| Acknowledgement | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract in Chinese | 第5-7页 |
| Abstract in English | 第7-12页 |
| 1. Introduction | 第12-17页 |
| 1.1 Background knowledge | 第12-15页 |
| 1.1.1 Different approaches of studies to talk show | 第12-13页 |
| 1.1.2 Definition and discourse type of talk show | 第13页 |
| 1.1.3 Motivations of studying questions from CDA | 第13-14页 |
| 1.1.4 Power relations in institutional discourse | 第14-15页 |
| 1.2 Objective | 第15页 |
| 1.3 Organization | 第15-17页 |
| 2. Literature Review | 第17-29页 |
| 2.1 Specification and classification of questions | 第17-19页 |
| 2.2 Classification of questions for the present analysis | 第19-21页 |
| 2.3 Standard questions as a means to exercise power | 第21页 |
| 2.4 Standard questions and degrees of power | 第21-26页 |
| 2.4.1 Phonological level | 第22-23页 |
| 2.4.2 Lexical level | 第23-24页 |
| 2.4.3 Syntactic level | 第24-25页 |
| 2.4.4 Conversational level | 第25-26页 |
| 2.5 Types of non-standard questions and power | 第26-29页 |
| 2.5.1 Rhetorical questions and self-response-eliciting questions | 第27页 |
| 2.5.2 Exclamatory, echo and expository questions | 第27-29页 |
| 3. Methodology | 第29-38页 |
| 3.1 Data collection | 第29-31页 |
| 3.2 Subject selection | 第31页 |
| 3.3 Transcription of data | 第31-32页 |
| 3.4 Quantitative analysis | 第32-34页 |
| 3.5 Qualitative analysis | 第34页 |
| 3.6 Conversational analysis | 第34-38页 |
| 4. Analysis and Result | 第38-61页 |
| 4.1 Standard questions and power relations in talk shows | 第38-54页 |
| 4.1.1 Intonation and degrees of power | 第41-45页 |
| 4.1.2 Lexes in questions and degrees of power | 第45-48页 |
| 4.1.3 Question forms and degrees of power | 第48-52页 |
| 4.1.4 Moves & acts and power relations | 第52-54页 |
| 4.2 Non-standard questions and power relations in talk shows | 第54-61页 |
| 5. Conclusion | 第61-64页 |
| 5.1 Major conclusions reached in this thesis | 第61-62页 |
| 5.2 Limitations of the present research | 第62-63页 |
| 5.3 Suggestions for further research | 第63-64页 |
| Bibliography | 第64-65页 |