| Declaration | 第1-4页 |
| Abstract | 第4-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-6页 |
| List of Figures and Tables | 第6-7页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第7-8页 |
| Abbreviations | 第8-9页 |
| Table of Contents | 第9-12页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第12-17页 |
| ·Introduction | 第12页 |
| ·Delimitation of repetition in the present Study | 第12-13页 |
| ·Rationale of the present study | 第13-14页 |
| ·Objective of the present study | 第14页 |
| ·Research questions | 第14页 |
| ·Notes on data and methodology | 第14-15页 |
| ·Outline of the study | 第15-17页 |
| Chapter 2 Review of Relevant Literature | 第17-27页 |
| ·Introduction | 第17页 |
| ·Previous studies on courtroom language | 第17-18页 |
| ·Previous studies on repetition | 第18-23页 |
| ·Definition of repetition | 第18页 |
| ·Typical classification of repetition | 第18-21页 |
| ·Previous linguistic studies on repetition | 第21-23页 |
| ·Psychological approach | 第21-22页 |
| ·Textual approach | 第22页 |
| ·Pragmatic approach | 第22-23页 |
| ·Discourse analysis approach | 第23页 |
| ·Classroom teaching approach | 第23页 |
| ·Previous studies on language repetition in courtroom setting | 第23-25页 |
| ·Summary | 第25-27页 |
| Chapter 3 Theoretical framework | 第27-39页 |
| ·Introduction | 第27页 |
| ·Analytical way of repetition | 第27页 |
| ·Theoretical background of the present approach | 第27-34页 |
| ·Courtroom context and power distribution | 第34-37页 |
| ·Analytical Framework | 第37-38页 |
| ·Summary | 第38-39页 |
| Chapter 4 Identification of courtroom repetition | 第39-53页 |
| ·Introduction | 第39页 |
| ·Context-determined types of courtroom repetition | 第39-43页 |
| ·Question repetition | 第40-41页 |
| ·Response repetition | 第41-42页 |
| ·Self-repetition | 第42-43页 |
| ·Immediate repetition | 第42页 |
| ·Intermittent repetition | 第42-43页 |
| ·Form-determined types of courtroom repetition | 第43-46页 |
| ·Lexical repetition | 第43-44页 |
| ·Syntactic repetition | 第44-45页 |
| ·Discoursal repetition | 第45-46页 |
| ·Repetition types from speech act perspective | 第46-49页 |
| ·Locutionary+illocutionary | 第47页 |
| ·Illocutionary +illocutionary | 第47-48页 |
| ·(Ineffective) Perlocutionary (— illocutionary) +perlocutionary | 第48页 |
| ·Locutionary +locutionary | 第48-49页 |
| ·Distribution of courtroom repetition | 第49-50页 |
| ·Features of courtroom repetition | 第50-51页 |
| ·Summary | 第51-53页 |
| Chapter 5 Interpretation of courtroom repetition | 第53-61页 |
| ·Introduction | 第53页 |
| ·Sample interpretation of courtroom repetition with Slot's scheme | 第53-54页 |
| ·The interpretation stage of courtroom repetition | 第54-57页 |
| ·The conventional implication substage | 第55-57页 |
| ·The contextual implication substage | 第57页 |
| ·Contextual clues in the process of interpretation | 第57-60页 |
| ·Participants' relationship—cooperation or adversary | 第58页 |
| ·Power difference between participants | 第58-59页 |
| ·Education background | 第59页 |
| ·Other factors | 第59-60页 |
| ·Summary | 第60-61页 |
| Chapter 6 Responses to repetition and pragmatic functions of courtroom repetition | 第61-76页 |
| ·Introduction | 第61-62页 |
| ·Responses to repetition speech act in the courtroom setting | 第62-66页 |
| ·Repetition with relevant response | 第62-65页 |
| ·Repetition with no relevant response | 第65-66页 |
| ·Pragmatic functions of courtroom repetition | 第66-74页 |
| ·Emphatic repetition | 第66-67页 |
| ·Thematic repetition | 第67-68页 |
| ·Artistic repetition | 第68-69页 |
| ·Persuasive repetition | 第69页 |
| ·Interactional function | 第69-73页 |
| ·Functions of each type of repetition | 第73-74页 |
| ·Summary | 第74-76页 |
| Chapter 7 Conclusion | 第76-80页 |
| ·Introduction | 第76页 |
| ·Summary of the findings | 第76-78页 |
| ·Implications | 第78页 |
| ·Limitations of this study | 第78-79页 |
| ·Suggestions for future research | 第79-80页 |
| Appendix A Translation of the Chinese Data | 第80-86页 |
| Appendix B Data Used in the Present Research | 第86-87页 |
| References | 第87-88页 |
