| 摘要 | 第1-6页 |
| English Abstract | 第6-11页 |
| Introduction | 第11-15页 |
| ·Research Background | 第11-12页 |
| ·Significance of the Research | 第12-13页 |
| ·Methodology | 第13页 |
| ·Organization of the Thesis | 第13-15页 |
| Chapter 1 Previous Researches on Language Variation and Urbanization | 第15-27页 |
| ·Previous Researches on Language Variation | 第15-22页 |
| ·The Variationist Viewpoints | 第15-18页 |
| ·Contact-induced Language Change | 第18-20页 |
| ·Social Variables of Language | 第20-22页 |
| ·Previous Researches on Rural Language Variation in Relation to Urbanization | 第22-25页 |
| ·Previous Researches on Rural Language Variation | 第22-23页 |
| ·Rural Language Variation in Relation to Urbanization | 第23-25页 |
| ·Comments on the Previous Researches | 第25-27页 |
| Chapter 2 Research Methodology | 第27-34页 |
| ·Hypotheses | 第27页 |
| ·Selection of Informants | 第27-29页 |
| ·Data Collection | 第29-32页 |
| ·Tape-recorded Naturalistic Conversation | 第29-30页 |
| ·Observation of the Daily Speech | 第30-31页 |
| ·An Attitude Questionnaire Survey on Putonghua and the Local Dialect | 第31-32页 |
| ·Data Processing | 第32-34页 |
| ·Transcription of Speech Data | 第32-33页 |
| ·Distributional and Multivariate Analysis of the Collected Speech Data | 第33页 |
| ·Analysis of the Questionnaire Survey | 第33-34页 |
| Chapter 3 Results and Discussion | 第34-60页 |
| ·Lexical Variation | 第34-43页 |
| ·An Overall Distribution of Lexical Variation | 第34-35页 |
| ·Distribution of the Variation in Address Form of Kinship | 第35-37页 |
| ·Distribution of the Variation in Address Form of Daily Necessities | 第37-39页 |
| ·Distribution of the Variation in Adverbs of Degree | 第39-41页 |
| ·Distribution of the Variation in Daily Language and Time Adverbs | 第41-43页 |
| ·Social Factors of Lexical Variation | 第43-48页 |
| ·Difference of Gender in Lexical Variation | 第43-44页 |
| ·Difference of Age in Lexical Variation | 第44-45页 |
| ·Difference of Educational Level in Lexical Variation | 第45-46页 |
| ·Difference of Occupation in Lexical Variation | 第46-47页 |
| ·The Effect of Both Gender and Education on the Distribution of Lexical Variation | 第47-48页 |
| ·Multivariate Analysis | 第48-50页 |
| ·Different Language Attitudes Towards Putonghua and the Local Dialect | 第50-60页 |
| ·Different Attitudes of Males and Females Towards Putonghua | 第51-52页 |
| ·Different Attitudes of Different Age Groups Towards Putonghua | 第52-54页 |
| ·Different Attitudes among People with Different Educational Background Towards Putonghua | 第54-55页 |
| ·Different Attitudes among People with Different Occupations Towards Putonghua | 第55-57页 |
| ·Decline of the Status of Local Dialect | 第57-60页 |
| Chapter 4 Implications Obtained from the Research | 第60-63页 |
| ·The Necessity of the Promotion of Putonghua | 第60-61页 |
| ·The Maintenance of Cultural Diversity | 第61页 |
| ·Language Planning on Putonghua and Regional Dialect | 第61-63页 |
| Conclusion | 第63-66页 |
| Notes | 第66-67页 |
| Works Cited | 第67-71页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第71-72页 |
| Appendix A: Questionnaire Survey Participant Consent Form | 第72-73页 |
| Appendix B: Chinese Transcription Version of Lexical Variation Cited | 第73-75页 |
| Appendix C: The Examples from the Excel Data Base of Lexical Variation | 第75-76页 |
| Appendix D: Coding for Each Factor Group | 第76-77页 |
| Appendix E: Questionnaire Survey | 第77-80页 |
| Informative Abstract in Chinese | 第80-83页 |
| Résuméand Publications since Entering the Program | 第83页 |
