| Abstract (in Chinese) | 第4-6页 |
| Abstract (in English) | 第6-7页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第11-17页 |
| 1.1 Research Background | 第11-13页 |
| 1.2 Research Purpose and Significance | 第13页 |
| 1.3 Research Questions | 第13-14页 |
| 1.4 Research Methodology | 第14-15页 |
| 1.5 Organization of the Thesis | 第15-17页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第17-36页 |
| 2.1 A Brief Introduction to Repair | 第17-22页 |
| 2.1.1 Definition of Repair | 第17-19页 |
| 2.1.2 Distinction between Repair and Correction | 第19-20页 |
| 2.1.3 Classification of Repair | 第20-22页 |
| 2.2 Previous Studies of Repair | 第22-32页 |
| 2.2.1 The Start and Development of the Study of Repair | 第22-23页 |
| 2.2.2 The Multi–disciplined Approaches to Repair | 第23-32页 |
| 2.3 Weakness of Preceding Studies of Repair | 第32-34页 |
| 2.4 The Perspective of the Present Study of Repair | 第34-36页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Framework | 第36-51页 |
| 3.1 Working Definition of Repair for the Present Study | 第36-37页 |
| 3.2 Rapport Management Model and Adaptation Theory | 第37-42页 |
| 3.2.1 General Introduction to Rapport Management Model | 第37-39页 |
| 3.2.2 General Introduction to Linguistic Adaptation Theory | 第39-42页 |
| 3.3 The Rapport Management-Adaptation Theoretical Framework | 第42-51页 |
| 3.3.1 The Theoretical Basis of Rapport Management-Adaptation Model | 第42-44页 |
| 3.3.2 A Tentative Rapport Management-Adaptation Model of Repair | 第44-49页 |
| 3.3.3 The Concepts of Linguistic Repertoire, Negotiation, Adaptation, Variation andTheir Interrelationships | 第49-51页 |
| Chapter Four The Analysis of Repair: A Rapport Management-Adaptation-based Approach | 第51-85页 |
| 4.1 The Motivational Forces of Repair: Rapport Orientation | 第51-58页 |
| 4.1.1 Repair as a Means of Rapport Maintenance Orientation | 第51-55页 |
| 4.1.2 Repair as a Means of Rapport Enhancement Orientation | 第55-58页 |
| 4.2 The Adaptive Mechanism of Repair | 第58-67页 |
| 4.2.1 Adaptation to the Physical World | 第58-61页 |
| 4.2.2 Adaptation to the Social World | 第61-64页 |
| 4.2.3 Adaptation to the Mental World | 第64-67页 |
| 4.3 The Interpersonal Pragmatic Functions of Repair | 第67-85页 |
| 4.3.1 Satisfying Participants’ Face Wants | 第67-71页 |
| 4.3.2 Filling the Informative Gap | 第71-75页 |
| 4.3.3 Creating Harmonious Communicative Surroundings | 第75-76页 |
| 4.3.4 Mitigating or Avoiding Potential Conflicts | 第76-80页 |
| 4.3.5 Mitigating the Force of Negative Utterance | 第80-83页 |
| 4.3.6 Transferring the Turn of Speech | 第83页 |
| 4.3.7 Shortening the Social Distance | 第83-85页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第85-90页 |
| 5.1 Research Findings | 第85-87页 |
| 5.1.1 Major Findings on the Rapport Management-Adaptation Model of Repair | 第85-87页 |
| 5.1.2 Major Findings on Repair | 第87页 |
| 5.2 Implications | 第87-88页 |
| 5.3 Limitations and Suggestions | 第88-90页 |
| Bibliography | 第90-95页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第95-96页 |
| 个人简历 | 第96页 |
