| 摘要 | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-8页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第8-11页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第11-15页 |
| ·Introduction | 第11-12页 |
| ·The Rationale of the Study | 第12-14页 |
| ·Outline of the Thesis | 第14-15页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review of Telephone Conversation Research | 第15-20页 |
| ·The Study of Opening of Telephone Conversation | 第15-17页 |
| ·Other Language Study of Opening | 第15-16页 |
| ·Chinese Study of Opening | 第16-17页 |
| ·The Study of Closing of Telephone Conversation | 第17-19页 |
| ·Other Language Study of Closing | 第17-18页 |
| ·Chinese Study of Closing | 第18-19页 |
| ·Overall View on the Study of Opening and Closing | 第19-20页 |
| Chapter 3 On Phone Variation from the Perspective of Language Economy | 第20-26页 |
| ·Telephone Variation Study | 第20-21页 |
| ·The Economy of language | 第21-24页 |
| ·Linguistic Theories on Language Economy | 第21-23页 |
| ·Representations on Language Economy | 第23-24页 |
| ·The Research Method and Data Collection | 第24-26页 |
| ·Research Method | 第24页 |
| ·Data Collection | 第24-26页 |
| Chapter 4 The Economy of Language in Phone Opening Variation | 第26-37页 |
| ·The Recurrent Patterns of Opening Section | 第26-28页 |
| ·The Varieties in Opening and Analysis by the Language Economy | 第28-37页 |
| ·The Omission of Summon-answer Sequence | 第28-31页 |
| ·The Omission of Identification-recognition Sequence | 第31-33页 |
| ·The Omission of Greeting Sequence and Initial Inquiries | 第33-37页 |
| Chapter 5 The Economy of Language in Phone Closing Variation | 第37-48页 |
| ·The Recurrent Patterns of Closing Section | 第37-39页 |
| ·The Varieties in Closing and Analysis by the Language Economy | 第39-48页 |
| ·The Omission of Topic Bounding Sequence | 第39-41页 |
| ·The Omission of Closing Sequence | 第41-45页 |
| ·The Omission of Pre-closing Sequence and Closing Sequence | 第45-48页 |
| Chapter 6 Conclusion | 第48-51页 |
| ·Introduction | 第48页 |
| ·Major Findings | 第48-49页 |
| ·Limitations | 第49-51页 |
| Works Cited | 第51-53页 |
| Bibliography | 第53-55页 |
