| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-9页 |
| Contents | 第9-12页 |
| A List of Tables and Figures | 第12-13页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第13-18页 |
| ·General Background | 第13-14页 |
| ·Necessity of the Study | 第14-15页 |
| ·Purposes of the Study | 第15-16页 |
| ·Notes on Methodology and Data | 第16-17页 |
| ·Structure of the Thesis | 第17-18页 |
| Chapter Two A Review of Related Studies | 第18-27页 |
| ·Introduction | 第18页 |
| ·Previous Studies on Overinformativeness | 第18-25页 |
| ·Previous Studies on Overinformativeness Abroad | 第18-23页 |
| ·The Initiator's Overinformativeness | 第18-20页 |
| ·The Responder's Overinformativeness | 第20-23页 |
| ·Previous Studies on Overinformativeness at Home | 第23-25页 |
| ·Comments on the Previous Studies: Achievements and Limitations | 第25-27页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Framework | 第27-39页 |
| ·Introduction | 第27页 |
| ·Verschueren's Linguistic Adaptation Theory | 第27-33页 |
| ·Pragmatics as a Functional Perspective on Language Use | 第27-28页 |
| ·Three Properties of Language Use in Linguistic Adaptation Theory | 第28-31页 |
| ·Four Angles of Investigation in Adaptation Theory | 第31-33页 |
| ·A General Picture of Overinformativeness in Talk Show Programs | 第33-34页 |
| ·Definition of Overinformativeness | 第33-34页 |
| ·Overinformativeness as the Production of Adaptation | 第34页 |
| ·Description of the Conceptual Framework | 第34-39页 |
| Chapter Four Generative Mechanism, Classification and Functions ofOverinformativeness in Talk Show Programs | 第39-64页 |
| ·Introduction | 第39页 |
| ·Adaptability of Overinformativeness in Talk Show Programs | 第39-48页 |
| ·Notion of Adaptability | 第40页 |
| ·Adaptation to Communicative Needs | 第40-42页 |
| ·Adaptation to Contextual Correlates | 第42-48页 |
| ·Physical World to Which Overinformative Utterance Adapts | 第43页 |
| ·Social World to Which Overinformative Utterance Adapts | 第43-46页 |
| ·Mental World to Which Overinformative Utterance Adapts | 第46-48页 |
| ·Variability of Overinformativeness in Talk Show Programs | 第48-56页 |
| ·Notion of Variability | 第48-49页 |
| ·Major Dimensions of Overinformativeness | 第49-56页 |
| ·Propositional Content | 第49-55页 |
| ·A Head Act+Grounding Act(s) | 第50-51页 |
| ·A Head Act+Expanding Act(s) | 第51-52页 |
| ·A Head Act+Attitude Expressing Act(s) | 第52-53页 |
| ·A Head Act+Defending Act(s) | 第53-54页 |
| ·A Head Act+Self-repairing Act(s) | 第54-55页 |
| ·Information Quantity | 第55-56页 |
| ·Functionality of Overinformativeness in Talk Show Programs | 第56-63页 |
| ·Notion of Functionality | 第56-58页 |
| ·Macro-functions of the Overinformativeness:Keeps Conversation Going on | 第58-60页 |
| ·Reinforcing Interactional Harmony | 第58-59页 |
| ·Raising Interactional Efficiency | 第59-60页 |
| ·Micro-functions of the Overinformativeness:Maintaining Interpersonal Relationship | 第60-63页 |
| ·Constructing Self-images | 第61-62页 |
| ·Mitigating Face Threat to Others | 第62-63页 |
| ·Summary | 第63-64页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第64-68页 |
| ·Introduction | 第64页 |
| ·Major Findings of the Study | 第64-66页 |
| ·Significance of the Study | 第66页 |
| ·Limitation of the Study | 第66-68页 |
| References | 第68-71页 |
| Publications | 第71页 |
