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英文文摘
1 Introduction
1.1 Background of the Present Study
1.2 Research Questions
1.3 Organizations of the Thesis
2 Literature Review
2.1 A General Review of Lying
2.1.1 An Introduction to Lying
2.1.2 The Definition of Lying
2.1.3 The Classification of Lying
2.2 Relevant Studies about Lying
2.2.1 Cooperative Principle and its Weakness
2.2.2 Politeness Principle and its Weakness
2.2.3 Information Manipulation Theory and its Weakness
Theoretical Framework
3.1 An Introduction to Relevance Theory
3.1.1 The Development of Relevance Theory
3.1.2 Main Content of Relevance Theory
3.2 Key Notions of Relevance Theory
3.2.1 Cognitive Environment and Mutual Manifestness
3.2.2 Context and Contextual Effect
3.2.3 The Principle of Relevance
3.2.4 Ostensive-inferential Communication
4 Analysis of Lies from the Perspective of Relevance Theory
4.1 Why do People Lie from the Perspective of Relevance Theory?
4.1.1 The Intention of Lies
4.1.2 The Informative Intention in Relevance Theory
4.1.3 The Communicative Intention in Relevance Theory
4.2 The Comprehension of Lying by Relevance Theory
4.2.1 The Comprehension of Harmful Lies
4.2.2 The Comprehension of White Lies
4.2.3 The Comprehension of Planned Lies
4.2.4 The Comprehension of Unplanned Lies
4.2.5 The Comprehension of Repeated Lies
4.2.6 The Comprehension of Single Lies
5 Conclusion
5.1 Major Findings
5.2 Significance of the Study
5.3 Limitations and Suggestions for Further Research
References
Acknowledgements