| Abstract | 第1-9页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第9-10页 |
| Lsit of Figures | 第10-11页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第11-16页 |
| ·Object of the study | 第11-12页 |
| ·Rationale of the study | 第12-13页 |
| ·Objectives of the present study | 第13-14页 |
| ·Methodology,terminology and data collection | 第14-15页 |
| ·Organization of the thesis | 第15-16页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第16-22页 |
| ·The initiator's overinformativeness | 第16-18页 |
| ·Embedded speech acts | 第16-17页 |
| ·Supportive moves | 第17-18页 |
| ·The responder's overinformativeness | 第18-19页 |
| ·Added moves | 第18-19页 |
| ·Breaching of the Maxim of Quantity | 第19页 |
| ·Dispreferred responses | 第19页 |
| ·The initiator and responder's overinformativeness | 第19-20页 |
| ·Comments on the previous studies | 第20-22页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Framework | 第22-43页 |
| ·Basic notions | 第22-25页 |
| ·Responder's overinformativeness(RO) | 第22-23页 |
| ·A preliminary definition of RO | 第22-23页 |
| ·RO versus information redundancy | 第23页 |
| ·The notion of "context" under Relevance-Adaptation Model | 第23-25页 |
| ·Relevant theories | 第25-37页 |
| ·Introduction to the Relevance Theory | 第25-29页 |
| ·Introduction to Linguistic Adaptation Theory | 第29-33页 |
| ·The Relevance-Adaptation Model | 第33-37页 |
| ·Theoretical framework of the present study | 第37-42页 |
| ·Summary | 第42-43页 |
| Chapter Four Variability and Functionality of RO | 第43-61页 |
| ·Introduction | 第43页 |
| ·The variability of RO | 第43-53页 |
| ·Defining the notion of variability | 第43-44页 |
| ·Major dimensions of RO | 第44-53页 |
| ·Propositional content | 第44-51页 |
| ·Information quantity | 第51-53页 |
| ·The functionality of RO | 第53-60页 |
| ·Defining the notion of functionality | 第53-54页 |
| ·Communicative functions of RO | 第54-60页 |
| ·Communicator-oriented functions | 第54-57页 |
| ·Ongoing discourse-oriented functions | 第57-60页 |
| ·Summary | 第60-61页 |
| Chapter Five Mechanisms of RO under Relevance-Adaptation Model | 第61-69页 |
| ·The production mechanism of RO under Relevance-Adaptation Model | 第61-65页 |
| ·RO is relevance-oriented | 第61-62页 |
| ·RO is a product under the interviewee's presumption of relevance with the context | 第62-63页 |
| ·The production of RO is a process of making choices consciously | 第63-65页 |
| ·The interpretation mechanism of RO under Relevance-Adaptation Model | 第65-69页 |
| ·The interpretation of RO is also a process of ostensive-inference | 第65-66页 |
| ·The interpretation of RO is a process of relevance-adaptation | 第66页 |
| ·The interpretation of RO is a process of making choice | 第66-69页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第69-74页 |
| ·Introduction | 第69页 |
| ·Major findings | 第69-71页 |
| ·RO is variable | 第69-70页 |
| ·RO is an intentional communicative strategy | 第70页 |
| ·The production and interpretation of RO is a process of relevance-adaptation | 第70-71页 |
| ·Implications | 第71页 |
| ·Limitations | 第71-72页 |
| ·Suggestions for further study | 第72-74页 |
| Bibliography | 第74-78页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第78页 |
