| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第5-6页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第6-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-14页 |
| CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION | 第14-20页 |
| 1.1 Research Background | 第14-15页 |
| 1.2 An Introduction of The Apprentice | 第15-16页 |
| 1.3 Rationale of the Present Study | 第16-17页 |
| 1.4 Objective of the Present Study | 第17-18页 |
| 1.5 Research Method and Data Collection | 第18-19页 |
| 1.6 Organization of This Thesis | 第19-20页 |
| CHAPTER TWO LITERATURE REVIEW | 第20-28页 |
| 2.1 Relevant Definitions | 第20-21页 |
| 2.1.1 Definition of Conflict | 第20-21页 |
| 2.1.2 Definitions of Conflict Talk | 第21页 |
| 2.2 Previous Studies on Conflict Talk | 第21-26页 |
| 2.2.1 Previous Studies on Conflict Talk Abroad | 第22-23页 |
| 2.2.2 Previous Studies on Conflict Talk at Home | 第23-24页 |
| 2.2.3 Studies on Conflict Talk from the Perspective of Adaptation Theory | 第24-25页 |
| 2.2.4 Studies on Conflict Talk in the Reality TV Show | 第25-26页 |
| 2.3 Comments on the Previous Studies of Conflict Talk | 第26-28页 |
| CHAPTER THREE THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK | 第28-36页 |
| 3.1 A Clarification of the Concepts in the Present Study | 第28-30页 |
| 3.1.1 Termination and Terminating Patterns | 第28-29页 |
| 3.1.2 Mitigation and Mitigating Strategies | 第29-30页 |
| 3.1.3 Mitigation Versus Termination of Conflict Talk | 第30页 |
| 3.2 Verschueren’s Adaptation Theory | 第30-34页 |
| 3.2.1 The Process of Continuous Making of Linguistic Choices | 第31页 |
| 3.2.2 Three Key Notions of Language Use | 第31-32页 |
| 3.2.3 Four Angles of Adaptability in Linguistic Phenomena | 第32-34页 |
| 3.3 The Framework and Analytical Procedures of the Present Study | 第34-36页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR ANALYSIS OF THE OCCURRENCE OF CONFLICT TALKS | 第36-62页 |
| 4.1 Conflict Talks in The Apprentice | 第36-37页 |
| 4.2 Conflict Talk as a Failure to Adapt to Physical World | 第37-41页 |
| 4.2.1 Failure to Adapt to Temporal Deixis | 第37-38页 |
| 4.2.2 Failure to Adapt to Spatial Deixis | 第38-40页 |
| 4.2.3 Failure to Adapt to Nonverbal Factors | 第40-41页 |
| 4.3 Conflict Talk as a Failure to Adapt to Social World | 第41-51页 |
| 4.3.1 Failure to Adapt to Cultural Factors | 第42-47页 |
| 4.3.2 Failure to Adapt to Other Social-world Dimensions | 第47-51页 |
| 4.4 Conflict Talk as a Failure to Adapt to Mental World | 第51-58页 |
| 4.4.1 Failure to Adapt to Wish | 第51-53页 |
| 4.4.2 Failure to Adapt to Motivation | 第53-54页 |
| 4.4.3 Failure to Adapt to Emotion | 第54-55页 |
| 4.4.4 Failure to Adapt to Belief | 第55-56页 |
| 4.4.5 Failure to Adapt to Personality | 第56-58页 |
| 4.5 Summary | 第58-62页 |
| CHAPTER FIVE TERMIATION AS A RESULT OF RESPONSES TO CONFLICTTALK | 第62-78页 |
| 5.1 Types of Terminating Patterns of Conflict Talks | 第62-73页 |
| 5.1.1 Submission | 第63-64页 |
| 5.1.2 Compromise | 第64-65页 |
| 5.1.3 Dead Heat | 第65-66页 |
| 5.1.4 One Way Success | 第66-68页 |
| 5.1.5 Topic-shifting | 第68-70页 |
| 5.1.6 Humor | 第70-71页 |
| 5.1.7 External Factors Interference | 第71-72页 |
| 5.1.8 Third Party Intervention | 第72-73页 |
| 5.2 Termination as a Result of Different Responses to Conflict Talks | 第73-76页 |
| 5.2.1 Termination as a Result of Conflicting Responses | 第73-74页 |
| 5.2.2 Termination as a Result of Mitigating Responses | 第74-76页 |
| 5.3 Summary | 第76-78页 |
| CHAPTER SIX MITIGATING STRATEGIES AS REALIZATION OF ADAPTATION | 第78-86页 |
| 6.1 Mitigating Strategies as Realizations of Adaptation | 第78页 |
| 6.2 Making Adaptation for Mitigating Conflict Talks in The Apprentice | 第78-84页 |
| 6.2.1 Making Adaptation to Physical World as Mitigating Strategies | 第78-79页 |
| 6.2.2 Making Adaptation to Social World as Mitigating Strategies | 第79-83页 |
| 6.2.3 Making Adaptation to Mental World as Mitigating Strategies | 第83-84页 |
| 6.3 Summary | 第84-86页 |
| CHAPTER SEVEN CONCLUSIONS | 第86-91页 |
| 7.1 Major Findings in the Present Study | 第86-88页 |
| 7.2 Implications of the present study | 第88页 |
| 7.3 Limitations of the Present Study | 第88-89页 |
| 7.4 Suggestions for Further Studies | 第89-91页 |
| REFERENCES | 第91-97页 |
