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Declaration |
4-5 |
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Acknowledgements |
5-6 |
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Abstract (English) |
6-7 |
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Abstract (Chinese) |
7-8 |
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Contents |
8-11 |
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Chapter 1 Introduction |
11-18 |
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1．1 Introduction |
11-12 |
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1．2 Motivation and Significance of the Study |
12-14 |
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1．3 Objectives of the Study |
14 |
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1．4 Methodology and Data |
14-16 |
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1．5 The Organization of the Thesis |
16-18 |
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Chapter 2 A Review of the Relevant Literature |
18-33 |
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2．1 Overview |
18 |
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2．2 Criticism to Relevance Theory on the Social Dimension Presented by Sociologically Oriented Scholars |
18-22 |
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2．2．1 Relevance theory as an intentionalist model devoid of social norms |
18-19 |
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2．2．2 Relevance theory as a cognitive approach not based on epistemology |
19-20 |
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2．2．3 Relevance theory as an individualistic model |
20 |
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2．2．4 Sperber and Wilson's view of language as a tool for information processing |
20-21 |
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2．2．5 Artificiality of examples in relevance theory |
21-22 |
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2．3 Sperber and Wilson's Response to the Criticism |
22-25 |
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2．4 Research Supporting Sperber and Wilson's Response |
25-27 |
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2．5 Our View on Relevance Theory's Social Dimension |
27-28 |
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2．6 Role Theory |
28-30 |
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2．7 The Fifth Axiom of Interactional View of Communication |
30-32 |
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2．8 Summary |
32-33 |
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Chapter 3 Integration of Relevance Theory and Role Theory |
33-45 |
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3．1 Overview |
33 |
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3．2 Relevance Theory |
33-39 |
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3．2．1 Relevance and cognition |
34-36 |
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3．2．2 Relevance and communication |
36-39 |
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3．3 Integration of Relevance Theory and Role Theory |
39-44 |
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3．3．1 Social aspects in the cognitive process of comprehension |
39-41 |
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3．3．2 Integrating relevance theory and role theory |
41-44 |
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3．4 Summary |
44-45 |
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Chapter 4 Social Roles and Role Relationship in Communication |
45-64 |
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4．1 Overview |
45 |
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4．2 Sperber and Wilson's Illustration of Relevance and the Function of Role Relationship |
45-52 |
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4．3 Social Roles and Role Relationship |
52-59 |
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4．3．1 Role cluster |
52-53 |
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4．3．2 Role expectations and social norms |
53-55 |
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4．3．3 Role relationship as the substrate of cognition and communication |
55-57 |
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4．3．4 Stable role relationship and situational role relationship |
57-59 |
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4．4 Role Relationship and (Non-)Fulfillment of Intentions |
59-62 |
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4．5 A Model for Analysis of Interactional Conversation |
62-63 |
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4．6 Summary |
63-64 |
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Chapter 5 The Function of Role Relationship in Communication:An Analysis on an Authentic Conversation |
64-82 |
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5．1 Overview |
64 |
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5．2 Introduction to the Conversation |
64-66 |
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5．3 Analysis of the Conversation |
66-74 |
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5．4 Comments on the Conversation |
74-80 |
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5．4．1 The role relationship |
74-77 |
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5．4．2 Dominant role and non-dominant role |
77-80 |
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5．5 Summary |
80-82 |
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Chapter 6 Conclusions |
82-89 |
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6．1 Summary of the Present Study |
82-83 |
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6．2 Conclusions and Implications |
83-86 |
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6．3 Limitations and Suggestions for Further Research |
86-89 |
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References |
89-93 |
