| Abstract | 第3-4页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-8页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第8-14页 |
| 1.1 Background of the Study | 第8-9页 |
| 1.2 Significance and Objectives | 第9-10页 |
| 1.3 Data and Methodology | 第10-12页 |
| 1.3.1 Data | 第10页 |
| 1.3.2 Methodology | 第10-12页 |
| 1.4 Framework of the Thesis | 第12-14页 |
| Chapter Two Theoretical Framework | 第14-19页 |
| 2.1 Principle of Goal | 第14-16页 |
| 2.2 Storytelling in interaction | 第16-19页 |
| Chapter Three Description of Courtroom Cross-examination | 第19-34页 |
| 3.1 Description of Courtroom Cross-examination | 第19-25页 |
| 3.1.1 Definition of Courtroom Cross-examination | 第20-21页 |
| 3.1.2 Courtroom Cross-examination as Institutional Interaction | 第21-25页 |
| 3.1.2.1 Courtroom as a Sensitive Context | 第21-22页 |
| 3.1.2.2 Professionals as Examiners | 第22-23页 |
| 3.1.2.3 Laypeople as Examinees | 第23-24页 |
| 3.1.2.4 Laypeople as addressees | 第24-25页 |
| 3.2 Power Asymmetry in Courtroom Cross-examination | 第25-31页 |
| 3.2.1 Power asymmetry in Courtroom | 第26-28页 |
| 3.2.2 Power and Examiners’ Questioning | 第28-30页 |
| 3.2.3 Power and Examinees’ Answering | 第30-31页 |
| 3.3 Conflicts as Consequences of Goal-orientated Practices | 第31-34页 |
| Chapter Four Analysis on Courtroom Cross-examination under the Principle of Goal | 第34-73页 |
| 4.1 Hierarchical Goals in Cross-examination | 第34-37页 |
| 4.2 Principle of Goal and Examiners’ Questioning Strategies | 第37-48页 |
| 4.2.1 Principle of Goal and Presupposition | 第38-41页 |
| 4.2.2 Principle of Goal and Repetition | 第41-45页 |
| 4.2.3 Principle of Goal and Interruption | 第45-48页 |
| 4.3 Principle of Goal and Examinees’ Answering Strategies | 第48-50页 |
| 4.4 Principle of Goal and Lawyer-Witness Interaction | 第50-56页 |
| 4.5 Principle of Goal and Dynamic Storytelling | 第56-71页 |
| 4.5.1 Storytelling in Cross-examination | 第57-59页 |
| 4.5.2 Stories and Coherence | 第59-62页 |
| 4.5.3 Dynamic Development of Conflicting Trial Stories | 第62-71页 |
| 4.5.3.1 Who tells the stories? | 第63-65页 |
| 4.5.3.2 How do They Tell Stories? | 第65-68页 |
| 4.5.3.3 Silent Recipient of the Stories | 第68-70页 |
| 4.5.3.4 The Dynamics of Storytelling — Formulation and Reformulation | 第70-71页 |
| 4.6 The Final Decision | 第71-73页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第73-76页 |
| References | 第76-80页 |
| 攻读硕士研究生期间主要学术成果 | 第80-82页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第82页 |
