| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第5-6页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第6-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-13页 |
| CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION | 第13-18页 |
| 1.1 Research background | 第13-14页 |
| 1.2 Rationale and significance | 第14-15页 |
| 1.3 Research objective and research questions | 第15页 |
| 1.4 Methodology and data collection | 第15-16页 |
| 1.5 Organization of the thesis | 第16-18页 |
| CHAPTER TWO LITERATURE REVIEW | 第18-29页 |
| 2.1 Previous studies on the Cooperative Principle | 第18-24页 |
| 2.1.1 Studies on the Cooperative Principle abroad | 第18-21页 |
| 2.1.2 Studies on the Cooperative Principle at home | 第21-23页 |
| 2.1.3 Comments on the Cooperative Principle at home and abroad | 第23-24页 |
| 2.2 Previous studies on courtroom discourse | 第24-28页 |
| 2.2.1 Studies on courtroom discourse abroad | 第24-25页 |
| 2.2.2 Studies on courtroom discourse at home | 第25-27页 |
| 2.2.3 Comments on courtroom discourse at home and abroad | 第27-28页 |
| 2.3 Summary | 第28-29页 |
| CHAPTER THREE THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK | 第29-40页 |
| 3.1 Four maxims of the Cooperative Principle | 第29-33页 |
| 3.1.1 The Maxim of Quantity | 第29-30页 |
| 3.1.2 The Maxim of Quality | 第30-31页 |
| 3.1.3 The Maxim of Relevance | 第31-32页 |
| 3.1.4 The Maxim of Manner | 第32-33页 |
| 3.2 Four ways of violating the Cooperative Principle | 第33-35页 |
| 3.3 The violation of the four maxims of the Cooperative Principle | 第35-38页 |
| 3.3.1 The violation of the Maxim of Quantity | 第35-36页 |
| 3.3.2 The violation of the Maxim of Quality | 第36-37页 |
| 3.3.3 The violation of the Maxim of Relevance | 第37页 |
| 3.3.4 The violation of the Maxim of Manner | 第37-38页 |
| 3.4 Summary | 第38-40页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR THE EXTENT TO WHICH THE DEFENDANTS OBSERVE THE COOPERATIVE PRINCIPLE | 第40-59页 |
| 4.1 The classification of the degree of observing the Cooperative Principle | 第40-53页 |
| 4.1.1 Complete cooperation | 第41-45页 |
| 4.1.2 Partial cooperation | 第45-49页 |
| 4.1.3 Non-cooperation | 第49-53页 |
| 4.2 The factors that affect the degree of the defendants’ observation of the Cooperative Principle | 第53-57页 |
| 4.3 Summary | 第57-59页 |
| CHAPTER FIVE THE QUESTIONING STRATEGIES TO COPE WITH NON-COOPERATION OF THE DEFENDANTS | 第59-71页 |
| 5.1 Repeating the questions | 第59-61页 |
| 5.2 Asking further questions about the ambiguous answers of the defendants… | 第61-64页 |
| 5.3 Asking the defendants to answer the questions directly | 第64-66页 |
| 5.4 Pointing out the contradiction in the answers of the defendants | 第66-69页 |
| 5.5 Summary | 第69-71页 |
| CHAPTER SIX CONCLUSION | 第71-75页 |
| 6.1 Major findings | 第71-72页 |
| 6.2 Implications | 第72-73页 |
| 6.3 Limitations of this thesis | 第73页 |
| 6.4 Suggestions for future research | 第73-75页 |
| REFERENCES | 第75-77页 |
