| 摘要 | 第1-8页 |
| Abstract | 第8-12页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第12-16页 |
| ·The topic of the study | 第12-13页 |
| ·The purpose and significance of the Study of turn silence in interpersonal communication | 第13-14页 |
| ·Methodology and data collection | 第14页 |
| ·The organization of the thesis | 第14-16页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第16-21页 |
| ·The interdisciplinary study of silence abroad and at home | 第17-20页 |
| ·Summary | 第20-21页 |
| Chapter Three Turn Silence within Conversation Analysis Framework | 第21-30页 |
| ·Basic concepts of conversation analysis | 第22-25页 |
| ·Silence classification in conversation and turn silence | 第25-27页 |
| ·Turn silence and adjacency pair | 第27-28页 |
| ·Turn silence and response priority | 第28-30页 |
| Chapter Four The Pragmatic-cognitive Approach to Turn Silence | 第30-59页 |
| ·Introduction of relevant theories in Pragmatics and their limitations in explaining turn silence | 第30-35页 |
| ·An overview of relevance theory | 第35-41页 |
| ·Turn silence's informative and communicative intentions | 第41-45页 |
| ·Turn silence's relevance and contextual effects | 第45-48页 |
| ·The ordinary meanings of turn silence | 第48-54页 |
| ·Several factors affecting the interpretation of the meanings of turn silence | 第54-59页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第59-62页 |
| ·Summary | 第59-60页 |
| ·Suggestions for further study on the topic | 第60-62页 |
| Bibliography | 第62-66页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第66页 |
