| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract (English) | 第5-6页 |
| Abstract (Chinese) | 第6-9页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第9-16页 |
| ·Literature Review | 第9-13页 |
| ·Theatre of the Absurd | 第9-12页 |
| ·Harold Pinter and the The Birthday Party | 第12-13页 |
| ·Objectives & Organization | 第13-16页 |
| Chapter Two Theoretical Framework | 第16-24页 |
| ·Conversational Analysis | 第16-18页 |
| ·Turn-Taking Organization | 第16-17页 |
| ·Sequence Organization | 第17-18页 |
| ·Speech Act Theory | 第18-21页 |
| ·Locutionary Act, Illocutionary Act & Perlocutionary Act | 第19-20页 |
| ·Direct Speech Act & Indirect Speech Act | 第20-21页 |
| ·Conversational Implicature | 第21-24页 |
| ·Grice’s Maxims | 第21-22页 |
| ·Cooperative Principle | 第22-24页 |
| Chapter Three False Participation in Act I: Conversational Analysis | 第24-36页 |
| ·From the Perspective of Turn-Taking Organization | 第25-31页 |
| ·Turn-Taking Options & Turn-Taking Strategies | 第27-28页 |
| ·Turn Distribution & Turn Length | 第28-30页 |
| ·Turn Sequencing | 第30-31页 |
| ·From the Perspective of Significance of Silence | 第31-33页 |
| ·False Participation in Act I | 第33-36页 |
| Chapter Four Evasion of Communication in Act II: a Perspective from Conversational Implicature Approach | 第36-41页 |
| ·From the Perspective of Grice’s Maxims | 第37-39页 |
| ·Quantity: Repetiveness | 第37-38页 |
| ·Quality: Incoherence | 第38页 |
| ·Manner: Lack of Logic or Grammar | 第38-39页 |
| ·Evasion of Communication in Act II | 第39-41页 |
| Chapter Five Overwhelming Manipulation in Act III: a Perspective from Speech Act Theory | 第41-52页 |
| ·From the Perspective of Felicity Conditions | 第42-48页 |
| ·Felicity Conditions of Decision-Making in Goldberg-McCann’s Partnership | 第45-47页 |
| ·Felicity Conditions of Stanley’s Leave vs. Stanley’s Stay | 第47-48页 |
| ·From the Perspective of Direct Speech Act & Indirect Speech Act | 第48-49页 |
| ·Overwhelming Manipulation in Act III | 第49-52页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第52-54页 |
| Bibliography | 第54-58页 |
| Appendix | 第58-64页 |
