| Abstract | 第7-8页 |
| 摘要 | 第9-11页 |
| Abbreviations | 第11-12页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第12-15页 |
| 1.1 Study background | 第12页 |
| 1.2 Objectives of the study | 第12-13页 |
| 1.3 Significance of the study | 第13页 |
| 1.4 Structure of this thesis | 第13-15页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第15-22页 |
| 2.1 Definition of identity and identity construction | 第15-16页 |
| 2.2 Identity and identity construction researches from different perspectives | 第16-19页 |
| 2.2.1 Social-psychological perspective | 第16-17页 |
| 2.2.2 Sociolinguistic perspective | 第17-18页 |
| 2.2.3 Pragmatic perspective | 第18-19页 |
| 2.3 Identity and identity construction researches in TV shows | 第19-20页 |
| 2.4 Summary | 第20-22页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Framework | 第22-29页 |
| 3.1 Linguistic Adaption Theory | 第22-25页 |
| 3.1.1 Language use as choice-making | 第22-23页 |
| 3.1.2 Four angles of language use | 第23-25页 |
| 3.2 Identity construction as pragmatic Adaptation | 第25-28页 |
| 3.2.1 Identity construction as a means of satisfying communicative needs | 第25-26页 |
| 3.2.2 Identity construction as a process of making choices | 第26页 |
| 3.2.3 Identity construction as a dynamic process | 第26-27页 |
| 3.2.4 Identity construction as an adaptation to contextual correlates | 第27-28页 |
| 3.3 Summary | 第28-29页 |
| Chapter Four Methodology | 第29-31页 |
| 4.1 Research questions | 第29页 |
| 4.2 Data collection | 第29-30页 |
| 4.3 Research methods | 第30-31页 |
| Chapter Five Results and Discussion | 第31-53页 |
| 5.1 The types of identity and linguistic choices for its construction | 第31-45页 |
| 5.1.1 The identity of a job creator and linguistic choices for its construction | 第32-33页 |
| 5.1.2 The identity of an interviewer and linguistic choices for its construction | 第33-39页 |
| 5.1.3 The identity of an adviser and linguistic choices for its construction | 第39-41页 |
| 5.1.4 The identity of a critic and linguistic choices for its construction | 第41-45页 |
| 5.2 Identity construction as a dynamic process | 第45-46页 |
| 5.3 Identity construction adaptive to contextual correlates to satisfy communicativeneeds | 第46-52页 |
| 5.3.1 Identity construction adapting to the physical world | 第46-47页 |
| 5.3.2 Identity construction adapting to the social world | 第47-50页 |
| 5.3.3 Identity construction adapting to the mental world | 第50-52页 |
| 5.4 Summary | 第52-53页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第53-55页 |
| 6.1 Major findings | 第53-54页 |
| 6.2 Limitations | 第54页 |
| 6.3 Suggestions for further studies | 第54-55页 |
| References | 第55-59页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第59-60页 |
| Appendix I Publication in the Period of Master | 第60-61页 |
| Appendix II Transcription Notations | 第61页 |
