| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-11页 |
| CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION AND RESEARCH BACKGROUND | 第11-16页 |
| ·ECONOMICAND SOCIAL CONTEXT OF PRESENT STUDY | 第11-13页 |
| ·Economic Background: the Preferential Policies in Southwestern China | 第11页 |
| ·An Ideal Place for Graduates’ Career Development | 第11-13页 |
| ·THE DISTINCTIVENESS OF SICHUAN/CHONGQING CULTURE | 第13-14页 |
| ·THE EMERGENCE AND PREVALENCE OF DIALECT PROGRAMS | 第14-15页 |
| ·RATIONALES AND SIGNIFICANCE OF PRESENT STUDY | 第15-16页 |
| ·Practical Significance | 第15页 |
| ·Academic Significance | 第15-16页 |
| CHAPTER 2 LITERATURE REVIEW | 第16-32页 |
| ·AN OVERVIEW OF THIS CHAPTER | 第16-17页 |
| ·IDENTIFYING KEY CONCEPTS | 第17-21页 |
| ·Co-culture | 第17页 |
| ·Cultural Identity | 第17-19页 |
| ·Acculturation | 第19-20页 |
| ·Intercultural Effectiveness | 第20-21页 |
| ·IDENTITY-RELATED THEORIES AND STUDIES | 第21-27页 |
| ·Identity in Traditional Social Science | 第21-23页 |
| ·Identity in Communication | 第23-25页 |
| ·Identity in Intercultural Effectiveness and Acculturation | 第25-27页 |
| ·PREVIOUS STUDIES AND THEIR LIMITATION | 第27-30页 |
| ·Previous Studies on Chinese Co-culture Identity and Acculturation | 第27-29页 |
| ·Previous Studies on Chinese dialect programs | 第29-30页 |
| ·RESEARCH QUESTIONS AND HYPOTHESES | 第30-32页 |
| ·Summary and Research Questions | 第30-31页 |
| ·Hypotheses | 第31-32页 |
| CHAPTER 3 METHODOLOGY AND RESEARCH PROCESS | 第32-38页 |
| ·QUANTITATIVE STUDY | 第32-37页 |
| ·Measure: The Suinn-Lew Self Identity Acculturation scale (SL-ASIA) (Modified) | 第32-34页 |
| ·Procedure | 第34-35页 |
| ·Participants | 第35-37页 |
| ·QUALITATIVE STUDY: INTERVIEWS | 第37-38页 |
| ·Procedure | 第37-38页 |
| ·Participants | 第38页 |
| CHAPTER 4 RESULTS AND ANALYSIS | 第38-52页 |
| ·ANALYSIS OF PARTICIPANTS’ EXPOSURE TO DIALECT TV PROGRAMS | 第38-40页 |
| ·CULTURAL IDENTITY STATUS (SL-ASIASCORES ANALYSIS) | 第40-44页 |
| ·Reliability of the modified SL-ASIA | 第40-41页 |
| ·Descriptive Statistics of the SL-ASIA scores | 第41-42页 |
| ·Correlational Study of the Subscales | 第42-44页 |
| ·DIALECT PROGRAM WATCHING BEHAVIORS AND PARTICIPANTS’ IDENTITY | 第44-48页 |
| ·OTHER FACTORS: BIRTH PLACE, GENDERAND RESIDENCY PLAN | 第48-51页 |
| ·QUALITATIVE RESEARCH: INTERVIEWS | 第51-52页 |
| ·Dialects’ Influence on Non-natives’ Language Capability | 第51页 |
| ·Dialects’ Influence on Non-natives’ Acculturation | 第51-52页 |
| ·Dialects’ Influence on Non-natives’ Cultural Identity Reconstruction | 第52页 |
| CHAPTER 5 CONCLUSION AND IMPLICATION | 第52-57页 |
| ·KEYFINDINGS | 第52-55页 |
| ·IMPLICATIONS | 第55-57页 |
| REFERENCES | 第57-65页 |
| APPENDIX | 第65-75页 |
