| Introduction | 第1-13页 |
| Chapter 1 Approaches to Gender Differences in Language | 第13-20页 |
| ·The sociolinguistic approach to gender differences in language | 第13-15页 |
| ·The dominance approach | 第13-14页 |
| ·The difference approach | 第14-15页 |
| ·The pragmatic approach to gender differences in language | 第15-20页 |
| ·Gender differences in observing or violating Grice's cooperative principle (CP) | 第15-17页 |
| ·The quantity maxim | 第16页 |
| ·The relevant maxim | 第16-17页 |
| ·The quality maxim and the manner maxim | 第17页 |
| ·Gender differences in observing or violating Leech's politeness principle (PP) | 第17-19页 |
| ·The tact maxim and generosity maxim | 第17-18页 |
| ·The approbation maxim and modesty maxim | 第18页 |
| ·The agreement maxim and sympathy maxim | 第18-19页 |
| ·Gender differences in observing or violating Brown and Levinson's face theory | 第19-20页 |
| ·The conversation analysis (CA) approach to gender differences in language | 第20页 |
| Chapter 2 The Theoretical Framework for the Thesis | 第20-34页 |
| ·The dormitory talk as a kind of conversation | 第21-22页 |
| ·The definition of CA | 第22-23页 |
| ·The development of CA | 第23-26页 |
| ·Turn-taking system | 第26-34页 |
| ·Turn construction component | 第27-32页 |
| ·Minimal responses as generally supportive feedback | 第29-31页 |
| ·Minimal responses as highly supportive feedback | 第31-32页 |
| ·Turn-allocation component | 第32-34页 |
| ·Sacks, Schegloff & Jefferson's (1974) model of turn-taking | 第33页 |
| ·Chan Chi Kuen's framework of overlaps | 第33-34页 |
| Chapter 3 A CA Approach to Gender Differences in Conversation organization | 第34-49页 |
| ·The objective of the research | 第35页 |
| ·Methods of the research | 第35-39页 |
| ·Subjects | 第35-36页 |
| ·Methods for collecting dormitory conversations | 第36-39页 |
| ·Data-gathering methods and instruments | 第36-38页 |
| ·Data transcription | 第38-39页 |
| ·Results and analysis | 第39-48页 |
| ·Results of gender differences in using minimal response as turn construction component | 第39-42页 |
| ·Gender differences in using minimal responses as generally supportive feedback | 第39-41页 |
| ·Gender differences in using minimal responses as highly supportive feedback | 第41-42页 |
| ·Results of gender differences in turn allocation component | 第42-48页 |
| ·Gender differences in turn allocation rules | 第42-44页 |
| ·Gender differences in overlaps | 第44-48页 |
| ·Discussion | 第48-49页 |
| Chapter 4 Limitations of the Thesis and Suggestions for Further Research | 第49-51页 |
| ·Limitations of the thesis | 第49-50页 |
| ·Suggestions for further research | 第50-51页 |
| Conclusion | 第51-53页 |
| Bibliography | 第53-61页 |
| Appendix | 第61页 |
