| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract (English) | 第5-7页 |
| Abstract (Chinese) | 第7-8页 |
| Contents (English) | 第8-11页 |
| Contents (Chinese) | 第11-14页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第14-18页 |
| ·Introduction | 第14页 |
| ·The rationale of the present study | 第14-15页 |
| ·The problems with the existing studies | 第15-16页 |
| ·The Objectives of the present study | 第16页 |
| ·Research methodology and Data collection | 第16-17页 |
| ·Outline of the Thesis | 第17-18页 |
| Chapter Two A Review of the Relevant Literature | 第18-26页 |
| ·Introduction | 第18页 |
| ·Definition of conflict talk and related concepts | 第18-20页 |
| ·Definition of argument | 第18-19页 |
| ·Definition of dispute | 第19页 |
| ·Definition of conflict talk | 第19-20页 |
| ·Approaches to the analysis of conflict talk | 第20-24页 |
| ·The Ethnomethodological Approach | 第20-22页 |
| ·The Interactional Sociolinguistic Approach | 第22-23页 |
| ·The Pragmatic Approach | 第23-24页 |
| ·The perspective of the present study | 第24页 |
| ·Summary | 第24-26页 |
| Chapter Three Description of the Conceptual Framework | 第26-34页 |
| ·Introduction | 第26页 |
| ·Verschueren's linguistic adaptation theory | 第26-30页 |
| ·Language use is actually the continuous making of linguistic choices | 第27页 |
| ·Three key notions of language use | 第27-28页 |
| ·Four angles of adaptability | 第28-30页 |
| ·The framework of the present study | 第30-33页 |
| ·Three properties of conflict talk | 第30-32页 |
| ·The model of conflict talk as failure of adaptability | 第32-33页 |
| ·Summary | 第33-34页 |
| Chapter Four The Analysis of Conflict talk | 第34-51页 |
| ·Introduction | 第34页 |
| ·Conflict talk as failure to make adaptation to physical world | 第34-37页 |
| ·Failure to make adaptation to time | 第34-35页 |
| ·Failure to make adaptation to space | 第35-36页 |
| ·Failure to make adaptation to nonverbal factors | 第36-37页 |
| ·Conflict talk as failure to make adaptation to social world | 第37-47页 |
| ·Failure to make adaptation to cultural factors | 第38-42页 |
| ·Failure to make adaptation to other social world dimensions | 第42-47页 |
| ·Conflict talk as failure to make adaptation to mental world | 第47-50页 |
| ·Failure to make adaptation to motivations | 第47-48页 |
| ·Failure to make adaptation to wishes | 第48-50页 |
| ·Summary | 第50-51页 |
| Chapter Five The Social Significance of the Study on Conflict Talk | 第51-58页 |
| ·Introduction | 第51页 |
| ·Mitigation and termination of conflict talk | 第51-52页 |
| ·The effects of conflict Talk | 第52-54页 |
| ·Convergence | 第53-54页 |
| ·Divergence | 第54页 |
| ·The social significance of the study on conflict talk | 第54-57页 |
| ·Inherit and carry forward Chinese traditional culture | 第54-55页 |
| ·Promote the construction of a socialist harmonious society | 第55-57页 |
| ·Summary | 第57-58页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第58-61页 |
| ·Introduction | 第58页 |
| ·Major findings in the present study | 第58-59页 |
| ·Limitations of the present study | 第59-60页 |
| ·Suggestions for the further research | 第60-61页 |
| Bibliography | 第61-66页 |
| Appendix | 第66-67页 |
| 个人简况 | 第67-68页 |
