| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-8页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-10页 |
| Contents | 第10-12页 |
| List of Figures | 第12-13页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第13-16页 |
| ·Origin of the study | 第13-14页 |
| ·Necessity and significance of the study | 第14-15页 |
| ·Objectives of the study | 第15页 |
| ·Organization of the thesis | 第15-16页 |
| Chapter Two Courtroom Examination: An Overview | 第16-27页 |
| ·A general introduction to courtroom examination | 第16-19页 |
| ·Questions in courtroom examination | 第17-18页 |
| ·The special characteristics of courtroom examination | 第18-19页 |
| ·Previous studies on courtroom examination | 第19-26页 |
| ·The rhetorical approach | 第19-20页 |
| ·The sociolinguistic approach | 第20-22页 |
| ·The conversation analysis approach | 第22-24页 |
| ·The pragmatic approach | 第24-26页 |
| ·Summary | 第26-27页 |
| Chapter Three Conceptual Integration: Theory and Applications | 第27-41页 |
| ·Theoretical background of conceptual integration theory | 第27-28页 |
| ·Conceptual integration theory | 第28-37页 |
| ·Conceptual integration network | 第29-33页 |
| ·An illustrated example—The Debate With Kant | 第33-37页 |
| ·Applications of conceptual integration theory | 第37-40页 |
| ·Summary | 第40-41页 |
| Chapter Four The Cognitive Interpretation of Courtroom Examination | 第41-56页 |
| ·Motivations for the cognitive interpretation of courtroom examination | 第41-42页 |
| ·Cognitive interpretation of question form in courtroom examination | 第42-47页 |
| ·Cognitive interpretation of topic management in courtroom examination | 第47-50页 |
| ·Cognitive interpretation of challenges to the witness' capacity for knowledge in courtroom examination | 第50-54页 |
| ·Summary | 第54-56页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第56-59页 |
| ·Major findings of the study | 第56-57页 |
| ·Limitations of the study and suggestions for further research | 第57-59页 |
| Bibliography | 第59-64页 |
| Publications | 第64页 |
