| Abstract | 第5-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-9页 |
| Samenvatting | 第9-13页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第13-17页 |
| 1.1 Research background | 第13-14页 |
| 1.2 Research objective | 第14页 |
| 1.3 Research questions | 第14-15页 |
| 1.4 Research methodology | 第15-16页 |
| 1.5 Structure of the thesis | 第16-17页 |
| Chapter Two Key Notions | 第17-31页 |
| 2.1 Taxonomy of negation | 第17-27页 |
| 2.2 Negation, coded negation and uncoded negation | 第27-29页 |
| 2.3 Modern Chinese | 第29-30页 |
| 2.4 Summary | 第30-31页 |
| Chapter Three Literature Review | 第31-59页 |
| 3.1 Uncoded negation carried by rhetorical questions | 第31-37页 |
| 3.2 Uncoded negation carried by sentences with interrogative words | 第37-50页 |
| 3.3 Uncoded negation associated with the violations of Gricean maxims | 第50-51页 |
| 3.4 Uncoded negation carried by other patterns | 第51-55页 |
| 3.5 Comments on the studies of uncoded negation | 第55-57页 |
| 3.6 Summary | 第57-59页 |
| Chapter Four Theoretical Framework | 第59-77页 |
| 4.1 The Landscape of the Framework of Linguistic Adaptability | 第59-61页 |
| 4.2 Theoretical Advantages of the Framework | 第61-65页 |
| 4.3 The Applicability of the Framework to the Study | 第65-66页 |
| 4.4 Misinterpretations of the Framework and Some Further Clarifications | 第66-70页 |
| 4.5 Points of observation for the study | 第70-74页 |
| 4.6 Summary | 第74-77页 |
| Chapter Five Methodology | 第77-86页 |
| 5.1 Research strategy and research design | 第77-78页 |
| 5.2 Sampling | 第78-80页 |
| 5.3 Data collection and data analysis | 第80-85页 |
| 5.4 Summary | 第85-86页 |
| Chapter Six Results | 第86-172页 |
| 6.1 Usage conditions of individual carriers | 第86-166页 |
| 6.1.1 Usage conditions of shenme or a variant as a carrier | 第88-127页 |
| 6.1.2 Usage conditions of“yes/no”interrogative sentences as a carrier | 第127-132页 |
| 6.1.3 Usage conditions of zenme or a variant as a carrier | 第132-138页 |
| 6.1.4 Usage conditions of na or a variant as a carrier | 第138-150页 |
| 6.1.5 Usage conditions of shui as a carrier | 第150-155页 |
| 6.1.6 Usage conditions of other carriers | 第155-166页 |
| 6.2 Common usage conditions between carriers | 第166-168页 |
| 6.2.1 Common usage conditions between closely related carriers | 第166-168页 |
| 6.2.2 Common usage conditions between all carriers | 第168页 |
| 6.3 Significant differences in usage conditions between carriers | 第168-171页 |
| 6.3.1 Differences between sentences with differentwh- interrogative words | 第168-169页 |
| 6.3.2 Differences between sentences of interrogation in different types | 第169-170页 |
| 6.3.3 Differences between violating different Gricean maxims | 第170-171页 |
| 6.4 Summary | 第171-172页 |
| Chapter Seven Discussion | 第172-182页 |
| 7.1 Contextualization of uncoded negation | 第172-175页 |
| 7.2 Conventionality of uncoded negation | 第175-178页 |
| 7.3 Functionality of uncoded negation | 第178-180页 |
| 7.4 Summary | 第180-182页 |
| Chapter Eight Conclusion | 第182-186页 |
| 8.1 Major findings of this study | 第182-183页 |
| 8.2 Contributions of this study | 第183-184页 |
| 8.3 Limitations and suggestions for future research | 第184-186页 |
| References | 第186-194页 |
| Appendices | 第194-250页 |
| Appendix I. List of Abbreviations Used in the Chinese Gloss | 第194-195页 |
| Appendix II. Transcription Notation | 第195-196页 |
| Appendix III. Transcript | 第196-250页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第250-251页 |
| 在学期间公开发表论文及著作情况 | 第251页 |
