| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-8页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第8-9页 |
| Chapter Two Theoretical Preliminaries | 第9-16页 |
| ·Stylistics and Style | 第9-10页 |
| ·Development and Models of Stylistics | 第10-13页 |
| ·Drama Stylistics | 第13-16页 |
| Chapter Three Object and Methodology of the Study | 第16-23页 |
| ·Situation Comedy as an Extended Form of Drama | 第16-17页 |
| ·Friends as a Popular Situation Comedy | 第17-21页 |
| ·Data Collection and Analysis | 第21-23页 |
| Chapter Four Discourse Analysis of Dialogues in Friends | 第23-56页 |
| ·Dramatic Dialogues vs. Daily Conversations | 第23-25页 |
| ·Turn-Taking System and Its Applications | 第25-41页 |
| ·Speech Act Theory and Its Applications | 第41-45页 |
| ·Cooperative Principle and Its Applications | 第45-52页 |
| ·Politeness Principle and Its Applications | 第52-56页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第56-59页 |
| ·Findings of This Study | 第56-57页 |
| ·Significance of This Study | 第57-58页 |
| ·Suggestions for Future Study | 第58-59页 |
| Bibliography | 第59-62页 |
| Appendix: Scripts of Friends (Season I, Episode: 01-06) | 第62-98页 |