| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第1-4页 |
| Abstract | 第4-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-10页 |
| LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS | 第10-15页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第15-18页 |
| ·Research background | 第15-16页 |
| ·Research objectives | 第16页 |
| ·Research significance | 第16-17页 |
| ·Thesis structure | 第17-18页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第18-32页 |
| ·Introduction | 第18页 |
| ·Definition of evasive answer | 第18-21页 |
| ·Definition of evasive answer abroad | 第18-20页 |
| ·Definition of evasive answers at home | 第20-21页 |
| ·Classification of evasive answer | 第21-31页 |
| ·Classification of evasive answer abroad | 第21-29页 |
| ·Bull &Mayer’s functional approach | 第21-24页 |
| ·Galasinski’s semantic approach | 第24-28页 |
| ·Sociological approach | 第28-29页 |
| ·Classification of evasive strategies at home | 第29-30页 |
| ·Working classification of evasive answers | 第30-31页 |
| ·Summary | 第31-32页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Framework | 第32-45页 |
| ·Background of Verschuren’s Adaptation Theory | 第32-34页 |
| ·The Framework of Verschuren’s Adaptation Theory | 第34-37页 |
| ·Making choices | 第34-35页 |
| ·Three key notions | 第35-37页 |
| ·Variability | 第35-36页 |
| ·Negotiability | 第36页 |
| ·Adaptability | 第36-37页 |
| ·Four angles of pragmatic investigation | 第37-43页 |
| ·Contextual correlate of adaptability | 第37-40页 |
| ·Structural objects of adaptability | 第40页 |
| ·Dynamics of adaptability | 第40-41页 |
| ·Salience of the adaptation process | 第41-42页 |
| ·Summary | 第42-43页 |
| ·Conceptual framework for the present study | 第43-45页 |
| Chapter Four General Design of the Research | 第45-49页 |
| ·Introduction | 第45页 |
| ·Data collection | 第45页 |
| ·Research questions to answer | 第45-46页 |
| ·Research methodology | 第46-47页 |
| ·Research procedures | 第47-48页 |
| ·Summary | 第48-49页 |
| Chapter Five Adaptation of Evasive Answers at Press Conferences | 第49-62页 |
| ·Introduction | 第49页 |
| ·Adaptation of evasive answer at press conferences | 第49-57页 |
| ·Evasive answer as adaptation to the social world | 第49-53页 |
| ·Adaptation to the social setting | 第50-51页 |
| ·Adaptation to the cultural background | 第51-53页 |
| ·Evasive answer as adaptation to the mental world | 第53-56页 |
| ·Adaptation to the emotions | 第53-54页 |
| ·Adaptation to the motivation | 第54页 |
| ·Adaptation to the personalities | 第54-56页 |
| ·Evasive answer as adaptation to the physical world | 第56-57页 |
| ·Functions of evasive answers at press conferences | 第57-62页 |
| ·Withhold information | 第57-59页 |
| ·Minimizing the probability of potential conflict | 第59-60页 |
| ·Conveying positive image | 第60-62页 |
| Chapter Six A Contrastive Analysis of Evasive Answers at Press Conferences | 第62-91页 |
| ·Data analysis | 第62-63页 |
| ·Comtrastive of evasive strategies employed by CGOs and AGOs | 第63-81页 |
| ·Deferring the answer | 第64-65页 |
| ·Making political points | 第65-67页 |
| ·Asking others for the answer | 第67-68页 |
| ·Unwilling to answer | 第68-69页 |
| ·Refusal on grounds of inability | 第69-70页 |
| ·Ignoring the questions | 第70-72页 |
| ·Stating that the question has already been answered | 第72-74页 |
| ·Attacking the questions | 第74-78页 |
| ·Attacking the interviewers | 第78-79页 |
| ·Vague answers | 第79-80页 |
| ·Questioning the questions | 第80-81页 |
| ·Main factors influencing the different strategies | 第81-90页 |
| ·Rhetorical philosophy: harmony versus eloquence | 第81-84页 |
| ·Religious origin: Confucianism versus Christianity | 第84-87页 |
| ·Thinking pattern: spiral pattern versus linear pattern | 第87-90页 |
| ·Summary | 第90-91页 |
| Chapter Seven Conclusion | 第91-95页 |
| ·Major findings of the research | 第91-93页 |
| ·Implications of the research | 第93页 |
| ·Limitations of the research | 第93-94页 |
| ·Suggestions for future researches | 第94-95页 |
| Bibliography | 第95-100页 |
| 攻读硕士学位期间主要研究成果 | 第100-101页 |
