| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第6-8页 |
| Abstract | 第8-10页 |
| Abbreviations | 第10-13页 |
| 1. Introduction | 第13-18页 |
| ·Significance and purpose of the study | 第13-14页 |
| ·Scope of the study | 第14-15页 |
| ·Research methodology and data collection | 第15-16页 |
| ·Organization of the thesis | 第16-18页 |
| 2. Literature Review | 第18-25页 |
| ·Relevant theories | 第18-20页 |
| ·Conversation analysis | 第18-19页 |
| ·Institutional interaction | 第19-20页 |
| ·Previous studies of interview conversation | 第20-25页 |
| ·Studies of interview conversation abroad | 第20-22页 |
| ·Studies of interview conversation in China | 第22-25页 |
| 3. Theoretical Framework | 第25-32页 |
| ·The Principle of Goal-direction | 第25-26页 |
| ·Previous studies of goal-directed discourse | 第26-28页 |
| ·The discourse analysis model of the Principle of Goal-direction | 第28-32页 |
| ·Goal relations | 第30页 |
| ·Goal interactions | 第30-31页 |
| ·The relation between goal relation and goal interaction | 第31-32页 |
| 4. Conversation Analysis of Job Interviews | 第32-66页 |
| ·Analysis of goal relation | 第32-37页 |
| ·Convergent goal relation | 第32-35页 |
| ·Conflicting goal relation | 第35-37页 |
| ·Analysis of goal system | 第37-41页 |
| ·Top-down goal organization pattern | 第39-40页 |
| ·Bottom-up goal organization pattern | 第40-41页 |
| ·Goal and discourse cohesion | 第41-43页 |
| ·Goal realization strategy | 第43-51页 |
| ·Linguistic strategies employed by the interviewers | 第44-48页 |
| ·Response strategies employed by the interviewees | 第48-51页 |
| ·Comparison of strategies used by the two sides of the interview | 第51页 |
| ·Power and status implied in interview conversation | 第51-55页 |
| ·The imbalance of topic initiation | 第52-54页 |
| ·The imbalance of strategies employed | 第54页 |
| ·Tone difference | 第54-55页 |
| ·Analysis of goal realization outcome | 第55-66页 |
| ·Successful and failed goal realization of the interviewers | 第55-58页 |
| ·Successful and failed goal realization of the interviewees | 第58-59页 |
| ·Linguistic explanation for the successful and failed goal realization | 第59-60页 |
| ·Propositional strategies | 第60-66页 |
| 5. Conclusion | 第66-69页 |
| ·Summary | 第66-67页 |
| ·Applications | 第67页 |
| ·Limitations | 第67-69页 |
| Bibliography | 第69-72页 |
| Appendix 1 | 第72-73页 |
| Appendix 2 | 第73-91页 |
