| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第1-9页 |
| Abstract | 第9-11页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第11-13页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第13-21页 |
| ·Introduction | 第13-15页 |
| ·The Rationale of the Present Study | 第15-17页 |
| ·Problems with the Existing Studies | 第17页 |
| ·The Objectives of the Present Study | 第17-19页 |
| ·Research Methodology and Data Collection | 第19-20页 |
| ·Outline of the Thesis | 第20-21页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第21-35页 |
| ·Studies on Gender-Differentiated Language | 第21-30页 |
| ·History | 第21-22页 |
| ·Studies on Gender-Differentiated Language Behavior | 第22-26页 |
| ·Theoretical Grounding in Linguistic Gender Research | 第26-28页 |
| ·Studies on Sexist Language | 第28-29页 |
| ·Studies on Gender Differential Language of Children | 第29-30页 |
| ·Studies on Peer Interactions of Children and Child Behavior | 第30-34页 |
| ·Studies on Peer Groups of Children | 第31-32页 |
| ·Studies on Sex Segregation of Children's Peer Groups and Their Gender-Related Behaviors | 第32-33页 |
| ·Features of Children's Peer Groups in China | 第33-34页 |
| ·Specialty of the Present Study | 第34-35页 |
| Chapter Three A Description of the Conceptual Framework | 第35-43页 |
| ·Discussion of the Basis of the Framework | 第35-41页 |
| ·Ervin-Tripp's "effective power" and Its Relationship with "control acts" | 第35-36页 |
| ·Tannen's "the ambiguity and polysemy of power and solidarity" | 第36-39页 |
| ·Austin's "speech act theory" and Related Notions | 第39-40页 |
| ·Fairclough's "power in discourse" | 第40-41页 |
| ·The Conceptual Framework of the Present Study | 第41-43页 |
| Chapter Four Analysis | 第43-69页 |
| ·Study 1 | 第43-57页 |
| ·Method | 第43-51页 |
| ·Discussion | 第51-57页 |
| ·Study 2 | 第57-69页 |
| ·Method | 第58-64页 |
| ·Discussion: | 第64-69页 |
| Chapter Five Couelusion | 第69-72页 |
| ·Major Findings | 第69-70页 |
| ·Limitations and Future Directions | 第70-72页 |
| Bibliography | 第72-82页 |
| 个人简况及联系方式 | 第82-83页 |
