| Acknowledgements | 第6-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-8页 |
| 摘要 | 第9-12页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第12-16页 |
| 1.1 Research Background | 第12-13页 |
| 1.2 Data Collection | 第13页 |
| 1.3 Research Questions | 第13-14页 |
| 1.4 Organization of the Thesis | 第14-16页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第16-26页 |
| 2.1 Previous Studies of Questions | 第16-19页 |
| 2.2 Previous Studies of Questioning | 第19-21页 |
| 2.3 Previous Studies of Questioning in Political Interviews | 第21-26页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Foundations | 第26-30页 |
| 3.1 The Pragmatic Notion of "face" | 第26-27页 |
| 3.2 Culpeper's Impoliteness Model | 第27-30页 |
| Chapter Four Pragmatic Functions of Moderators' Questioning and Its Impoliteness | 第30-49页 |
| 4.1 Questioning to Challenge the Candidate's Qualification | 第30-37页 |
| 4.2 Questioning to Accuse the Candidate of Misbehavior | 第37-41页 |
| 4.3 Questioning to Satirize the Candidate's Incompetence | 第41-49页 |
| Chapter Five Contextual Accounts of Moderators' Impolite Questioning | 第49-61页 |
| 5.1 General Context of the American Political System | 第49-51页 |
| 5.2 Goal of the Campaign Interview | 第51-54页 |
| 5.3 Institutional Identity of the Moderator | 第54-57页 |
| 5.4 Immediacy of the Moderator's Performance | 第57-61页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第61-64页 |
| 6.1 Major Findings | 第61-62页 |
| 6.2 Limitations of the Study | 第62-63页 |
| 6.3 Suggestions for the Future Study | 第63-64页 |
| Bibliography | 第64-68页 |
