| ACKOWLEDGEMENTS | 第1-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-9页 |
| 摘要 | 第9-10页 |
| CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION | 第10-14页 |
| ·Overview | 第10页 |
| ·Rationale of the study | 第10-11页 |
| ·A need for the analysis of the courtroom discourse from the perspective of context | 第10-11页 |
| ·The importance of courtroom discourse | 第11页 |
| ·A need for the study of courtroom discourse | 第11页 |
| ·Purpose of the study | 第11-12页 |
| ·Research methodology and data collection | 第12-13页 |
| ·Organization of the thesis | 第13-14页 |
| CHAPTER TWO LITERATURE REVIEW | 第14-22页 |
| ·The previous studies of power, language and law | 第14-15页 |
| ·The previous studies of courtroom discourse | 第15-20页 |
| ·The previous studies of courtroom discourse in western countries | 第15-18页 |
| ·The previous studies of courtroom discourse in China | 第18-20页 |
| ·Limitations of previous courtroom discourse studies in the linguistic field | 第20-22页 |
| CHAPTER THREE THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK | 第22-29页 |
| ·Overview of the researches on context | 第22-26页 |
| ·Introduction to the context theory of London School | 第22-26页 |
| ·The context theory involved in this thesis | 第26-29页 |
| ·Context of situation | 第26-27页 |
| ·Context of co-context | 第27-28页 |
| ·Context of culture | 第28-29页 |
| CHATER FOUR THE ANALYSIS OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF DISCOURSEPOWER IN COURTROOM TRIAL IN THE CONTEXTUAL PERSPECTIVE | 第29-52页 |
| ·The analysis of the courtroom discourse in context of situation | 第29-36页 |
| ·The analysis in terms of the scene | 第29-31页 |
| ·The analysis in terms of topic | 第31-34页 |
| ·The analysis in terms of the roles of participants | 第34-36页 |
| ·The analysis of courtroom discourse in context of co-context | 第36-48页 |
| ·The analysis of the judges' discourse power | 第36-40页 |
| ·The analysis of public prosecutors' discourse power | 第40-44页 |
| ·The analysis of lawyers' discourse power | 第44-46页 |
| ·The analysis of plaintiffs' and defendants' discourse power | 第46-48页 |
| ·The Analysis of courtroom discourse in context of culture | 第48-52页 |
| ·Different legal systems | 第49-50页 |
| ·Different courtroom manner | 第50页 |
| ·Different court architecture | 第50-51页 |
| ·Different background of the participants | 第51-52页 |
| CHAFFER FIVE CONCLUSION | 第52-54页 |
| ·Summary | 第52页 |
| ·Implication | 第52-53页 |
| ·Limitations of this thesis | 第53-54页 |
| References | 第54-55页 |
