| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract(Chinese) | 第6-7页 |
| Abstract(English) | 第7-12页 |
| List of Figures | 第12-13页 |
| List of Abbreviations | 第13-14页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第14-19页 |
| ·Introduction | 第14页 |
| ·The rationale of the present research | 第14-16页 |
| ·The objectives of the present research | 第16页 |
| ·Notes on data and methodology | 第16-17页 |
| ·Structure of the thesis | 第17-19页 |
| Chapter Two A brief review of related literature | 第19-31页 |
| ·Introduction | 第19页 |
| ·Definitions of some key terms | 第19-21页 |
| ·Response, reply and answer | 第19-20页 |
| ·Initiation and response, initiator and responder | 第20-21页 |
| ·Distinctions between everyday responses and responses in the courtroom setting | 第21-23页 |
| ·Previous studies on responses in the courtroom setting | 第23-30页 |
| ·The anthropological approach | 第24-25页 |
| ·The sociolinguistic approach | 第25-26页 |
| ·The pragmatic approach | 第26-27页 |
| ·The legal approach | 第27-28页 |
| ·The rhetorical approach | 第28页 |
| ·The conversational analysis approach | 第28-29页 |
| ·Summary of the previous approaches | 第29-30页 |
| ·Summary | 第30-31页 |
| Chapter Three The theoretical framework | 第31-46页 |
| ·Introduction | 第31页 |
| ·A brief introduction to Adaptation Theory | 第31-38页 |
| ·A description of the framework | 第38-43页 |
| ·Responding as realization of adaptation | 第38页 |
| ·Contextual correlates involved in responding in Chinese courtroom setting | 第38-43页 |
| ·Courtroom participants | 第38-40页 |
| ·Contextual correlates involved in responding in Chinese courtroom setting | 第40-43页 |
| ·Summary: an adaptation model for analyzing responding in Chinese courtroom setting | 第43-46页 |
| Chapter Four Responding as adaptation to the social world | 第46-61页 |
| ·Introduction | 第46页 |
| ·Definition and classification of responding in Chinese courtroom setting | 第46-47页 |
| ·Responding as adaptation to the legal obligations | 第47-54页 |
| ·Legal obligations | 第47-48页 |
| ·Analysis | 第48-54页 |
| ·Spoken language as a channel of communication | 第48-50页 |
| ·Cooperative responses | 第50-54页 |
| ·Responding as adaptation to the legal rights | 第54-59页 |
| ·Legal rights | 第54-55页 |
| ·Analysis | 第55-59页 |
| ·Responses by directly denying the presuppositions embodied in the initiations | 第55-57页 |
| ·Responses by refusing to answer directly | 第57-59页 |
| ·Summary | 第59-61页 |
| Chapter Five Responding as adaptation to the psychological motivations | 第61-89页 |
| ·Introduction | 第61-62页 |
| ·Overinformative responses | 第62-72页 |
| ·An overinformative response: a head act+grounding act(s) | 第63-66页 |
| ·An overinformative response: a head act+expanding act(s) | 第66-70页 |
| ·An overinformative response: a head act+a relevant information-providing act | 第70-72页 |
| ·Responses by recasting the initiations | 第72-76页 |
| ·Other-corrections as responses | 第76-78页 |
| ·Responses by employing various linguistic strategies in the same turn | 第78-80页 |
| ·Responses by keeping the same version of events across turns | 第80-83页 |
| ·Responses by avoiding silence | 第83-86页 |
| ·Summary | 第86-89页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第89-93页 |
| ·Conclusion | 第89-90页 |
| ·Implications | 第90-91页 |
| ·Limitations and suggestions for future research | 第91-93页 |
| Bibliography | 第93-96页 |
