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Chapter 1 Introduction
1.1 Previous studies of Hongloumeng
1.2 Theoretical backgrounds
1.2.1 Communication
1.2.2 Informative intention vs. communicative intention
1.2.3 Sperber and Wilson's categorization of implicature
1.3 Methodology
1.3.1 The purpose and significance of this study
1.3.2 Choice for the edition
1.4 Organization of the study
Chapter 2 Communicative Intention in Conversations between Baoyu and Daiyu
2.1 Functions of fictional conversation
2.1.1 Revealing characters
2.1.2 Promoting the development of the plot
2.1.3 Depicting the objective environment
2.1.4 Indicating characters' status and relationships
2.2 Pragmatic analysis of conversations in terms of contextual factors
2.2.1 Physical context
2.2.2 Discourse as context
2.2.3 Background knowledge as context
2.2.4 Mutual knowledge
2.2.5 Exterior context
2.3 Informative intention in conversations between Baoyu and Daiyu
2.4 Communicative intention in conversations between Baoyu and Daiyu
Chapter 3 Conversational Implicature in Conversations between Baoyu and Daiyu
3.1 Implicatures and styles
3.1.1 Implicatures and speaking styles of Baoyn
3.1.2 lmplicatures and speaking styles of Daiyu
3.1.3 Sytles in conversations between Baoyu and Daiyu
3.2 Explicature in conversations between Baoyu and Daiyu
3.3 Conversational implicature in conversations between Baoyu and Daiyu
3.4 Integrated study: communicative intention and conversational implicature in the conversations
Chapter 4 Conclusion
Bibliography
Acknowledgements
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