| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第1-3页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第3-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-10页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第10-14页 |
| ·Research background | 第10-11页 |
| ·The present study | 第11-12页 |
| ·Significance of the study | 第12-13页 |
| ·Layout of the thesis | 第13-14页 |
| Chapter Two Literature review | 第14-28页 |
| ·The view of language structure and speech | 第14-22页 |
| ·Saussure’s idea of language structure and speech | 第14-15页 |
| ·Linguistics of language structure and linguistics of speech | 第15-16页 |
| ·The employment of linguistics of speech in this research | 第16-22页 |
| ·Power and Solidarity theory by Brown and Gilman | 第17-18页 |
| ·The principle of politeness by Leech | 第18-20页 |
| ·Language and genders | 第20-22页 |
| ·The Causes of Language Change | 第22-28页 |
| ·Fashion and random fluctuation | 第23-24页 |
| ·Foreign influence | 第24-26页 |
| ·Need and function | 第26-28页 |
| Chapter Three Research material and method | 第28-31页 |
| ·Research material | 第28-30页 |
| ·Research method | 第30-31页 |
| Chapter Four The research procedure and findings | 第31-58页 |
| ·An overview of the language differences in the two movie versions | 第31-32页 |
| ·Address forms | 第32-40页 |
| ·The use of address forms in two movie versions | 第32-35页 |
| ·The analysis of the different uses of address forms in two movie versions | 第35-40页 |
| ·Interjections | 第40-42页 |
| ·Politeness in conversation | 第42-49页 |
| ·Comparisons of conversations set in the same scenes of two movie versions | 第43-47页 |
| ·Other pragmatic aspects of politeness in conversation | 第47-49页 |
| ·Language and genders | 第49-58页 |
| ·The previously formed view on gender differences in language | 第49-51页 |
| ·This research’s findings on gender differences in language | 第51-58页 |
| ·Who takes the initiative | 第51-56页 |
| ·Who interrupts | 第56-58页 |
| Chapter Five The Analysis of the social factors for language change | 第58-64页 |
| ·The social factors for the reduction of politeness in speech | 第59-61页 |
| ·The egalitarianism of modern life | 第59-60页 |
| ·The rapid pace of modern life | 第60-61页 |
| ·The social factors for the change of women’s talk | 第61-62页 |
| ·The social reasons for the decrement of intimacy in conversation | 第62-64页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第64-67页 |
| ·Conclusion of this study | 第64-65页 |
| ·Limitations of this study | 第65-67页 |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | 第67-71页 |
