| 摘要 | 第1-4页 |
| Abstract | 第4-7页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第7-11页 |
| ·Purpose and Significance of Study | 第7页 |
| ·Data Collection and Research Method | 第7-8页 |
| ·Composition of This Thesis | 第8-11页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第11-21页 |
| ·A Brief Introduction of Conversation Analysis | 第11-12页 |
| ·The History of Conversation Analysis | 第12-13页 |
| ·Theories of Conversation Analysis | 第13-16页 |
| ·Turn Taking Theory | 第13-14页 |
| ·Conversational Structure | 第14-16页 |
| ·Adjacency Pair | 第14-15页 |
| ·Politeness Theory | 第15-16页 |
| ·Research on Institutional Talk and TV Interview | 第16-21页 |
| Chapter Three A Contrastive Analysis of Chinese and American TV Interviews .. | 第21-51页 |
| ·Opening and Closing | 第21-30页 |
| ·The Openings | 第21-27页 |
| ·The Opening Sequence | 第21-23页 |
| ·The Opening Sequence in American Context | 第22-23页 |
| ·The Opening Sequence in Chinese Context | 第23页 |
| ·Introducing the Interviewee | 第23-27页 |
| ·Introducing the Interviewee in American Context | 第24-26页 |
| ·Introducing the interviewee in Chinese Context | 第26-27页 |
| ·The Closings | 第27-30页 |
| ·The Closings in American Context | 第28页 |
| ·The Closings in Chinese Context | 第28-30页 |
| ·Turn-taking | 第30-44页 |
| ·Rules of Turn-taking | 第30-38页 |
| ·Rules of Turn-taking in American Context | 第31-34页 |
| ·Rules of Turn-taking in Chinese Context | 第34-38页 |
| ·The Strategies of Turn Management | 第38-44页 |
| ·Turn-management in American Context | 第38-40页 |
| ·Turn-management in Chinese Context | 第40-44页 |
| ·Adjacency Pairs | 第44-51页 |
| ·Adjacency Pair in American Context | 第44-47页 |
| ·Adjacency Pair in Chinese Context | 第47-51页 |
| Chapter Four The Influence of Culture | 第51-56页 |
| ·The Basic Values of Chinese and American cultures | 第51-52页 |
| ·Two TV Interviews Restricted by Different Cultures | 第52-56页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第56-62页 |
| ·Major Findings | 第56-59页 |
| ·Recommendations | 第59-62页 |
| Acknowledgement | 第62-64页 |
| Bibliography | 第64-68页 |
| Publications | 第68-69页 |
