| 摘要 | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-7页 |
| Table of Contents | 第7-10页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第10-13页 |
| ·Rationale of Present Study | 第10-11页 |
| ·Objective and Data Collection | 第11-12页 |
| ·Organization of Present Study | 第12-13页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第13-22页 |
| ·Studies on Phatic Communion abroad | 第13-18页 |
| ·Malinowski | 第13-15页 |
| ·J.Laver-Functional Study | 第15-16页 |
| ·Coupland et al-a Negotiation Perspective | 第16-17页 |
| ·Zegarac and Clark-Relevance Theoretical Study | 第17-18页 |
| ·Studies on Phatic Communion at Home | 第18-21页 |
| ·Comments on the Previous Studies | 第21-22页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Framework-Verschueren's LinguisticAdaptation Theory | 第22-33页 |
| ·Making Choices | 第23-24页 |
| ·Three Properties of Language | 第24-26页 |
| ·Variability and Negotiability in Phatic Communion | 第26-27页 |
| ·Variability in Phatic Communion | 第26-27页 |
| ·Negotiability in Phatic Communion | 第27页 |
| ·Four Angles of Investigation | 第27-31页 |
| ·Linguistic Adaptation Theory to Present Study | 第31-33页 |
| Chapter Four Methodology and Data Collection | 第33-36页 |
| ·Methodology | 第33-34页 |
| ·Data Collection | 第34-35页 |
| ·Description of the TV Series Desperate Housewives | 第34页 |
| ·Justification and Description of Data Collection from Desperate Housewives | 第34-35页 |
| ·Summary | 第35-36页 |
| Chapter Five Data Analysis on the Contextual Adaptation of PhaticCommunion | 第36-57页 |
| ·Phatic Communion as Adaptation to the Physical World | 第36-42页 |
| ·Adaptation to Time | 第37-39页 |
| ·Adaptation to Space | 第39-40页 |
| ·Adaptation to the Language Users' Physical Factors | 第40-42页 |
| ·Phatic Communion as Adaptation to the Social world | 第42-48页 |
| ·Adaptation to Cultural Values | 第44-45页 |
| ·Adaptation to Social Relationships-Solidarity and Power | 第45-47页 |
| ·Adaptation to Kinship | 第47-48页 |
| ·Phatic Communion as Adaptation to the Mental World | 第48-53页 |
| ·Adaptation to Emotions | 第49-51页 |
| ·Adaptation to Cognitive Factors | 第51-53页 |
| ·Suggestions to the Use of Phatic Communion | 第53-55页 |
| ·Context Consciousness | 第53-54页 |
| ·Phatic Communion as a Linguistic Strategy | 第54-55页 |
| ·Summary | 第55-57页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第57-60页 |
| ·Major Findings | 第57-58页 |
| ·Implication and Limitations | 第58-59页 |
| ·Suggestions for Future Study | 第59-60页 |
| Bibliography | 第60-64页 |
| 攻读硕士学位期间取得的学术成果 | 第64-65页 |
| Acknowledgments | 第65页 |
