| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第1-6页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第6-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-8页 |
| LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS | 第8-9页 |
| CONTENTS | 第9-11页 |
| CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION | 第11-17页 |
| ·RESEARCH MOTIVATIONS | 第11-13页 |
| ·RESEARCH SCOPE | 第13-14页 |
| ·Working definition of dialogue | 第13页 |
| ·The Age of Innocence and its two Chinese versions | 第13-14页 |
| ·RESEARCH QUESTIONS | 第14-15页 |
| ·RESEARCH METHODS | 第15页 |
| ·THESIS FABRIC | 第15-17页 |
| CHAPTER TWO LITERATURE REVIEW | 第17-23页 |
| ·REGISTER ANALYSIS AND TRANSLATION STUDIES | 第17-20页 |
| ·PREVIOUS STUDIES ON DIALOGUE TRANSLATION | 第20-22页 |
| ·Literary stylistics and aesthetic perspective | 第20页 |
| ·Ethnolinguistics perspective | 第20-21页 |
| ·Pragmatics perspective | 第21页 |
| ·Some intuitive remarks | 第21-22页 |
| ·PREVIOUS STUDIES ON THE TRANSLATIONS OF THE AGE OF INNOCENCE | 第22-23页 |
| CHAPTER THREE REGISTER THEORY AND DIALOGUE IN FICTION | 第23-37页 |
| ·REGISTER AND ITS THREE VARIABLES | 第23-31页 |
| ·The notion of register:narrow sense and broad sense | 第23-26页 |
| ·Field of discourse | 第26-28页 |
| ·Mode of discourse | 第28-29页 |
| ·Tenor of discourse | 第29-30页 |
| ·Interrelationship between the three variables | 第30-31页 |
| ·THE NATURE AND MAJOR FUNCTIONS OF DIALOGUE | 第31-32页 |
| ·Revealing characters | 第31页 |
| ·Advancing plot | 第31-32页 |
| ·Attracting readers | 第32页 |
| ·REGISTFR ANALYSIS IN DIALOGUE | 第32-37页 |
| ·Identifying the personality of characters | 第33-34页 |
| ·Locating the intimacy level between characters | 第34-35页 |
| ·Pinpointing the attitude and feeling of characters | 第35-37页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR REGISTER ANALYSIS APPLIED TO DIALOGUE TRANSLATION IN THE AGE OF INNOCENCE | 第37-69页 |
| ·AN OVERVIEW OF THE AGE OF INNOCENCE | 第38-40页 |
| ·The plot | 第38-39页 |
| ·General features of dialogue in the Age of Innocence | 第39-40页 |
| ·REGISTER ANALYSIS IDENTIFYING THE PERSONALITY OF CHARACTERS | 第40-51页 |
| ·The vulgar,dominating nature of Mrs.Manson Mingott | 第40-46页 |
| ·The solemn,indifferent nature of Mr.Letterblair | 第46-51页 |
| ·REGISTER ANALYSIS LOCATING THE INTIMACY LEVEL BETWEEN CHARACTERS | 第51-62页 |
| ·The increasing intimacy level between Newland and Ellen | 第51-58页 |
| ·The high intimacy level between family members | 第58-61页 |
| ·The low intimacy level between colleagues | 第61-62页 |
| ·REGISTER ANALYSIS PINPOINTING THE ATTITUDE AND FEELING OF CHARACTERS | 第62-69页 |
| ·The humorous effect | 第63-65页 |
| ·The satirical effect | 第65-66页 |
| ·Other artistic effects | 第66-69页 |
| CHAPTER FIVE CONCLUSION | 第69-71页 |
| ·ANSWERS TO THE RESEARCH QUESTIONS AND MAJOR FINDINGS | 第69-70页 |
| ·LIMITATIONS AND SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER RESEARCH | 第70-71页 |
| REFERENCES | 第71-75页 |
