声明
致谢
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
Chapter One INTRODUCTION
1.1 Research Background
1.2 Purpose and Significance of the Thesis
1.3 Methodology of the Thesis
1.4 Outline of the Thesis
Chapter Two LITERATURE REVIEW
2.1 Related Studies on Conversational Implicature and Cooperative Principle Abroad
2.2 Related Studies on Conversational Implicature and Cooperative Principle at Home
2.3 Related studies on Wendy Wasserstein and An American Daughter
Chapter Three THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK
3.1 Grice’s Cooperative Principle
3.2 The PP as rescue of the CP
3.3 Brown and Levinson’s Politeness theory
3.4 Summary
Chapter Four A QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS OF CONVERSATIONAL IMPLICATURE OF THE HEROINE’S UTTERANCES IN AN AMERICAN DAUGHTER
4.1 Conversational Implicature Generated by Violating Quantity Maxim
4.2 Conversational Implicature Generated by Violating Quality Maxim
4.3 Conversational Implicature Generated by Violating Relation Maxim
4.4 Conversational Implicature Generated by Violating Manner Maxim
4.5 Summary
Chapter Five A QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS OF FUNCTIONS OF CONVERSATIONAL IMPLICATURE OF THE HEROINE’S UTTERANCES IN AN AMERICAN DAUGHTER
5.1 The function of reflecting Lyssa’s relationship with other characters
5.2 The function of revealing the feminist theme of the play
5.3 The function of creating humor effect
Chapter Six CONCLUSION
6.1 Major Findings of the Present Study
6.2 Limitations of the Present Study
6.3 Suggestions for Future Study
参考文献
APPENDIX 作者在攻读硕士学位期间发表论文的目录