声明
致谢
Chapter One Introduction
1.1 Research Motivation
1.2 Research Objectives and Research Questions
1.3 Organization of the Paper
Chapter Two Literature Review
2.1 Metalinguistic Negation
2.2 Deferred Ostension
2.3 Summary
Chapter Three Theoretical Background
3.1 Relevance Theory
3.2 The Criteria of Relevance Theory
3.3 The Communicative Principle of Relevance Theory
3.4 Summary
Chapter Four Triggers of Deferred Ostension in Metalinguistic Negation
4.1 Semantic Triggers
4.2 Syntactic Triggers
4.3 Phonetic Triggers
4.4 Punctuative Triggers
4.5 Triggers of Diction
4.6 Summary
Chapter Five The Application of Relevance Theory to the Triggers of Deferred Ostension in Metalinguistic Negation
5.1 Ostensive-inferential Process and Triggers of Deferred Ostension in Metalinguistic Negation
5.2 Principles of Relevance Theory and Triggers of Deferred Ostension in Metalinguistic Negation
5.3 Summary
Chapter Six Conclusion
6.1 Major Findings
6.2 Implications
6.3 Limitations and Prospects
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