Chapter 4 contributes to the discussion of the reference of indexicals, exploring what roles semantic decoding and pragmatic inference play in the interpretation of indexicals. 第四章讨论的是指索词(indexical)的指称,探讨了语义解码和语用推理在指索词的理解过程中所起的作用。
The first half of the thesis analyzes pragmatic referentiality with regard to referring expressions from the aspects of its definition, discourse principles and applications to indexicals. 本文的前半部分是从指称性定义、话语规则和指索词应用三个方面来阐述指称表达式的普通用法中语用指称性的问题。