| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-9页 |
| List of Figures | 第9-10页 |
| CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION | 第10-14页 |
| ·Rationale of the study | 第10-12页 |
| ·The importance of courtroom discourse | 第10-11页 |
| ·A need for study of courtroom discourse | 第11页 |
| ·An urgent need for analysis of the courtroom discourse in the perspective of context | 第11-12页 |
| ·Purpose of the study | 第12页 |
| ·Research methodology and data collection | 第12-13页 |
| ·Organization of the thesis | 第13-14页 |
| CHAPTER TWO OVERVIEW OF THE RESEARCH ON COURTROOM DISCOURSE | 第14-21页 |
| ·Studies on courtroom discourse | 第14-19页 |
| ·Definition of discourse | 第14-15页 |
| ·Definition of courtroom discourse | 第15-16页 |
| ·Classifications of courtroom trial | 第16页 |
| ·Studies on courtroom discourse analysis | 第16-19页 |
| ·Studies on courtroom discourse analysis abroad | 第16-17页 |
| ·Studies on courtroom discourse analysis at home | 第17-19页 |
| ·Limitations of previous courtroom discourse studies in linguistic field | 第19页 |
| ·Summary | 第19-21页 |
| CHAPTER THREE COURTROOM DISCOURSE ANALYSIS IN THE PERSPECTIVE OF STATIC CONTEXT | 第21-34页 |
| ·Introduction | 第21-22页 |
| ·Overview of research on static studies of context abroad | 第22-25页 |
| ·Overview of research on static studies of context at home | 第25-29页 |
| ·Achievements of static context in ancient China | 第25-26页 |
| ·Achievements of static context in modern China | 第26-29页 |
| ·Definitions of static context in modern China | 第26-27页 |
| ·Classifications on static context in modern China | 第27-29页 |
| ·Limitations of static studies of context | 第29-30页 |
| ·Courtroom discourse analysis in the perspective of static studies | 第30-33页 |
| ·Courtroom discourse analysis in the perspective of static studies | 第31页 |
| ·Limitations of static studies in courtroom discourse analysis | 第31-33页 |
| ·Summary | 第33-34页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR COURTROOM DISCOURSE ANALYSIS IN THE PERSPECTIVE OF COGNITIVE CONTEXT | 第34-61页 |
| ·Introduction | 第34页 |
| ·Cognitive context | 第34-42页 |
| ·The notion of cognitive context | 第36-39页 |
| ·Nature of cognitive context | 第39-42页 |
| ·Function of mutual manifestness of cognitive context | 第42页 |
| ·Cognitive context models | 第42-51页 |
| ·Introduction | 第42页 |
| ·Mental models | 第42-44页 |
| ·Cognitive context models | 第44-51页 |
| ·Courtroom trial analysis in the perspective of cognitive context | 第51-58页 |
| ·Macro analysis of the courtroom discussion fragment | 第53-55页 |
| ·Analysis in terms of features of the event | 第53页 |
| ·Analysis in terms of relationship between participants | 第53-54页 |
| ·Analysis in terms of form of the event | 第54-55页 |
| ·Micro-analysis of the courtroom discussion fragment | 第55-58页 |
| ·Identity analysis of categories of cognitive context models | 第55页 |
| ·Position and goals analysis of categories of cognitive context models | 第55-56页 |
| ·Lexical level analysis | 第56-57页 |
| ·Expressing strategy analysis | 第57-58页 |
| ·Semantic level analysis | 第58页 |
| ·Findings and suggestions of the analysis | 第58-61页 |
| ·Findings of analysis | 第58-60页 |
| ·Suggestions to Chinese court | 第60-61页 |
| CHAPTER FIVE CONCLUSION | 第61-64页 |
| ·Major conclusions | 第61-62页 |
| ·Contributions | 第62页 |
| ·Limitations of the current research and recommendations for further study | 第62-64页 |
| Bibliography | 第64-66页 |
