| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第1-14页 |
| ·Research Background | 第8-11页 |
| ·Research Purpose and Procedures | 第11-13页 |
| ·Significance of the Study | 第13页 |
| ·Organization of theThesis | 第13-14页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第14-31页 |
| ·Variety, Standard Language, and Regional Dialect | 第14-16页 |
| ·An Overview of Language Attitudes (LA) Researches | 第16-24页 |
| ·LA and Measurement Techniques | 第16-19页 |
| ·LA Researches Home and Abroad via 'Matched-Guise Technique (MGT)' | 第19-22页 |
| ·Limitations of MGT | 第22-23页 |
| ·Recent Developments in LA Researches | 第23-24页 |
| ·An Overview of Speech Accommodation Theory (SAT) | 第24-31页 |
| ·Historical Development of SAT | 第24-26页 |
| ·Basic Speech Accommodation Strategies | 第26-27页 |
| ·Motivations for Convergence and Divergence | 第27-29页 |
| ·Social Identity and Intergroup Relations | 第29-31页 |
| Chapter 3 Research Methodology | 第31-40页 |
| ·The Present Research: a Comparative Study from a SAT Perspective | 第31-32页 |
| ·Research Questions and Instruments | 第32-37页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第32-33页 |
| ·The Questionnaire | 第33-37页 |
| ·The Bilingual Code-switching Paradigm | 第33-36页 |
| ·The Group Identification Scale | 第36-37页 |
| ·Participants, Sampling and Data Collection | 第37-38页 |
| ·Data Processing | 第38-40页 |
| Chapter 4 Results | 第40-55页 |
| ·Statistics Confirming the Respondents' Sichuan-native Identity | 第40-42页 |
| ·Evaluation Comparisons as an Overall Pattern | 第42-45页 |
| ·Evaluation Comparisons of the Three Dimensions | 第45-47页 |
| ·Evaluation Comparisons of Speeches at Each Conversation Turn | 第47-51页 |
| ·Evaluation Comparisons of Speeches in Each Conversation Type | 第51-55页 |
| Chapter 5 Discussion | 第55-66页 |
| ·Research Questions Revisited | 第55-62页 |
| ·The Overall Attitudes toward Sichuanhua and Putonghua | 第55-57页 |
| ·The Attitudes toward Speech Accommodation Strategies | 第57-60页 |
| ·Implications for the Intergroup Relations | 第60-62页 |
| ·Social Reasons for SNCS' LA and Intergroup Relations | 第62-66页 |
| Chapter 6 Conclusion | 第66-68页 |
| ·Major Findings of the Study | 第66-67页 |
| ·Limitations and Suggestions | 第67-68页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第68-69页 |
| Bibliography | 第69-78页 |
| Appendix Ⅰ Chinese Version of the Conversations | 第78-80页 |
| Appendix Ⅱ Questionnaire Part Ⅰ | 第80-81页 |
| Appendix Ⅲ Questionnaire Part Ⅱ | 第81-83页 |
| Appendix Ⅳ Example of Powerpoint File | 第83-85页 |
| Article Published | 第85页 |
