| Acknowledgements | 第1-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-9页 |
| 摘要 | 第9-11页 |
| List of Tables and Figures | 第11-14页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第14-19页 |
| ·The rationale of the study | 第14-15页 |
| ·The significance and objectives of the study | 第15-16页 |
| ·Data collection and transcription | 第16-17页 |
| ·The structure of the thesis | 第17-19页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第19-30页 |
| ·Institutional dicourse | 第19-21页 |
| ·Nature of conflict talk | 第21-24页 |
| ·The multiplicity of the terminology | 第21-22页 |
| ·Conflict talk as the pervasive linguistic phenomenon | 第22页 |
| ·Conflict talk as a speech act | 第22-23页 |
| ·Conflict talk as the adversarial interactive exchange | 第23-24页 |
| ·Conflict talk as the manifestation of divergence orientation | 第24页 |
| ·Investigation on conflict talk abroad | 第24-28页 |
| ·Children’s conflict talk | 第25-26页 |
| ·Grimshaw’s contribution to the study of conflict talk | 第26-27页 |
| ·Confict talk study from cross-cultural perspective | 第27-28页 |
| ·Advancement of conflict talk study in China | 第28-29页 |
| ·Chapter summary | 第29-30页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Framework | 第30-36页 |
| ·Origins of Dramaturgical Theory | 第30-31页 |
| ·Burke and Dramatism | 第31-32页 |
| ·Goffman and Dramaturgical Theory | 第32-34页 |
| ·A brief introduction to Goffman | 第32-33页 |
| ·Elements of Dramaturgical Theory | 第33-34页 |
| ·Chapter summary | 第34-36页 |
| Chapter Four Analysis and Discussion of Courtroom Conflict Talk | 第36-81页 |
| ·Courtroom interaction as a dramaturgical environment | 第36-38页 |
| ·Courtroom conflict talk from the perspective of performance | 第38-43页 |
| ·Front region | 第38-40页 |
| ·Back region | 第40-41页 |
| ·A cynical performance | 第41-42页 |
| ·Dramatic realization | 第42-43页 |
| ·Courtroom conflict talk from the perspective of roles | 第43-58页 |
| ·Procedural conflict talk and substantive conflict talk | 第44-48页 |
| ·Surface conflict talk and deep conflict talk | 第48-57页 |
| ·Role conflict in courtroom setting | 第57-58页 |
| ·Courtroom conflict talk from the perspective of impression management | 第58-63页 |
| ·Resonant impression management-oriented courtroom discourse | 第59-61页 |
| ·Discordant impression management-oriented conflict talk | 第61-62页 |
| ·Process of impression management-oriented conflict talk | 第62-63页 |
| ·Discussion on the features of courtroom conflict talk | 第63-81页 |
| ·Positivity and negativity | 第64页 |
| ·Seriousness and playfulness | 第64-72页 |
| ·Content-based feature and evaluation-based feature | 第72-76页 |
| ·Power-manipulation | 第76-78页 |
| ·Non-feedback | 第78-81页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第81-84页 |
| ·Summary of findings | 第81-82页 |
| ·Limitations of the study | 第82-83页 |
| ·Suggestions for further research | 第83-84页 |
| Bibliography | 第84-92页 |
| Appendix Ⅰ Publications | 第92-93页 |
| Appendix Ⅱ Samples of the Corpus | 第93-98页 |
