| Acknowledgements | 第1-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-10页 |
| 摘要 | 第10-12页 |
| List of Tables | 第12-14页 |
| Table of contents | 第14-18页 |
| Chanter Ⅰ Introduction | 第18-22页 |
| ·Background of the study | 第18-19页 |
| ·Significance of the study | 第19-20页 |
| ·An overall structure of the thesis | 第20-22页 |
| Chapter Ⅱ Literature Review | 第22-53页 |
| ·Gender | 第22-30页 |
| ·Definitions of gender | 第22-24页 |
| ·Language and gender | 第24-30页 |
| ·Differences between women’s speech and men’s speech | 第24-26页 |
| ·Conversations between women and men | 第26-27页 |
| ·Reasons for gender differences in language | 第27-30页 |
| ·Conversation analysis | 第30-39页 |
| ·Definition of conversation analysis | 第30页 |
| ·Foundation of conversation analysis | 第30-33页 |
| ·Major research achievements on conversation analysis | 第33-39页 |
| ·Definition of conversational style variables | 第39-53页 |
| ·Interruption and overlap | 第39-48页 |
| ·Minimal feedback | 第48-50页 |
| ·Amount of talks | 第50-53页 |
| Chapter Ⅲ Methodology and Research Design | 第53-64页 |
| ·Research questions | 第53-54页 |
| ·Subjects | 第54-55页 |
| ·Instruments | 第55-56页 |
| ·Data collection and processing | 第56-64页 |
| ·Corpus collection and processing | 第56-63页 |
| ·Collection and processing of Ming Xing Zai Xian | 第57-60页 |
| ·Collection and processing of Fei Chang Jing Ju li | 第60-63页 |
| ·Interview | 第63-64页 |
| Chapter Ⅳ Results and Discussion | 第64-77页 |
| ·Corpus analysis | 第64-73页 |
| ·Conversational style of the male | 第64-68页 |
| ·Interruption and overlap | 第64-65页 |
| ·Minimal feedback | 第65-67页 |
| ·Amount of talks | 第67-68页 |
| ·Conversational style of the female | 第68-73页 |
| ·Interruption and overlap | 第68-69页 |
| ·Minimal feedback | 第69-71页 |
| ·Amount of talks | 第71-73页 |
| ·Interview | 第73-77页 |
| Chapter Ⅴ Conclusion | 第77-83页 |
| ·Major findings | 第77-80页 |
| ·Limitations of the study | 第80-81页 |
| ·Suggestions for future research | 第81-83页 |
| Bibliography | 第83-91页 |
| Appendix Ⅰ Corpus Selected | 第91-92页 |
| Appendix Ⅱ An Example of Corpus Transcription | 第92-94页 |
| Appendix Ⅲ Interview Guide | 第94-95页 |
| Papers Published during MA Program | 第95页 |
