| Chapter One Introduction | 第1-30页 |
| ·Research orientation | 第17-19页 |
| ·Working definitions of three terms in the research | 第19-26页 |
| ·Deviation: a basic concept | 第20页 |
| ·The opening remarks in a public speech | 第20-21页 |
| ·The public speeches in the research | 第21-25页 |
| ·A public speech | 第21-22页 |
| ·The public speeches in relation to the study | 第22-24页 |
| ·The procedures of the public speeches being delivered | 第24-25页 |
| ·The scope of the study: the non-regular ORcps | 第25-26页 |
| ·Rationale for the present study | 第26-27页 |
| ·Objectives and research questions of the present study | 第27页 |
| ·The ORcps data and research methods | 第27-28页 |
| ·The outline of the thesis | 第28-30页 |
| Chapter Two A Review of Related Literature | 第30-48页 |
| ·An overview | 第30页 |
| ·Previous studies of conventions and deviation | 第30-33页 |
| ·Related studies of conventions or discourse patterns | 第30-31页 |
| ·The preceding discussion on deviation or variation | 第31-32页 |
| ·A critique of the previous studies of conventions and deviation | 第32-33页 |
| ·Previous studies of opening remarks | 第33-40页 |
| ·The functions of formulaic language: sociolinguistic and pragmatic perspectives | 第33-35页 |
| ·Telephone openings: a perspective of conversation analysis | 第35-37页 |
| ·Social functions of small talk: perspectives of sociolinguistics and institutional talk | 第37-40页 |
| ·Small talk in mundane conversation: a sociolinguistic perspective | 第38-39页 |
| ·Small talk at work: a perspective of institutional talk | 第39-40页 |
| ·A critique of the previous studies of opening remarks | 第40页 |
| ·Previous studies of public speeches | 第40-46页 |
| ·Public speeches: the perspectives of public and mass communication | 第41-43页 |
| ·Features of public speeches | 第41-42页 |
| ·Functions and types of public speeches | 第42-43页 |
| ·Other types of public speeches: a perspective of institutional talk | 第43-45页 |
| ·A general view of institutional talk | 第43-44页 |
| ·Studies of other types of public speeches from the perspective of institutional talk | 第44-45页 |
| ·A critique of the previous studies of public speeches | 第45-46页 |
| ·Summary | 第46-48页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Frameworks for the Study | 第48-65页 |
| ·An overview | 第48页 |
| ·Linell's notion of dynamics | 第48-50页 |
| ·The dynamics of dialogue | 第48-49页 |
| ·A critique of Linell's notion of dynamics | 第49-50页 |
| ·Verschueren's notion of dynamics | 第50-59页 |
| ·A general picture of adaptability | 第50-51页 |
| ·Contexts: a starting point for adaptability and dynamics | 第51-55页 |
| ·Ingredients of the communicative context | 第52-53页 |
| ·Language users: utterer and interpreter | 第52页 |
| ·The mental world | 第52页 |
| ·The social world | 第52-53页 |
| ·The physical world | 第53页 |
| ·The generation of context | 第53-55页 |
| ·Lines of vision | 第54页 |
| ·The manipulation of contexts | 第54页 |
| ·Contextualization | 第54-55页 |
| ·Dynamics: one central task of adaptability | 第55-58页 |
| ·The relationships between dynamics and contexts | 第55-56页 |
| ·Dynamics in activities and events | 第56-58页 |
| ·A critique of Verschueren's notion of dynamics | 第58-59页 |
| ·Dynamic pragmatics | 第59-63页 |
| ·Defining dynamic pragmatics | 第59-61页 |
| ·Activity types versus speech events: a model of an activity type | 第61-62页 |
| ·A critique of dynamic pragmatics | 第62-63页 |
| ·Summary | 第63-65页 |
| Chapter Four The Dynamic Deviation Model for ORcps | 第65-78页 |
| ·An overview: a hypothesis at this model | 第65页 |
| ·The two key notions of the deviation model for ORcps | 第65-73页 |
| ·The OR deviation | 第66-69页 |
| ·The convention of ORcps | 第66-68页 |
| ·The degrees of the OR deviation | 第68-69页 |
| ·The OR dynamics | 第69-73页 |
| ·The context in relation to the study | 第70-72页 |
| ·The degrees of the OR dynamics | 第72-73页 |
| ·Elements in the dynamic deviation model for ORcps | 第73-75页 |
| ·Element 1: Factors of a non-linguistic context in the non-regular ORcps | 第73-74页 |
| ·Element 2: Pragmatic strategies in the non-regular ORcps | 第74-75页 |
| ·Element 3: The degrees of the OR deviation in the non-regular ORcps | 第75页 |
| ·A pragmatic perspective on this model | 第75-76页 |
| ·Summary | 第76-78页 |
| Chapter Five A Data Analysis of the Non-regular ORcps | 第78-103页 |
| ·An overview | 第78页 |
| ·A bird's-eye view of the ORcps data | 第78-82页 |
| ·The classifications of the ORcps data | 第78-80页 |
| ·The number and methods of the ORcps data collection | 第80-82页 |
| ·A detailed analysis of the non-regular ORcps data | 第82-101页 |
| ·Element 1: Factors of a non-linguistic context in the non-regular ORcps | 第82-90页 |
| ·Element 2: Pragmatic strategies in the non-regular ORcps | 第90-95页 |
| ·Element 3: The degrees of the OR deviation in the non-regular ORcps | 第95-101页 |
| ·A description for clarifying Deviations 1 and 2 | 第95-101页 |
| ·The number of the non-regular ORcps data for Deviations 1 and 2 | 第101页 |
| ·Summary | 第101-103页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusions, Implications and Suggestions for Further Research | 第103-109页 |
| ·An overview | 第103页 |
| ·Conclusions | 第103-106页 |
| ·Implications of the study | 第106-107页 |
| ·Theoretical implications | 第106页 |
| ·Practical implications | 第106-107页 |
| ·Limitations of the study and suggestions for further research | 第107-109页 |
| References | 第109-114页 |
| Appendix 1 A pre-study investigation (10 items) | 第114-117页 |
| Appendix 2 The non-regular ORcps data for Deviation 1 (30 items) | 第117-131页 |
| Appendix 3 The non-regular ORcps data for Deviation 2 (30 items) | 第131-146页 |
