PART Ⅰ Preliminary Remarks 2
Chapter Ⅰ Introduction 2
Chapter Ⅱ Properties of Language as a Communication Vehicle 7
2.1 Language as a Homogeneous Rather Than as a Heterogeneous Object 8
2.2 Language as a System Rather Than as an Aggregate 10
2.3 Language as a Meaningful System via Formal Relations Rather Than via Substantive Surrogation 13
2.4 Language as a Collective Property to a Community Rather Than as an Individual Command 16
2.5 Language Both as Autonomous and as Adaptable 26
PART Ⅱ Models of Communication：Overview and Assessment 52
Chapter Ⅲ Code Model of Communication 52
3.1 Naturalist Code Model Communication 55
3.2 Structuralist Code Model of Communication 59
3.3 Epistemic Code Model of Communication 67
Chapter Ⅳ Inference Model of Communication 75
4.1 Grice’s Inferential Model of Communication 77
4.2 Modifications of Grice’s Model 82
4.3 Evaluations of Grice’s Model 88
Chapter Ⅴ Ostensive-inferential Model of Communication 103
5.1 Sperber and Wilson’s Evaluation of the Gricean Model 104
5.2 Sperber and Wilson’s Construction of Ostensive-inferential Model 111
5.3 Procedure of Interpretation and Nature of Relevance 119
5.4 A Critical Appraisal of Relevance Theory 133
PART Ⅲ Interaction of Language and Cognition in communication 170
Chapter Ⅵ Cognitive Inference as Required from the Nature of the Linguistic System 170
6.1 Linguistic System Is Adaptable Rather Than Autonomous 170
6.2 Language Is General and Imprecise Rather Than Explicit and Specific 184
6.3 Language Cannot Encode Thoughts but Can Only Indicate Them 195
Chapter Ⅶ The Cognitive Basis for Coherence Establishment in Discourse： A Perspective of Linguistic System Used in Communication 211
7.1 The Cognitive Basis and the Psychological Process of Language Use 213
7.2 Cognitive Basis for Cohesion Establishment， the Surface Manifestation of Coherence 219
7.3 Cognitively Acquired Knowledge as the Basis for Discourse Coherence 224
7.4 Criterion of Discourse Coherence as Compatibility with Cognitive Knowledge Structure 230
Chapter Ⅷ From Systemic Meaning to Contextual Meaning：A Perspective of Language Operation Mechanism 236
8.1 Systemic Meaning 236
8.2 Intra-linguistic Context and Linguistic Meaning 240
8.3 Extra-linguistic Context and Linguistic Meaning 250
8.4 Language as an Adaptable System Flexibly Used in Communication 253
Bibliography 257
后记 287