
| 3.2.3 Further development of Deictic Reference Theory | 第40-41页 |
| 3.3 Psychological distance | 第41-43页 |
| 3.4 An integrated approach to demonstratives | 第43-47页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR METHODOLOGY | 第47-51页 |
| 4.1 Data sources | 第47-48页 |
| 4.2 Criteria of data collection | 第48-50页 |
| 4.3 Analysis procedures | 第50-51页 |
| CHAPTER FIVE A PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS | 第51-63页 |
| 5.1 Introduction | 第51页 |
| 5.2 The distribution of deictic demonstratives in Chinese and English corpus | 第51-55页 |
| 5.3 A contrastive study based on the parallel corpora | 第55-62页 |
| 5.4 Summary | 第62-63页 |
| CHAPTER SIX A COGNITIVE-PRAGMATIC ACCOUNT OF DEICTIC DEMONSTRATIVES INCONVERSATION | 第63-71页 |
| 6.1 Introduction | 第63页 |
| 6.2 The effects of accessibility in the case of unmarked psychological distance | 第63-67页 |
| 6.2.1 Physically distant referents encoded with ‘proximals’ | 第64-65页 |
| 6.2.2 Physically close referents encoded with ‘distals’ | 第65-67页 |
| 6.2.3 Interim summary | 第67页 |
| 6.3 Influence of participants’ stance in the case of marked psychologicaldistance | 第67-70页 |
| 6.4 Summary | 第70-71页 |
| CHAPTER SEVEN CONCLUSION | 第71-75页 |
| 7.1 Introduction | 第71页 |
| 7.2 Summary of the major findings | 第71-73页 |
| 7.3 Implications of this study | 第73页 |
| 7.4 Limitations and suggestions for further research | 第73-75页 |
| REFERENCES | 第75-80页 |
| 在校期间发表论文清单 | 第80页 |
