| 摘要 | 第1-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-9页 |
| Contents | 第9-11页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第11-15页 |
| ·Introduction to the Background | 第11-12页 |
| ·Two Styles of Language:Narrative and Argumentative | 第12-13页 |
| ·Purposes and Significance of the study | 第13页 |
| ·Layout of the thesis | 第13-15页 |
| Chapter 2 Theoretical Background of Language Formality and Previous Studies | 第15-28页 |
| ·Formality of Language | 第15-18页 |
| ·Formal and Informal Styles | 第15页 |
| ·The Continuum of Formality | 第15-16页 |
| ·Formality of Speech | 第16-18页 |
| ·Cheng Yumin's Method of Measuring of Formality | 第18-25页 |
| ·Stylistic Markers | 第19-20页 |
| ·Fullness of Expression | 第20-22页 |
| ·Quantitative Study of Formality in Text Level | 第22-25页 |
| ·Previous Studies on Formality | 第25-28页 |
| Chapter Three Methodology | 第28-37页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第28页 |
| ·Data Collection and Sampling | 第28-29页 |
| ·Collection of Two Kinds of Speeches | 第28页 |
| ·Sampling of Speech Samples | 第28-29页 |
| ·Instruments to Induce Narrative and Argumentative Data | 第29-30页 |
| ·Measurements of Formality and Their Value | 第30-35页 |
| ·Vocabulary Frequency | 第30-31页 |
| ·Long Sentences and Short Sentences | 第31-32页 |
| ·Nominal Phrases | 第32-33页 |
| ·Subordinate Clauses | 第33页 |
| ·Passives | 第33-34页 |
| ·Reduced Clauses | 第34-35页 |
| ·Data Processing and Data Analysis | 第35-37页 |
| ·Data Processing | 第35-36页 |
| ·Data Analysis | 第36-37页 |
| Chapter 4 Results and Discussions of Speech Formality | 第37-62页 |
| ·Vocabulary Adopted in Narrative and Argumentative Speech Produced by Chinese and American Students | 第37-41页 |
| ·Results of Vocabulary Data | 第37-39页 |
| ·Discussions about the Use of Vocabulary | 第39-41页 |
| ·Sentence Length in Narrative and Argumentative Speech by Chinese and American Students | 第41-43页 |
| ·Results of Sentence Length Data | 第41-42页 |
| ·Discussions about the Use of Sentence Length | 第42-43页 |
| ·Nominal Phrase Adopted in Narrative and Argumentative Speech by Chinese and American Students | 第43-45页 |
| ·Results of Nominal Phrase Data | 第43-44页 |
| ·Discussions about the Use of Nominal Phrase | 第44-45页 |
| ·Subordinate Clauses Adopted in Narrative and Argumentative Speech by Chinese and American Students | 第45-53页 |
| ·Discussions about Subordinate Clauses and the Re-calculation of their Values35 | 第45-49页 |
| ·Further Study of Subordinate Clause Adopted in Speech Samples | 第49-53页 |
| ·Passive Forms Adopted in Narrative and Argumentative Speech by Chinese and American Students | 第53-56页 |
| ·Results of Passives Data | 第53-54页 |
| ·Discussions about the Results of Data Analysis of Passives of Speech Samples | 第54-56页 |
| ·Reduced Clause Adopted in Speech Samples by Chinese and American Students | 第56-59页 |
| ·Results of Reduced Clause Data | 第56-58页 |
| ·Discussions about the Results of Data Analysis of Reduced ClauseAdopted in Speech Samples | 第58-59页 |
| ·Ranges of Formality of the Speech Samples | 第59-62页 |
| Part Five Conclusion | 第62-66页 |
| ·Major findings of the study | 第62-64页 |
| ·Pedagogical Implications | 第64页 |
| ·Limitations of the study | 第64-66页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第66-67页 |
| Bibliography | 第67-70页 |
| Publications while Registered with the MA Program | 第70页 |
