| 摘要 | 第1-6页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第6-10页 |
| Introduction | 第10-13页 |
| Chapter One Literature Review | 第13-28页 |
| ·Theories on Studying Literary Works from a Linguistic Perspective | 第13-15页 |
| ·Theories on Language Variation from a Sociolinguistic Perspective | 第15-17页 |
| ·Relevant Studies on The Color Purple | 第17-28页 |
| ·Comments on Its Womanism | 第17-20页 |
| ·Comments on Its Racism | 第20-23页 |
| ·Comments on Its Narrative Strategies | 第23-28页 |
| ·The Use of Epistolary Form | 第24-25页 |
| ·The Use of a Shifting First-person Narrator | 第25-28页 |
| Chapter Two Relevant Facts about The Color Purple | 第28-39页 |
| ·About the Author | 第28-32页 |
| ·Growing up in a Black Community | 第28-30页 |
| ·Participating in the Movements | 第30-32页 |
| ·The Main Characters and their Prototypes | 第32-37页 |
| ·Celie and her Prototype | 第32-34页 |
| ·Shug and her Prototype | 第34-35页 |
| ·Nettie and her Prototype | 第35-37页 |
| ·Characteristics of the Language | 第37-39页 |
| Chapter Three Analyses of Idiolects in The Color Purple | 第39-65页 |
| ·A Contrast between Standard English and Black English | 第39-48页 |
| ·Distinctive Differences in Inflections | 第40-42页 |
| ·Distinctive Differences in Copula | 第42-44页 |
| ·Distinctive Differences in Question | 第44-47页 |
| ·Distinctive Differences in Negation | 第47-48页 |
| ·Analyses of the Characters' Idiolects | 第48-65页 |
| ·Contributions of the Idiolects to The Color Purple | 第48-50页 |
| ·Individual Character's Idiolect | 第50-65页 |
| ·Celie's Idiolect | 第50-56页 |
| ·Shug's Idiolect | 第56-58页 |
| ·Nettie's Idiolect | 第58-59页 |
| ·Albert's Idiolect | 第59-61页 |
| ·Doris' Idiolect | 第61-62页 |
| ·Tashi's Father's Idiolect | 第62-65页 |
| Chapter Four Probable Factors Influencing the Idiolects in The Color Purple | 第65-80页 |
| ·Influence from Ethnic Group | 第65-69页 |
| ·Influence from Education | 第69-70页 |
| ·Influence from Gender | 第70-74页 |
| ·Influence from Social & Economic Situation | 第74-77页 |
| ·Influence from Social Interaction | 第77-78页 |
| Summary | 第78-80页 |
| Conclusion | 第80-84页 |
| Bibliography | 第84-88页 |
| 附录 | 第88-89页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第89-90页 |
| 湖南师范大学学位论文原创性声明 | 第90页 |
| 湖南师范大学学位论文版权使用授权书 | 第90页 |
