| DECLARATION | 第1-4页 |
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第4-5页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第5-6页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第6-7页 |
| LIST OF FIGURES | 第7页 |
| TRANSCRIPTION CONVENTIONS | 第7-10页 |
| CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION | 第10-17页 |
| ·INTRODUCTION | 第10页 |
| ·DEFINITIONS OF TERMS: TURN-TAKING, OVERLAPPING AND INTERRUPTION | 第10-11页 |
| ·RATIONALE OF THE STUDY | 第11-14页 |
| ·DATAAND METHODOLOGY | 第14-16页 |
| ·The analyzing tool—conversation analysis (CA) | 第14-15页 |
| ·Research questions of this thesis | 第15-16页 |
| ·OUTLINE OF THE WHOLE PAPER | 第16-17页 |
| CHAPTER 2 REVIEW OF THE RELEVANT LITERATURE | 第17-33页 |
| ·INTRODUCTION | 第17-18页 |
| ·STUDIES ON CONVERSATION ANALYSIS (CA) | 第18-21页 |
| ·Introduction and historical background | 第18页 |
| ·A concise introduction of the turn-taking model | 第18-21页 |
| ·STUDIES ON INTERRUPTION AND SIMULTANEOUS SPEECH | 第21-26页 |
| ·Differing interruption from overlap | 第21-23页 |
| ·Interruption as face-threatening act (FTA) and the exercise of power | 第23-24页 |
| ·Studies on interruption in courtroom interaction | 第24-26页 |
| ·STUDIES ON INSTITUTIONAL DISCOURSE | 第26-30页 |
| ·Using CA study institutional discourse | 第26-27页 |
| ·Institutional Studies on Courtroom Interaction | 第27-28页 |
| ·Studies on asymmetry and power | 第28-30页 |
| ·BRIEF INTRODUCTION OF CHINESE CIVIL PROCEDURES | 第30-31页 |
| ·MODIFICATION OF TURN-TAKING STRUCTURE IN COURTROOM | 第31-33页 |
| CHAPTER 3 THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK | 第33-39页 |
| ·INTRODUCTION | 第33页 |
| ·TOWARDS A DEFINITION OF TURN | 第33-34页 |
| ·THE THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK OF THE PRESENT STUDY | 第34-38页 |
| ·The causes of interruption/overlapping | 第35页 |
| ·Description of the theoretical framework | 第35-38页 |
| ·SUMMARY | 第38-39页 |
| CHAPTER 4 ANALYSIS OF COURTROOM INTERRUPTIONS | 第39-62页 |
| ·INTRODUCTION | 第39-40页 |
| ·TRIAL TALK: THE ROLE OF JUDGE IN COURTROOM INTERACTION | 第40-43页 |
| ·Judge talk: keeping order in court | 第40-41页 |
| ·Judicial monologue: court instructions and rulings | 第41-42页 |
| ·Judicial Dialogue: objections and asking for clarification | 第42-43页 |
| ·METHODS TO INTERRUPTION IN COURTROOM INTERACTION | 第43-49页 |
| ·Butting in interruption | 第43-44页 |
| ·Silent interruption: intervening without overlap | 第44-46页 |
| ·Simple interruption | 第46-48页 |
| ·Overlap | 第48-49页 |
| ·POWER AND LANGUAGE IN THE COURTROOM | 第49-52页 |
| ·Power relations in the courtroom | 第49-50页 |
| ·Rule-oriented versus relation-oriented accounts | 第50-52页 |
| ·CAUSES AND PLACES OF INTERRUPTION IN THE COURTROOM | 第52-60页 |
| ·Dissynchronization | 第52-53页 |
| ·Role-conflict | 第53-57页 |
| ·Procedural Limit | 第57-60页 |
| ·SUMMARY | 第60-62页 |
| CHAPTER 5 ATTEMPTED EXPLANATIONS | 第62-67页 |
| ·SUMMERY OF THE PRESENT STUDY | 第62页 |
| ·MAJOR FINDINGS | 第62-63页 |
| ·IMPLICATIONS | 第63-64页 |
| ·LIMITATIONS | 第64-65页 |
| ·SUGGESTIONS FOR FUTURE STUDIES | 第65-67页 |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | 第67-73页 |
