| Acknowledgements | 第1-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-9页 |
| 内容摘要 | 第9-10页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第10-14页 |
| ·Background to the Study | 第10-12页 |
| ·Theoretical Assumptions on Language and Thought | 第10-11页 |
| ·Characteristics of Doctor-patient Communication | 第11-12页 |
| ·Significance of the Study | 第12页 |
| ·Research Purpose | 第12-13页 |
| ·Organization of the Thesis | 第13-14页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第14-39页 |
| ·The Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis | 第14-24页 |
| ·Preliminary Notions about the Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis | 第14-15页 |
| ·Elaborations on Linguistic Relativity | 第15-17页 |
| ·Experiments on Linguistic Relativity | 第17-24页 |
| ·Color Terms and Memory | 第17-21页 |
| ·Spatial and Temporal Metaphors | 第21-23页 |
| ·Whorf Effect in the Left and Right Cerebral Hemispheres | 第23-24页 |
| ·Cognitive Hypothesis:Vygotsky on the Interdependence of Speech and Thought | 第24-27页 |
| ·Stages of Development | 第25-26页 |
| ·Development of Thought and Internalization of Speech | 第26-27页 |
| ·Chomsky's Nativism and Mentalese Theory | 第27-36页 |
| ·Chomsky's Nativism | 第27-30页 |
| ·Language of Thought Hypothesis | 第30-32页 |
| ·Pinker's Mentalese Theory | 第32-36页 |
| ·Existence of Non-verbal Thought | 第32-33页 |
| ·Defects of Natural Language as a Medium of Thought | 第33-35页 |
| ·The Mentalese Hypothesis | 第35-36页 |
| ·Doctor-patient Conversation | 第36-38页 |
| ·The Medical (macro) Approaches | 第37-38页 |
| ·The Linguistic (micro) Approaches | 第38页 |
| ·Summary | 第38-39页 |
| Chapter Three Methodology | 第39-43页 |
| ·Research Purpose | 第39-40页 |
| ·Participants | 第40页 |
| ·Research Methods | 第40-41页 |
| ·Procedure | 第41-43页 |
| Chapter Four Results and Discussions | 第43-50页 |
| ·The Language Structure and Thought Pattern of the Doctor as a Doctor | 第43-46页 |
| ·Doctor's Questions and Requests of His Patients | 第43-44页 |
| ·Distrust from Patients | 第44-45页 |
| ·Medical Jargon | 第45-46页 |
| ·Common Ground Between the Doctor (as a Patient) and Their Doctor | 第46-47页 |
| ·Doctor-patient Communication about Drugs and Shared Decision Making | 第47-48页 |
| ·Summary | 第48-50页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第50-53页 |
| ·Major Findings and Implications of the Study | 第50-51页 |
| ·Implications for Psycholinguistists | 第50-51页 |
| ·Implications for Medical Personnel | 第51页 |
| ·Limitations and Prospects for Further Research | 第51-53页 |
| Bibliography | 第53-60页 |
| 附录1 问卷 | 第60-62页 |
| 附录2 采访资料 | 第62-64页 |
