| Abstract | 第1-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-11页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第11-16页 |
| ·Research background | 第11-13页 |
| ·Research objectives | 第13-14页 |
| ·Research focus | 第14-15页 |
| ·Research methods and data source | 第15-16页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第16-37页 |
| ·Studies of language variation | 第16-32页 |
| ·From the perspective of stylistics | 第17-22页 |
| ·Lexical variation | 第17-18页 |
| ·Grammatical variation | 第18-19页 |
| ·Phonological variation | 第19页 |
| ·Graphological variation | 第19-20页 |
| ·Semantic variation | 第20页 |
| ·Variation of register | 第20-21页 |
| ·Dialect-oriented variation | 第21-22页 |
| ·Variation of historical period | 第22页 |
| ·From the perspective of rhetoric | 第22-27页 |
| ·From the perspective of sociolinguistics | 第27-32页 |
| ·Foreign research status | 第27-30页 |
| ·Domestic research status | 第30-32页 |
| ·Studies of The Marginalia of Life | 第32-37页 |
| ·From the perspective of literature | 第32-33页 |
| ·From the perspective of linguistics | 第33-35页 |
| ·From the perspective of stylistics | 第35-37页 |
| Chapter 3 Theoretical Framework | 第37-51页 |
| ·Adaptation theory | 第38-44页 |
| ·Adaptation theory as a functional perspective | 第38-41页 |
| ·Variability, negotiability and adaptability | 第41-44页 |
| ·Two angles of adaptability used in this thesis | 第44-51页 |
| ·Contextual adaptation | 第45-49页 |
| ·Linguistic structural adaptation | 第49-51页 |
| Chapter 4 Language Variation in The Marginalia of Life for Linguistic Structure Adaptation | 第51-65页 |
| ·Lexical variation in The Marginalia of Life | 第51-59页 |
| ·Lexical form variation | 第51-54页 |
| ·Lexical meaning variation | 第54-56页 |
| ·Lexical attribute variation | 第56-59页 |
| ·Syntactical variation in The Marginalia of Life | 第59-64页 |
| ·Frequency repetition variation | 第59-61页 |
| ·Construction ellipsis variation | 第61-63页 |
| ·Paradox rhetoric variation | 第63-64页 |
| Summary | 第64-65页 |
| Chapter 5 Language Variation in The Marginalia of Life for Context Adaptation | 第65-82页 |
| ·Adaptation to the physical world in The Marginalia of Life | 第65-70页 |
| ·Adaptation in Devil’s Night Interview with Mr Qian | 第66-67页 |
| ·Adaptation in About Eating | 第67-69页 |
| ·Adaptation in On Reading Aesop’s Fables & On Humor | 第69-70页 |
| ·Adaptation to the mental world in The Marginalia of Life | 第70-76页 |
| ·Adaptation in On Literati | 第71-73页 |
| ·Adaptation in Talking about Lessons | 第73-75页 |
| ·Adaptation in On Happy | 第75-76页 |
| ·Adaptation to the social world in The Marginalia of Life | 第76-81页 |
| ·Adaptation in One Bias & On Literati | 第77-78页 |
| ·Adaptation in Explanation on Illiteracy | 第78-80页 |
| ·Adaptation in On Humor & On Reading Aesop’s Fables | 第80-81页 |
| Summary | 第81-82页 |
| Chapter 6 Conclusion | 第82-85页 |
| ·Findings of the study | 第82-84页 |
| ·Limitations and suggestions for further research of the study | 第84-85页 |
| Bibliography | 第85-90页 |
| 攻读硕士学位期间主要科研成果 | 第90-91页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第91页 |
