| 摘要 | 第1-6页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第6-10页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第10-13页 |
| ·The Research Background | 第10页 |
| ·The Focus of the study | 第10-11页 |
| ·The Purpose and Significance of the Study | 第11页 |
| ·The Structure of the Thesis | 第11-13页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第13-23页 |
| ·Turn-taking Mechanism | 第13-19页 |
| ·A Brief Introduction to Turn-taking Mechanism | 第13页 |
| ·The Relevant Concepts of Turn-taking Mechanism | 第13-16页 |
| ·A Brief Survey of Previous Studies on Turn-taking Mechanism at Home and Abroad | 第16-19页 |
| ·The Sitcom: the Big Bang Theory | 第19-23页 |
| ·A Brief Introduction to the Features of the Sitcoms | 第19-20页 |
| ·A Brief Survey of Previous Studies on Sitcoms at Home and Abroad | 第20-23页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Framework of the Present Study | 第23-32页 |
| ·Turn-taking Mechanism | 第23-28页 |
| ·Turn-construction units and Turn-allocation Component | 第23-25页 |
| ·Turn-taking Strategies: Turn-yielding, Turn-holding and Turn-claiming | 第25-27页 |
| ·Turn Length and Turn Type | 第27-28页 |
| ·Sequence Organization | 第28-32页 |
| ·Adjacency Pair | 第28-30页 |
| ·Preference Organization | 第30-32页 |
| Chapter Four Analysis of the Conversations in the Big Bang Theory from the Perspective of Turn-taking Theory | 第32-51页 |
| ·A Brief Introduction to the Big Bang Theory | 第32-34页 |
| ·The Background of the Big Bang Theory | 第32页 |
| ·The Characters of the Big Bang Theory | 第32-34页 |
| ·The Plot of the Big Bang Theory | 第34页 |
| ·The Analysis of Conversations in the Big Bang Theory | 第34-48页 |
| ·The Analysis of Conversations Relating to Sheldon | 第34-39页 |
| ·The Analysis of Conversations between Leonard and Penny | 第39-42页 |
| ·The Analysis of Conversations among Penny, Bernadette and Amy | 第42-48页 |
| ·The Relationship and Characteristics of the Characters | 第48-51页 |
| ·The Relationship of the Characters: Balance and Dominance | 第48-49页 |
| ·The Relationship of the Characters: Sympathy and Alienation | 第49页 |
| ·The Characteristics of the Characters | 第49-51页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第51-53页 |
| ·Major Findings | 第51-52页 |
| ·Limitations | 第52页 |
| ·Suggestions for the Further Study | 第52-53页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第53-54页 |
| Bibliography | 第54-57页 |
| Appendix A | 第57-58页 |
| Appendix B | 第58页 |
