| 内容提要 | 第1-6页 |
| Synopsis | 第6-10页 |
| Introduction | 第10-15页 |
| Chapter One Literature Review | 第15-32页 |
| ·Miscommunication | 第15-20页 |
| ·Definition of Miscommunication | 第15-17页 |
| ·Cross-gender Miscommunication | 第17-20页 |
| ·Speech Act Theory | 第20-23页 |
| ·Illocutionary Acts and Perlocutionary Acts | 第20-22页 |
| ·Direct and Indirect Speech Acts | 第22-23页 |
| ·A Feminist Perspective on Cross-gender Miscommunication | 第23-26页 |
| ·Women’s Position in Society | 第23-24页 |
| ·Influence of Feminism on Language | 第24-26页 |
| ·Related Studies Abroad | 第26-29页 |
| ·Related Studies in China | 第29-32页 |
| Chapter Two Methodology | 第32-40页 |
| ·Data Collection | 第32-33页 |
| ·The Birmingham School Discourse Analysis | 第33-35页 |
| ·The Cooperative Principle and the Politeness Principle | 第35-38页 |
| ·CDA Methods | 第38-40页 |
| Chapter Three Data Analysis and Implications | 第40-90页 |
| ·A Brief Introduction to Hills Like White Elephants | 第40-42页 |
| ·Process of Cross-gender Miscommunication | 第42-43页 |
| ·Causes of Cross-gender Miscommunication | 第43-62页 |
| ·Gender Difference in the Purposes of Talk | 第44-50页 |
| ·Gender Difference in the Styles of Talk | 第50-56页 |
| ·Gender Difference in the Contents of Talk | 第56-62页 |
| ·Areas of Potential Miscommunication | 第62-74页 |
| ·Minimal Responses | 第62-65页 |
| ·Questions | 第65-69页 |
| ·Topic Shift | 第69-72页 |
| ·Relevance between Utterances | 第72-74页 |
| ·Repairs in Cross-gender Miscommunication | 第74-80页 |
| ·Recognizing the Validity of Differences | 第75-77页 |
| ·Increasing Shared Knowledge | 第77-78页 |
| ·Reforming Language Use | 第78-80页 |
| ·Implications | 第80-90页 |
| ·Implications for Communication | 第80-82页 |
| ·Implications for the Appreciation of Literature | 第82-85页 |
| ·Implications for the Feminist Study | 第85-87页 |
| ·Implications for English Teaching | 第87-90页 |
| Conclusion | 第90-96页 |
| References | 第96-101页 |
| Appendix | 第101-108页 |
| 摘要 | 第108-112页 |
| Abstract | 第112-118页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第118-119页 |
| 导师及作者简介 | 第119页 |