| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-8页 |
| CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION | 第8-12页 |
| ·The Relationship between Law and Language | 第8页 |
| ·What is Cross-examination? | 第8-9页 |
| ·Background of the Study | 第9-10页 |
| ·Significance of the Study | 第10-11页 |
| ·Layout of the Thesis | 第11-12页 |
| CHAPTER TWO LITERATURE REVIEW | 第12-18页 |
| ·The Relationship between Power and Language | 第12页 |
| ·Relevant Research Abroad | 第12-14页 |
| ·Relevant Research at Home | 第14-16页 |
| ·Defects of the Previous Research | 第16-18页 |
| CHAPTER THREE:THEORETICAL FOUNDATION | 第18-30页 |
| ·Conversation Analysis Theory | 第18-21页 |
| ·The Concept of Conversation Analysis | 第19-20页 |
| ·Conversation Analysis in Forensic Study | 第20-21页 |
| ·Cooperative Principle | 第21-25页 |
| ·The Maxims of CP | 第21-23页 |
| ·Observance and Non-Observance of the Maxims | 第23-25页 |
| ·Presupposition | 第25-30页 |
| ·The Concept of Presupposition | 第25-27页 |
| ·The Main Characteristics of Presupposition | 第27-28页 |
| ·Classification of Presupposition | 第28-30页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR LAWYERS' VERBAL STRATEGIES AND PRAGMATIC MEANSOF REALIZING LANGUAGE POWER | 第30-47页 |
| ·Lawyer's Verbal Strategies | 第31-41页 |
| ·Questioning Witnesses' Credibilities | 第31-36页 |
| ·Over-inferring Testimonies | 第36-39页 |
| ·Controlling the Discursive Freedom of Witnesses | 第39-41页 |
| ·Pragmatic Means of Realizing Language Power | 第41-47页 |
| ·Presupposition | 第41-43页 |
| ·The Deliberate Violation of CP | 第43-47页 |
| CHAPER FIVE CONCLUSION | 第47-49页 |
| References | 第49-52页 |
