| ABSTRACT | 第1-9页 |
| 摘要 | 第9-10页 |
| INTRODUCTION | 第10-14页 |
| CHAPTER ONE LITERATURE REVIEW | 第14-25页 |
| ·THE STUDY OF GENDER DIFFERENCES IN VERBAL COMMUNICATION IN THE WEST . | 第14-21页 |
| ·THE STUDY OF GENDER DIFFERENCES IN VERBAL COMMUNICATION IN CHINA | 第21-25页 |
| CHAPTER TWO A THEORETICAL CONSIDERATION | 第25-36页 |
| ·LANGUAGE AND CULTURE | 第25-27页 |
| ·LANGUAGE AND SOCIETY | 第27-29页 |
| ·LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATION | 第29-30页 |
| ·SEX AND GENDER | 第30-32页 |
| ·THE PRESENTATION OF GENDER DIFFERENCES | 第32-34页 |
| ·GENDER DIFFERENCES AND VERBAL COMMUNICATION | 第34-36页 |
| CHAPTER THREE AN INVESTIGATION OF GENDER DIFFERENCES IN CHINESE VERBAL COMMUNICATION | 第36-51页 |
| ·METHODOLOGY | 第36-40页 |
| ·Research questions | 第36-37页 |
| ·Samples | 第37-38页 |
| ·Instrument | 第38-39页 |
| ·Data collection | 第39-40页 |
| ·Data analysis | 第40页 |
| ·THE RESULTS | 第40-44页 |
| ·Gender differences in Chinese verbal communication on topics | 第40-41页 |
| ·Gender differences in Chinese verbal communication on interruption | 第41-42页 |
| ·Gender differences in Chinese verbal communication on overlap | 第42-43页 |
| ·Gender differences in Chinese verbal communication on asking question . | 第43-44页 |
| ·THE ANALYSIS | 第44-49页 |
| ·The gender differences in Chinese verbal communication on topics | 第44-45页 |
| ·The gender differences in Chinese verbal communication on interruption. | 第45-46页 |
| ·The gender differences in Chinese verbal communication on overlap | 第46-48页 |
| ·The gender differences in Chinese verbal communication on asking questions | 第48-49页 |
| ·SUMMARY | 第49-51页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR THE CAUSES OF THE IDENTIFIED GENDER DIFFERENCES AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS FOR CROSSCULTURAL COMMUNICATION | 第51-63页 |
| ·THE CAUSES OF THE IDENTIFIED GENDER DIFFERENCES | 第51-53页 |
| ·The physical and psychological factors | 第51-52页 |
| ·The historical factors | 第52页 |
| ·The social and cultural factors | 第52-53页 |
| ·THE IMPLICATIONS OF GENDER DIFFERENCES FOR CROSSCULTURAL COMMUNICATION | 第53-63页 |
| ·The guidelines of mixed-gender communication | 第54-55页 |
| ·The techniques to solve communication failure in cross-gender conversations | 第55-63页 |
| CONCLUSION | 第63-65页 |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | 第65-71页 |
| APPENDIX | 第71-83页 |
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENT | 第83-84页 |
| PAPERS PUBLISHED | 第84页 |
