| Abstract | 第1-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-12页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第12-16页 |
| ·Issues to be Resolved | 第12-13页 |
| ·Research Methodology | 第13-14页 |
| ·Literature Analysis | 第13页 |
| ·Empirical Research | 第13-14页 |
| ·Research Goals and Significance | 第14-15页 |
| ·Outline of the Thesis | 第15-16页 |
| Chapter 2 Theories of Meaning | 第16-32页 |
| ·Extant Theories on Explicit/Implicit Meaning | 第16-21页 |
| ·Paul Grice: Implicature | 第16-18页 |
| ·Relevance Theorists: Explicature and Implicature | 第18-20页 |
| ·Kent Bach: Impliciture | 第20-21页 |
| ·Extant Theories on “Default” | 第21-31页 |
| ·Paul Grice: Conventional Implicature and GCI | 第22-23页 |
| ·Relevance Theorists: Spontaneous Inference | 第23-25页 |
| ·Levinson: GCI | 第25-27页 |
| ·Asher and Lascarides: SDRT | 第27-29页 |
| ·Kent Bach: Default Reasoning | 第29-30页 |
| ·Fran?ois Recanati: Automatic Enrichment | 第30-31页 |
| ·Kasia Jaszczolt: Default Semantics | 第31-32页 |
| Chapter 3 Traditional Models and the Default Model of Utterance Interpretation | 第32-45页 |
| ·Inferentialism versus Anti-inferentialism? | 第32-33页 |
| ·Flaws With Traditional Models | 第33-40页 |
| ·Failure in Mirroring Interpretative Speed and Efficiency | 第33-36页 |
| ·Arbitrariness in the Derivation of Implicated Meaning | 第36-37页 |
| ·Absence of Psychological Evidence | 第37-38页 |
| ·Problems With Terminologies | 第38-40页 |
| ·Merits With Default Semantics | 第40-45页 |
| ·Parsimony of Levels | 第40-42页 |
| ·Terminological Perspicuity | 第42-43页 |
| ·Mirroring Speed and Efficiency of Utterance Interpretation | 第43页 |
| ·Formalization of Linguistic Phenomenon | 第43-45页 |
| Chapter 4 Primary Meaning and Default Interpretation | 第45-67页 |
| ·DS’Theory of Meaning | 第45-48页 |
| ·Primary Meaning | 第45-46页 |
| ·Secondary Meaning | 第46-47页 |
| ·Meaning Compositionality | 第47页 |
| ·Merger Representation “∑” | 第47-48页 |
| ·Default Interpretation | 第48-52页 |
| ·The 2007 Model | 第48-50页 |
| ·The 2005 Model | 第50-52页 |
| ·Differences and Connections Between the Two Models | 第52页 |
| ·Cognitive Defaults and Social-Cultural Defaults | 第52-56页 |
| ·Cognitive Defaults | 第52-54页 |
| ·Social-Cultural Defaults | 第54-56页 |
| ·Applications of DS | 第56-67页 |
| ·Defaults for Definite Descriptions | 第57-58页 |
| ·Defaults for Future Tense | 第58-63页 |
| ·Defaults for Number Terms | 第63-67页 |
| Chapter 5 A Tentative Empirical Study | 第67-73页 |
| ·Process | 第67-69页 |
| ·Participants | 第67-68页 |
| ·Research Design and Sample Questions | 第68-69页 |
| ·Results and Discussion | 第69-73页 |
| ·Statistical Results | 第69-71页 |
| ·Primary Meaning As Largely Used in Daily Communication | 第71页 |
| ·Default Semantics Compatible With the Chinese Language | 第71-72页 |
| ·Further Discussion | 第72-73页 |
| Chapter 6 Conclusion | 第73-75页 |
| ·Advantages of DS Over Traditional Approaches | 第73页 |
| ·DS As a Successful Theory of Utterance Interpretation | 第73-74页 |
| ·Limitations and Possible Future Research | 第74-75页 |
| Works Cited | 第75-78页 |
| Bibliography | 第78-83页 |
| Appendix | 第83-88页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第88页 |
