| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第6-8页 |
| Abstract | 第8-10页 |
| Chapter 1 AAVE Studies from a Sociolinguistic Standpoint | 第10-16页 |
| ·What’s AAVE? | 第10-11页 |
| ·Distinction between Slang and AAVE | 第11-12页 |
| ·AAVE Relations to Other American Dialects | 第12-15页 |
| ·Converging and Diverging | 第13-14页 |
| ·AAVE's Resistance to Assimilation into Standard American English | 第14-15页 |
| ·Social Context | 第15-16页 |
| Chapter 2 Representations of African American Motion Pictures | 第16-25页 |
| ·History and Situation of African American Motion Pictures | 第16-20页 |
| ·The Silent Era: a Separate Cinema | 第16-17页 |
| ·Sound Film in the Jazz Age | 第17-18页 |
| ·During the War Years: Hollywood's Door Cracks Open | 第18-19页 |
| ·The New Black Cinema | 第19-20页 |
| ·Trend of African American Motion Pictures | 第20-22页 |
| ·African American Actors and the Academy Awards | 第22-25页 |
| Chapter 3 Nationality of AAVE in the Speech of African American Motion Pictures | 第25-35页 |
| ·Examples for Study | 第25页 |
| ·Analysis of Movies | 第25-35页 |
| ·Image Shaped by Expressions | 第25-29页 |
| ·Society Factors Contained in Expressions | 第29-32页 |
| ·Identity Dignity Implied in Expressions | 第32-35页 |
| Chapter 4 AAVE Progresses in Difficulty | 第35-46页 |
| ·Application of Language Varieties in Popular Culture | 第35-37页 |
| ·Language and Film | 第35-36页 |
| ·Interaction between Dialect and the Socio-political Context | 第36-37页 |
| ·AAVE Plays a More Important Role in Film | 第37-41页 |
| ·Advantages of AAVE Applied in Film over SAE | 第37-39页 |
| ·Social Functions of AAVE | 第39-41页 |
| ·Factors That Hinder AAVE’s Popularization | 第41-46页 |
| ·Racial Discrimination Still Exists in American Society | 第41-42页 |
| ·Mass Media Also Bias against Black Color | 第42-43页 |
| ·Linguistic Discrimination against AAVE | 第43-46页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusions & Implications | 第46-49页 |
| ·Major Findings of the Paper | 第46-48页 |
| ·Limitations of the Studies and Advice for Further Research | 第48页 |
| ·Suggestions for Further Study | 第48-49页 |
| Bibliography | 第49-51页 |
| Appendix | 第51-53页 |
| Publications During the Postgraduate Program | 第53-54页 |
