| Declaration | 第1-4页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第4-5页 |
| Abstract (English) | 第5-6页 |
| Abstract (Chinese) | 第6-7页 |
| Contents | 第7-9页 |
| List of Figures and Tables | 第9-10页 |
| Transcription Conventions | 第10-11页 |
| Chapter1 Introduction | 第11-19页 |
| ·Introduction | 第11页 |
| ·The Rationale of the Study | 第11-14页 |
| ·Objectives of the Study | 第14-16页 |
| ·Data and Methodology | 第16-17页 |
| ·The Organization of the Thesis | 第17-19页 |
| Chapter2 Review of the Relevant Literature | 第19-37页 |
| ·Introduction | 第19页 |
| ·Definition of Repair | 第19-21页 |
| ·Repair and Correction | 第21-22页 |
| ·Approaches to the Study on Repair | 第22-28页 |
| ·The linguistic approach | 第22-24页 |
| ·The psycholinguistic approach | 第24-26页 |
| ·The conversation analytic approach | 第26-28页 |
| ·Repair in Natural Conversation | 第28-31页 |
| ·The Status quo of Research on Repair in the Courtroom | 第31-35页 |
| ·Summary | 第35-37页 |
| Chapter3 Description of the Theoretical Framework | 第37-45页 |
| ·Introduction | 第37-38页 |
| ·The Theoretical Framework of the Present Study | 第38-44页 |
| ·Types of repair | 第38-42页 |
| ·Placement of initiations | 第42-43页 |
| ·Initiating techniques | 第43页 |
| ·Repair trajectories | 第43-44页 |
| ·Summary | 第44-45页 |
| Chapter4 The Organization of Repair in Courtroom Interaction | 第45-83页 |
| ·Introduction | 第45页 |
| ·Self-initiated Self-repair | 第45-58页 |
| ·Placement of initiation for self-initiated self-repair | 第45-50页 |
| ·Initiating techniques for self-initiated self-repair | 第50-57页 |
| ·Non-lexical perturbations | 第50-54页 |
| ·Lexical items | 第54-56页 |
| ·Inseparable initiators | 第56-57页 |
| ·Repair trajectories for self-initiated self-repair | 第57-58页 |
| ·Other-initiated Self-repair | 第58-67页 |
| ·Placement of initiation for other-initiated self-repair | 第58-61页 |
| ·Initiating techniques for other-initiated self-repair | 第61-66页 |
| ·Lexical items | 第61-64页 |
| ·Particle “啊?' in Chinese | 第64-65页 |
| ·Partial repeat + a question word | 第65-66页 |
| ·Repair trajectories for other-initiated self-repair | 第66-67页 |
| ·Other-initiated Other-repair | 第67-81页 |
| ·Placement of initiation for other-initiated other-repair | 第67-68页 |
| ·Signals of occurrence of other-initiated other-repair | 第68-74页 |
| ·Initiating techniques for other-initiated other-repair | 第74-80页 |
| ·Formats with the initiator 'no' | 第74-77页 |
| ·Format without the initiator 'no' | 第77-80页 |
| ·Repair trajectory for other-initiated other-repair | 第80-81页 |
| ·Summary | 第81-83页 |
| Chapter5 The Use of Repair in Courtroom Interaction | 第83-93页 |
| ·Introduction | 第83页 |
| ·The Use of Repair in the Courtroom | 第83-91页 |
| ·Summary | 第91-93页 |
| Chapter6 Conclusion | 第93-98页 |
| ·Summary of the Present Study | 第93页 |
| ·Major Findings | 第93-95页 |
| ·Implications | 第95页 |
| ·Limitations | 第95-96页 |
| ·Suggestions for Future Research | 第96-98页 |
| References | 第98-102页 |
