| Chinese Abstract | 第4-5页 |
| English Abstract | 第5-6页 |
| Introduction | 第11-15页 |
| Chapter One Literature Review | 第15-27页 |
| 1.1 Previous Researches on Address Terms | 第15-20页 |
| 1.1.1 Definitions and Classifications of Address Terms | 第15-17页 |
| 1.1.2 Naming Addresses | 第17-18页 |
| 1.1.3 Naming Addresses in Chinese and American English | 第18-20页 |
| 1.1.4 Reciprocal and Nonreciprocal Patterns of Naming Addresses | 第20页 |
| 1.2 Previous Researches on Contacts Between Dialects and Putonghua | 第20-22页 |
| 1.2.1 Relationship Between Dialects and Putonghua | 第20-21页 |
| 1.2.2 Contact Situation Between Dialects and Putonghua | 第21-22页 |
| 1.3 Relevant Researches on Miluo Dialect | 第22-25页 |
| 1.3.1 Current Situation of the Use of Miluo Dialect | 第23页 |
| 1.3.2 Current Situation of the Use of Naming Address in Miluo Dialect | 第23-24页 |
| 1.3.3 Use of Po(婆) as a Suffix in Children’s Naming Address in MiluoDialect | 第24-25页 |
| 1.4 Comments on Previous Researches | 第25-27页 |
| Chapter Two Theoretical Framework | 第27-30页 |
| 2.1 Language Contact | 第27-28页 |
| 2.2 Contacts Between Dialects and Standard Language | 第28-29页 |
| 2.3 Contact-Induced Language Change | 第29-30页 |
| Chapter Three Research Methodology | 第30-36页 |
| 3.1 Hypotheses | 第30页 |
| 3.2 Research Subjects | 第30-31页 |
| 3.3 Data Collection | 第31-34页 |
| 3.3.1 Tape-recorded Spontaneous Speech | 第31-33页 |
| 3.3.2 Observation of Daily Conversation | 第33页 |
| 3.3.3 Language Attitude Questionnaire Survey | 第33-34页 |
| 3.4 Data Processing | 第34-36页 |
| 3.4.1 Transcription of Speech Data | 第34-35页 |
| 3.4.2 Analysis of Speech Data | 第35页 |
| 3.4.3 Analysis of the Questionnaire Survey | 第35-36页 |
| Chapter Four Results and Discussion | 第36-56页 |
| 4.1 Change of Children’s Naming Addresses in Miluo Dialect | 第36-41页 |
| 4.1.1 Overall Pattern of the Change | 第36-38页 |
| 4.1.2 Change from FN + Po (婆) to LN + FN | 第38-39页 |
| 4.1.3 Change from FN + Po (婆) to FN + FN | 第39-41页 |
| 4.2 Sociolinguistic Patterns of the Change of Children’s Naming Address | 第41-47页 |
| 4.2.1 Gender | 第41-42页 |
| 4.2.2 Age | 第42-44页 |
| 4.2.3 Occupation | 第44-45页 |
| 4.2.4 Educational Level | 第45-46页 |
| 4.2.5 Conversational Setting | 第46-47页 |
| 4.3 Multivariate Analysis | 第47-50页 |
| 4.4 Attitude towards the Change | 第50-56页 |
| 4.4.1 Overall Attitudes | 第50-51页 |
| 4.4.2 Positive Attitude to the Change | 第51-53页 |
| 4.4.3 Indifferent Attitude to the Change | 第53页 |
| 4.4.4 Negative Attitude to the Change | 第53-56页 |
| Chapter Five Possible Causes for the Change of Children’s NamingAddresses and Implications from the Research | 第56-62页 |
| 5.1 Possible Causes for the Change of Children’s Naming Addresses in Miluo Dialect | 第56-59页 |
| 5.1.1 Social Psychology | 第56-57页 |
| 5.1.2 Contact Between Putonghua and Miluo Dialect | 第57-58页 |
| 5.1.3 Spread of Mass Media | 第58-59页 |
| 5.2 Implications from the Research | 第59-62页 |
| 5.2.1 Preservation of Local Culture | 第59-60页 |
| 5.2.2 Maintenance of Miluo Dialect | 第60-62页 |
| Conclusion | 第62-65页 |
| Works Cited | 第65-70页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第70-72页 |
| Appendix A: Chinese Transcription of the Cited Examples of Children’s Naming Addresses | 第72-74页 |
| Appendix B: Coding for Each Factor Group | 第74-76页 |
| Appendix C: Samples of the Change of Chilren’s Naming Addresses form the Excel Data File | 第76-78页 |
| Appendix D: Questionnaire | 第78-80页 |
| Informative Abstract in Chinese | 第80-83页 |
| Résumé and Publications since Entering the Program | 第83页 |
