| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-11页 |
| Chapter I Introduction | 第11-13页 |
| ·Background of the Study | 第11页 |
| ·Purpose of the Study | 第11-12页 |
| ·Organization of the Thesis | 第12-13页 |
| Chapter II Communication and Meaning Transmission | 第13-19页 |
| ·Components and Process of Communication | 第13-15页 |
| ·Context | 第13-14页 |
| ·Expression and Meaning | 第14页 |
| ·Sender (Encoder) and Receiver (Decoder) | 第14-15页 |
| ·Feedback | 第15页 |
| ·Channel | 第15页 |
| ·Approaches to Meaning in Communication | 第15-19页 |
| ·Semantic Approach to Meaning | 第16-17页 |
| ·Pragmatic Approach to Meaning | 第17页 |
| ·Differences between Semantic and Pragmatic Approach to Meaning | 第17-19页 |
| Chapter III Pragmatic Presupposition and Semantic Presupposition | 第19-27页 |
| ·History of the Study of Presupposition | 第19页 |
| ·Semantic Presupposition and Its Limitations | 第19-20页 |
| ·Interpretation of Pragmatic Presupposition | 第20-22页 |
| ·Presupposition Trigger | 第22-27页 |
| Chapter IV Pragmatic Presupposition in Meaning Transmission | 第27-38页 |
| ·The Characteristics of Pragmatic Presupposition | 第27-31页 |
| ·Mutual Knowledge | 第27-29页 |
| ·Appropriateness | 第29-30页 |
| ·Unipolarity | 第30页 |
| ·Subjectiveness | 第30页 |
| ·Cancelability | 第30-31页 |
| ·Latency | 第31页 |
| ·The Importance of Pragmatic Presupposition in Meaning Transmission | 第31-33页 |
| ·The Communicative Effects of Pragmatic Presupposition in Meaning Transmission | 第33-38页 |
| ·Being Economical | 第33-34页 |
| ·Being Informative | 第34页 |
| ·Achieving Coherence | 第34-35页 |
| ·Being Humorous | 第35-37页 |
| ·Being Subtle | 第37-38页 |
| Chapter V Application of Pragmatic Presupposition in Meaning Transmission | 第38-49页 |
| ·Application of Pragmatic Presupposition in Advertising | 第38-44页 |
| ·Application of the Characteristics of Pragmatic Presupposition in Advertisements | 第38-41页 |
| ·Classification of Pragmatic Presupposition in Advertisements | 第41-43页 |
| ·Special Values of Pragmatic Presupposition in Advertisements | 第43-44页 |
| ·Application of Pragmatic Presupposition in News Headlines | 第44-49页 |
| ·Classification of Pragmatic Presupposition in News Headlines | 第45-47页 |
| ·Special Values of Pragmatic Presupposition in News Headlines | 第47-49页 |
| Chapter VI The Implications of Pragmatic Presupposition for the Teaching of Reading Comprehension | 第49-56页 |
| ·Experimental Study of Pragmatic Presupposition in Reading Comprehension | 第49-52页 |
| ·Objectives of the Experimental Study | 第49-50页 |
| ·Subjects of the Experimental Study | 第50页 |
| ·Instruments | 第50-51页 |
| ·Results and Discussion of the Experimental Study | 第51-52页 |
| ·The Teaching of Reading Comprehension from the Perspective of Pragmatic Presupposition | 第52-56页 |
| ·Filling the Void of Background Information | 第52-53页 |
| ·Training Students’ Sensitivity to Presupposition Triggers | 第53-54页 |
| ·Overall Comprehension of the Context | 第54-56页 |
| Chapter VII Conclusion | 第56-58页 |
| ·Summary of the Study | 第56页 |
| ·Limitations of the Study | 第56-57页 |
| ·Suggestions for Future Study | 第57-58页 |
| Appendix I | 第58-63页 |
| Appendix II | 第63-65页 |
| References | 第65-67页 |
