| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-8页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-12页 |
| Chapter Ⅰ Introduction | 第12-16页 |
| ·Background of the research | 第12-13页 |
| ·Objective and significance of the research | 第13页 |
| ·Structure of the thesis | 第13-16页 |
| Chapter Ⅱ Literature Review | 第16-26页 |
| ·Definition of conflict talk and related terms | 第16-17页 |
| ·Classification of conflict talk | 第17-18页 |
| ·Previous studies of conflict talk(CT) | 第18-23页 |
| ·Studies of conflict talk abroad | 第18-22页 |
| ·Studies of conflict talk at home | 第22-23页 |
| ·Critical thinking of previous studies | 第23-26页 |
| Chapter Ⅲ Theoretical framework | 第26-32页 |
| ·Conversation Analysis | 第26-29页 |
| ·Turn-taking system | 第27-28页 |
| ·Adjacency pairs | 第28页 |
| ·Preference in organization | 第28-29页 |
| ·Conversation analysis of conflict talk | 第29页 |
| ·Research questions | 第29-30页 |
| ·Research method | 第30-32页 |
| Chapter Ⅳ Patterns of Chinese CT between M and D | 第32-58页 |
| ·Verbal manifestation of CT between M and D | 第32-42页 |
| ·Direct negation | 第32-34页 |
| ·Opposing question | 第34-38页 |
| ·Information-seeking questions | 第34-36页 |
| ·Rhetorical questions | 第36-38页 |
| ·Mutual comparison | 第38-40页 |
| ·Other verbal manifestations | 第40-42页 |
| ·Conversational features of CT between M and D | 第42-51页 |
| ·Features in turn-taking management | 第42-47页 |
| ·Overlap | 第42-44页 |
| ·Interruption | 第44-45页 |
| ·Repetition | 第45-47页 |
| ·Features in sequential organization | 第47-49页 |
| ·Features in adjacency pairs | 第49-51页 |
| ·Strategies to mitigate CT between M and D | 第51-55页 |
| ·Disagreement prefaced by agreement | 第51-52页 |
| ·Question as oppositional move | 第52-53页 |
| ·Addressee-shifting | 第53-55页 |
| ·Sociocultural factors in conflict between M and D | 第55-58页 |
| Chapter Ⅴ Conclusion | 第58-62页 |
| ·Major findings | 第58-59页 |
| ·Limitations of the study | 第59-60页 |
| ·Suggestions for future study | 第60-62页 |
| References | 第62-66页 |
| Appendix | 第66-74页 |
