| Chapter One Introduction | 第1-15页 |
| ·General Introduction | 第9-10页 |
| ·Research questions | 第10-11页 |
| ·Rationale of the present study | 第11-13页 |
| ·Delimitations of the present study | 第13-14页 |
| ·Organization of the thesis | 第14-15页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第15-28页 |
| ·Meanings of "shifou" (是否) and the use of yes/no polar questions in Chinese communication | 第15-17页 |
| ·Overview of the studies on police interrogation | 第17-22页 |
| ·Research in China | 第17-20页 |
| ·Research overseas | 第20-22页 |
| ·Critique of the previous research on police interrogation | 第22-23页 |
| ·Overview of the Theory of Linguistic Adaptation | 第23-27页 |
| ·General Introduction of the Theory of Linguistic Adaptation | 第23-26页 |
| ·Application of the Theory of Linguistic Adaptation | 第26-27页 |
| ·Summary | 第27-28页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Framework | 第28-42页 |
| ·A further study of "shifou" (是否) -prefaced questions, and other subtypes of yes/no polar questions in ordinary Chinese communication | 第29-32页 |
| ·Theoretical framework of the present study | 第32-39页 |
| ·The theory of linguistic adaptation | 第33-35页 |
| ·Police interrogation as a realization of adaptation | 第35-39页 |
| ·Summary | 第39-42页 |
| Chapter Four Data Collection and Analysis | 第42-68页 |
| ·Introduction | 第42页 |
| ·Data and method | 第42-43页 |
| ·"Shifou" (是否) -prefaced questions and their variations in formal police interrogations | 第43-67页 |
| ·Frequency of "Shifou" (是否) -prefaced questions and their variations in formal police interrogations | 第44-47页 |
| ·"Shifou" (是否) -prefaced questions at sentential level in police interrogation | 第47-62页 |
| ·Adaptation to the physical world | 第48-53页 |
| ·Adaptation to the social world | 第53-58页 |
| ·Adaptation to the mental world | 第58-62页 |
| ·"Shifou"-prefaced questions at discoursal level in police interrogation | 第62-67页 |
| ·Summary | 第67-68页 |
| Chapter Five Findings and Conclusion | 第68-74页 |
| ·Summary of the findings | 第68-71页 |
| ·Theoretical and practical implications | 第71-72页 |
| ·Limitations of the present study | 第72-73页 |
| ·Suggestions for future research | 第73-74页 |
| References | 第74-77页 |
