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Acknowledgements
Chapter One Introduction
1.1 Motivation of the Study
1.2 Aims of the Study
1.3 Significance of the Study
1.4 Organization of the Thesis
Chapter Two A Survey of Polysemy and Its Previous Studies
2.1 The Category of Polysemy
2.1.1 Polysemy and Homonymy
2.1.2 Polysemy and Ambiguity
2.1.3 The Category of Polysemy in the Thesis
2.2 Previous Studies of Polysemy
2.2 1 The Traditional Study
2.2.2 The Pragmatic Study
2.2.3 The Cognitive Study
2.3 Summary
Chapter Three The Theoretical Underpinnings
3.1 Cognitive Context
3.2 Ostensive-inferential Communication and Intentions
3.3 Relevance and Contextual Effect
3.3.1 Relevance, Optimal Relevance and Maximal Relevance
3.3.2 Contextual Effect and Processing Effort
3.3.3 Two Principles of Relevance
3.3.4 The Relevance-theoretic Comprehension Procedure
3.4 Summary
Chapter Four The Interpretation of Pragmatic Enrichment of Polysemy with Relevance Theory
4.1 Pragmatic Enrichment of Polysemy
4.1.1 Pragmatic Narrowing of Polysemy
4.1.2 Pragmatic Broadening of Polysemy
4.1.3 Summary
4.2 The Interpretation of the Pragmatic Enrichment of Polysemy with Relevance Theory
4.2.1 The Important Influence Factors of Pragmatic Enrichment of Polysemy Analyzed from the Perspective of Relevance Theory
4.2.2 Cognitive Model for Pragmatic Enrichment of Polysemy Analyzed from the Perspective of Relevance Theory
Chapter Five Conclusion
5.1 Major Findings
5.2 Implications of the Study
5.2.1 Enlarging Students' Cognitive Context to Seek Optimal Relevance
5.2.2 Training Students to Employ Contextual Assumptions
5.3 Limitations of the Study
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