| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-8页 |
| Contents | 第8-10页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第10-14页 |
| ·Purpose of the Study | 第10-11页 |
| ·Significance of the Study | 第11-12页 |
| ·Organization of the Thesis | 第12-14页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第14-30页 |
| ·Conflict Talk | 第14-20页 |
| ·Definition of Conflict Talk | 第14-15页 |
| ·Classifications of Conflict Talk | 第15-17页 |
| ·Features of Conflict Talk | 第17-18页 |
| ·Study of Conflict Talk at Home and Abroad | 第18-19页 |
| ·Study of Conflict Talk between Couples | 第19-20页 |
| ·Adaptation Theory | 第20-30页 |
| ·Contextual Correlates of Adaptability | 第22-25页 |
| ·Structural Objects of Adaptation | 第25页 |
| ·Dynamics of Adaptation | 第25-26页 |
| ·Salience of the Adaptation Process | 第26-28页 |
| ·Study of Adaptation Theory | 第28-30页 |
| Chapter 3 Research Methodology | 第30-32页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第30页 |
| ·Data Collection | 第30-32页 |
| Chapter 4 The Analysis of Marital Conflict Talk in Desperate Housewives | 第32-64页 |
| ·The Opposition Forms of Marital Conflict Talk | 第32-40页 |
| ·Contradiction | 第32-34页 |
| ·Interruption | 第34-37页 |
| ·Repetition | 第37-39页 |
| ·Rhetorical Opposing Question | 第39-40页 |
| ·The Causes of Marital Conflict Talk | 第40-64页 |
| ·Failure to Adapt to the Physical World | 第40-48页 |
| ·Failure to Adapt to the Social World | 第48-57页 |
| ·Failure to Adapt to the Mental World | 第57-62页 |
| ·Summary | 第62-64页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第64-67页 |
| ·Major Findings | 第64-65页 |
| ·Limitations of the Study | 第65-66页 |
| ·Suggestions for Further Study | 第66-67页 |
| References | 第67-70页 |
