| Acknowledgements | 第1-4页 |
| ABSTRACTS | 第4-8页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第8-18页 |
| ·On English TV Talk Programs | 第8-12页 |
| ·The Definition Of TV Talk Programs | 第8页 |
| ·The History of English TV Talk Programs | 第8-10页 |
| ·The Category and Features of English TV Talk programs | 第10-12页 |
| ·On the Openings and Closings of English TV Talk Programs | 第12-13页 |
| ·The Rationale for the Research | 第13-15页 |
| ·The Objective of the Research | 第15-16页 |
| ·The Corpus | 第16-18页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第18-36页 |
| 2 1 Studies of English Talk programs in the Field of Mass Communication and Linguistics | 第18-20页 |
| ·On Genre | 第20-23页 |
| ·Historical Understanding | 第20-21页 |
| ·Modern Definition | 第21-23页 |
| ·The Opening and Closing of TV Talk Programs as a Spoken Genre | 第23-24页 |
| ·Different Approaches to Genre Analysis and the Theoretical Frame for the Research | 第24-31页 |
| ·Genre Analysis in Folklore Studies | 第24页 |
| ·Systemic-functional Approach | 第24-27页 |
| ·English for Specific Purpose | 第27-31页 |
| ·Swale's Model | 第28-29页 |
| ·Bhatia's Model | 第29-31页 |
| ·New Rhetoric | 第31-32页 |
| ·Theoretical Frame for the Present Paper | 第32-36页 |
| Chapter 3 Linguistic Features and Function of the Opening and Closing of the talk show | 第36-62页 |
| ·The Interpersonal Function of Openings and Closings of English Talk Programs | 第37-47页 |
| ·Relationship and the Vocative Forms | 第37-40页 |
| ·Relationship and the Appraised words | 第40-42页 |
| ·Relationship and the Pronoun 'We Us You' | 第42-44页 |
| ·Relationship and the Abnormal Use of 'That' 'This' 'He' | 第44-45页 |
| ·Relationship and Humourous words | 第45-47页 |
| ·The Interpersonal Function of the Closings | 第47页 |
| ·The Linguistic Features and the Ideational Function of the Opening Phase | 第47-56页 |
| ·The Descriptive Words and the Ideational Function of the Opening Phase | 第48-49页 |
| ·Types of Sentenccs and the Ideational Function | 第49-52页 |
| ·Tense and the Ideational Function of the Openings | 第52-53页 |
| ·Voice and the Ideational Function of the Openings | 第53-54页 |
| ·Words Choice and Ideational Function of the Openings | 第54-56页 |
| ·Other Linguistic Ways and Ideational Function in the Openings | 第56页 |
| ·Comparative Linguistic Analysis of the Openings of English TV Talk Programs | 第56-62页 |
| ·The Comparative Linguistic Analysis of the Openings in the Same Programs | 第57-59页 |
| ·Comparative Analysis of the Linguistic Features among Different Talk Programs | 第59-62页 |
| Chapter 4 Cognitive Construction of the Closings and Openings of English TV Talk Programs | 第62-78页 |
| ·Identification of the Moves of the Openings | 第62-73页 |
| ·Identification of the Moves of the Closings | 第73-78页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusions | 第78-83页 |
| ·Findings | 第78-79页 |
| ·Implications of the Study | 第79-81页 |
| ·Suggestions for the Further Study | 第81-83页 |
| Bibliography | 第83-87页 |
| Appendixes | 第87-93页 |
| Appendix Ⅰ Statistics of Move Elements in the Opening | 第87-88页 |
| Appendix Ⅱ Statistics of the MS Elements in the Closing | 第88-90页 |
| Appendix Ⅲ Statistics for the Number of Sentences in the Openings of English TV TalkPrograms | 第90页 |
| Appendix Ⅴ The Samples of the Openings and closings in the corpus | 第90-93页 |