| Acknowledgments | 第1-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-9页 |
| 摘要 | 第9-14页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第14-18页 |
| ·Objectives of the Study | 第15-16页 |
| ·Significance of the Study | 第16页 |
| ·Layout of the Thesis | 第16-18页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第18-24页 |
| ·Definition of the Theory of Adaptation | 第18-19页 |
| ·Theoretical Basis of the Theory of Adaptation | 第19-22页 |
| ·Evolutionary Epistemology | 第19-20页 |
| ·Cognitive Psychology | 第20-21页 |
| ·Language Acquisition | 第21页 |
| ·Pragmatic Notions | 第21-22页 |
| ·Job Interview Language | 第22-24页 |
| ·Importance of Job Interview Language | 第22页 |
| ·Basic Rules of Job Interview Language | 第22-24页 |
| Chapter 3 Verschueren's Theory of Adaptation | 第24-45页 |
| ·Features in Making Choices | 第24-28页 |
| ·Choices Made at Every Possible Level of Structures | 第24页 |
| ·Choices Not Only at Forms, But Also at the Strategies | 第24-25页 |
| ·Conscious Choices of Languages | 第25页 |
| ·Choices in Producing and in Interpreting an Utterance | 第25-26页 |
| ·No Freedom of Choice | 第26-27页 |
| ·Choices Not Equivalent | 第27-28页 |
| ·Choices Carrying along Alternatives | 第28页 |
| ·Three Key Notions of Language | 第28-32页 |
| ·Variability | 第28-29页 |
| ·Negotiability | 第29-30页 |
| ·Adaptability | 第30-32页 |
| ·Relationships between Three Key Notions | 第32页 |
| ·Four Angles of Investigation in the Theory of Adaptation | 第32-45页 |
| ·Contextual Correlates of Adaptability | 第33-39页 |
| ·Communicative Context | 第35-37页 |
| ·Mental World | 第35-36页 |
| ·Social World | 第36-37页 |
| ·Physical World | 第37页 |
| ·Linguistic Context | 第37-39页 |
| ·Cohesion | 第38页 |
| ·Intertextuality | 第38页 |
| ·Sequencing | 第38-39页 |
| ·Structural Objects of Adaptability | 第39-41页 |
| ·Dynamics of Adaptability | 第41-42页 |
| ·Salience of the Adaptation Process | 第42页 |
| ·Summary | 第42-45页 |
| Chapter 4 Theory of Adaptation in the Analysis of Job | 第45-68页 |
| ·Adaptation of Job Interview Language to Communicative Context | 第45-57页 |
| ·Adaptation of Job Interview Language to the Physical World | 第45-48页 |
| ·Adaptation of Job Interview Language to the Social World | 第48-52页 |
| ·Adaptation to the Social Convention | 第48-50页 |
| ·Adaptation to the Cultural Convention | 第50-52页 |
| ·Adaptation of Job Interview Language to the Mental World | 第52-57页 |
| ·Adaptation of Job Interview Language to the Structure | 第57-63页 |
| ·Choices at Possible Level of Structures | 第57-58页 |
| ·Choices Not Only at Forms, But Also at Strategies | 第58页 |
| ·Conscious Choices of Language | 第58-59页 |
| ·Choices Made both in Producing and Interpreting an Utterance | 第59-60页 |
| ·No Freedom of Choices | 第60-61页 |
| ·Choices Not Equivalent | 第61-62页 |
| ·Choices Carrying Along Their Alternatives | 第62-63页 |
| ·Dynamics in the Job Interview Language | 第63-68页 |
| ·Job Interview Language in Temporal Dimension | 第63-65页 |
| ·Context and Structure | 第65-68页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第68-71页 |
| ·Major Findings | 第68-69页 |
| ·Limitations and Suggestions for Further Study | 第69-71页 |
| References | 第71-73页 |
