| 摘要 | 第1-8页 |
| Abstract | 第8-12页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第12-27页 |
| ·Previous studies of Hongloumeng | 第12-13页 |
| ·Theoretical backgrounds | 第13-23页 |
| ·Communication | 第13-17页 |
| ·Communication and context | 第13-14页 |
| 1 .2.1.2 Ostensive—inferential communication | 第14-17页 |
| ·Informative intention vs. communicative intention | 第17-21页 |
| ·The informative intention | 第17-19页 |
| ·The communicative intention | 第19-21页 |
| ·Sperber and Wilson's categorization of implicature | 第21-23页 |
| ·Methodology | 第23-25页 |
| ·The purpose and significance of this study | 第23-24页 |
| ·Choice for the edition | 第24-25页 |
| ·Organization of the study | 第25-27页 |
| Chapter 2 Communicative Intention in Conversations between Baoyu and Daiyu | 第27-47页 |
| ·Functions of fictional conversation | 第27-32页 |
| ·Revealing characters | 第27-29页 |
| ·Promoting the development of the plot | 第29-30页 |
| ·Depicting the objective environment | 第30-31页 |
| ·Indicating characters' status and relationships | 第31-32页 |
| ·Pragmatic analysis of conversations in terms of contextual factors | 第32-36页 |
| ·Physical context | 第32-33页 |
| ·Discourse as context | 第33-34页 |
| ·Background knowledge as context | 第34-35页 |
| ·Mutual knowledge | 第35-36页 |
| ·Exterior context | 第36页 |
| ·Informative intention in conversations between Baoyu and Daiyu | 第36-39页 |
| ·Communicative intention in conversations between Baoyu and Daiyu | 第39-47页 |
| Chapter 3 Conversational Implicature in Conversations between Baoyu and Daiyu | 第47-65页 |
| ·Implicatures and styles | 第47-54页 |
| ·Implicatures and speaking styles of Baoyu | 第48-49页 |
| ·Implicatures and speaking styles of Daiyu | 第49-52页 |
| ·Sytles in conversations between Baoyu and Daiyu | 第52-54页 |
| ·Explicature in conversations between Baoyu and Daiyu | 第54-56页 |
| ·Conversational implicature in conversations between Baoyu and Daiyu | 第56-59页 |
| ·Integrated study: communicative intention and conversational implicature in the conversations | 第59-65页 |
| Chapter 4 Conclusion | 第65-68页 |
| Bibliography | 第68-71页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第71-72页 |
| Publications While Registered with the MA Program | 第72页 |
