| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第5-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-9页 |
| Abbreviations | 第9-12页 |
| 1. Introduction | 第12-15页 |
| ·Significance and purpose of the study | 第12-13页 |
| ·Scope of the study | 第13页 |
| ·Organization of the thesis | 第13-15页 |
| 2. Literature Review and Theoretical Framework | 第15-24页 |
| ·Previous studies | 第15-16页 |
| ·Theoretical framework of the study | 第16-24页 |
| ·Speech Act Theory | 第16-18页 |
| ·The theory of conversational implicature | 第18-21页 |
| ·Theories of conversation structure analysis | 第21-24页 |
| 3. Research Methodology | 第24-28页 |
| ·Research design | 第24-26页 |
| ·Data collection | 第26-27页 |
| ·Data description | 第27-28页 |
| 4. Conversation Analysis of Job Interviews | 第28-46页 |
| ·Analysis of turn-taking patterns in job interviews | 第28-36页 |
| ·Turn and turn-taking | 第28-32页 |
| ·Operation of turn-taking patterns in job interviews | 第32-36页 |
| ·Analysis of interaction in interview discourse | 第36-41页 |
| ·Analysis of interruption in the conversation | 第36-38页 |
| ·Analysis of repair strategies in the conversation | 第38-41页 |
| ·Analysis of question and response structures | 第41-46页 |
| ·Forms of question-response structure | 第41-42页 |
| ·Back channel item | 第42-46页 |
| 5. Discussion on the Response Strategies for Interview Questions | 第46-61页 |
| ·Functions of different types of interview questions | 第46-50页 |
| ·Structural components in job interviews | 第46-48页 |
| ·Categorization of interviewer's questions and their distribution | 第48-49页 |
| ·Functions of the three types of questions | 第49-50页 |
| ·Response strategies of different types of questions | 第50-61页 |
| ·Response strategies for ICQs | 第51-54页 |
| ·Response strategies for OSQs | 第54-59页 |
| ·Response strategies for CSQs | 第59-61页 |
| 6. Conclusion | 第61-65页 |
| ·Implications | 第61-63页 |
| ·Applications | 第63页 |
| ·Limitations | 第63-65页 |
| Bibliography | 第65-67页 |
| Appendix 1 | 第67-68页 |
| Appendix 2 | 第68-84页 |
