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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Chapter One Introduction
Chapter Two Literature Review
2.1 Grice's theory of conversational implicature
2.1.1 Natural meaning and non-natural meaning
2.1.2 Definition of conversational implicature
2.1.3 Classification ofimplicatures
2.1.4 Characterizations of conversational implicature
2.2 Relevance theory
Chapter Three A Comparative Study on The Two Theories
3.1 CP, conversational maxims and two principles of relevance
3.1.1 Grice's CP and maxims
3.1.2 Relevance-theoretic inquiry of CP and maxims
3.1.3 Two principles of relevance
3.2 What is said/what is implicated and explicature/implicature
3.2.1 Grice's what is said/what is implicated
3.2.2 Relevance-theoretic account on explicatures/implicature
3.3 Role of context in the two theories
3.3.1 Context in Grice's theory
3.3.2 Context (contextual assumption, cognitive effect) in RT
3.4 Different interpretation on irony
3.4.1 Grce's interpretation on irony
3.4.2 Relevance-theoretic inquiry on classical and Crice's account
3.4.3 Relevance-theoretic account on irony
Chapter four Comment on The Two Theories
4.1 On Grice's theory of implicature
4.2 On Relevance Theory
Chapter Five Conclusion
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