Acknowledgements
声明
Abstract
摘要
Contents
List of Abbreviations
Chapter One Introductory Remarks
1.1 Rationale of the Study
1.2 Objectives of the Study
1.3 Organization of the Study
Chapter Two Literature Review
2.1 Foreign Studies of Nonce Words Meaning
2.2 Study of Nonce Words in China
2.3 Summary
Chapter Three The Relevance Theory
3.1 Overview of Relevance Theory
3.2 Maximizing Relevance:Cognitive Principle of Relevance
3.3 Optimizing Relevance:Communicative Principle of Relevance
3.4 Defining Relevance:Effects and Effort
3.5 Choice of Contexts in Relevance Theory
3.6 Relevance Theory and the Ostensive-Inferential Model of Communication
3.7 The Relevance-guided Comprehension Heuristic
3.8 Relevance and Lexical Pragmatics
Chapter Four A Multi-Dimensional Study of Pragmatic Enrichment of Nonce Words Meanings
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Zero Adjusting of Nonce Words Meaning
4.3 Narrowing of Nonce Words Meaning
4.4 Broadening of Nonce Words Meaning
4.5 Transferring of Nonce Words Meaning
4.6 Overlapping of Nonce Words Meaning
4.6.1 Enrichment by the pretext
4.6.2 Enrichment by the co-text
4.7 Summary
Chapter Five Conclusion
5.1 Conclusion
5.2 Theoretical and Practical implications
5.3 Limitations of the study
5.4 Suggestions for further research
References
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