| Introduction | 第1-28页 |
| 1 Background | 第13-17页 |
| 2 Objectives | 第17-19页 |
| 3 Research methodology | 第19-22页 |
| 4 Data collection | 第22-26页 |
| 5 The general outline of the dissertation | 第26-28页 |
| Chapter 1 A brief survey of critical discourse analysis | 第28-45页 |
| ·Introduction | 第28页 |
| ·The development of CDA | 第28-31页 |
| ·Power as the central concern of CDA | 第31-34页 |
| ·The analytical tools of CDA | 第34-43页 |
| ·Text and discourse | 第34-37页 |
| ·The analytical tools of written texts | 第37-40页 |
| ·The analytical tools of spoken texts and their drawbacks | 第40-43页 |
| ·Summary | 第43-45页 |
| Chapter 2 The previous studies of questions and the necessity of a critical analysis of questions | 第45-64页 |
| ·Introduction | 第45页 |
| ·Defining question and interrogative | 第45-46页 |
| ·The previous studies of questions | 第46-59页 |
| ·The syntactic research on questions | 第47-50页 |
| ·The semantic research on questions | 第50-59页 |
| ·The necessity of a critical analysis of questions | 第59-63页 |
| ·The drawbacks of the previous studies of questions | 第60-61页 |
| ·The natural joint of questions with power | 第61-63页 |
| ·Summary | 第63-64页 |
| Chapter 3 Three theoretical interpretations of questions and power relations | 第64-90页 |
| ·Introduction | 第64页 |
| ·The interpretation of questions and power relations from social semiotics | 第64-69页 |
| ·Questions as an ideological act associated with power | 第64-66页 |
| ·Context of questioning conveying power and solidarity | 第66-69页 |
| ·The interpretation of questions and power relations from social cognition and psychology | 第69-75页 |
| ·The question/answer sequence as the effect of shared knowledge | 第69-71页 |
| ·The question/answer sequence as the orderliness | 第71-75页 |
| ·The interpretation of questions and power relations from systemic-functional linguistics | 第75-89页 |
| ·Halliday's functional-systemic model of questions | 第75-78页 |
| ·Questions as an initiating speech function realizing unequal status | 第78-89页 |
| ·Summary | 第89-90页 |
| Chapter 4 Questions and the exercise of power | 第90-120页 |
| ·Introduction | 第90页 |
| ·Unattainable power-free 'ideal dialogue' | 第90-92页 |
| ·The classification of dialogues | 第92-95页 |
| ·Questions in casual conversation and the exercise of power | 第95-105页 |
| ·Power as covert in casual conversation | 第95-98页 |
| ·Questions as a pervasively latent means to exercise power in casual conversation | 第98-101页 |
| ·Questions in child/parent (adult) talk-an exceptional case | 第101-105页 |
| ·Questions in institutional dialogue and the exercise of power | 第105-118页 |
| ·Power as overt in institutional dialogue | 第105-108页 |
| ·Questions as a prominent means to exercise power in institutional dialogue | 第108-118页 |
| ·Summary | 第118-120页 |
| Chapter 5 The critical framework of questions in dialogues | 第120-214页 |
| ·Introduction | 第120页 |
| ·The setup of the critical framework of questions | 第120-165页 |
| ·The phonological level | 第121-131页 |
| ·The lexical level | 第131-155页 |
| ·The generic structure level | 第155-165页 |
| ·The application of the critical framework of questions | 第165-210页 |
| ·A critical analysis of questions in a courtroom cross-examination | 第166-176页 |
| ·The critical analysis of questions in a piece of news interview | 第176-187页 |
| ·The critical analysis of questions in a medical encounter | 第187-198页 |
| ·The critical analysis of questions in casual conversation | 第198-210页 |
| ·Summary | 第210-214页 |
| Chapter 6 Questions and power relations in intertextual dialogues | 第214-236页 |
| ·Introduction | 第214页 |
| ·Defining intertextuality | 第214-217页 |
| ·Questions and power relations in intertextual dialogues | 第217-223页 |
| ·Two factors in the subtle changes of questions and power relations in intertextual dialogues | 第223-234页 |
| ·The transformation of social status between participants | 第223-230页 |
| ·A tendency towards informality | 第230-234页 |
| ·Summary | 第234-236页 |
| Conclusion | 第236-245页 |
| Appendix Data Samples | 第245-257页 |
| Bibliography | 第257-271页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第271-272页 |
