| Abstract | 第1-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-8页 |
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第8-11页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第11-13页 |
| Chapter Two Theoretical Background | 第13-30页 |
| ·Conversation, Turn-taking and Silence | 第13-20页 |
| ·Conversation | 第13-14页 |
| ·Turn-taking | 第14页 |
| ·A Brief Literature Review of Studies on Silence | 第14-18页 |
| ·Silence and Turn-taking | 第18-20页 |
| ·The Cooperative Principle | 第20-23页 |
| ·Cooperative Principle and Four Maxims | 第20-21页 |
| ·Flouting the Maxims | 第21-23页 |
| ·Politeness Principles | 第23-27页 |
| ·Leech's Politeness Principle | 第24-26页 |
| ·The Politeness Principles vs. the Cooperative Principles | 第26-27页 |
| ·Brown and Levinson's Politeness Theory | 第27-30页 |
| ·The Concept of Face | 第27-28页 |
| ·Super Strategies for Performing the Face-threatening Act | 第28页 |
| ·Off-record Politeness | 第28-30页 |
| Chapter Three Object of Study & Methodology | 第30-35页 |
| ·Previous Research on TV Drama | 第30-31页 |
| ·A Case Study:Prison Break | 第31-33页 |
| ·The Phenomenon of Prison Break | 第31-32页 |
| ·Characters | 第32-33页 |
| ·Approaches Applied & Data Collected | 第33-35页 |
| ·Approaches of the Study | 第34页 |
| ·Collection of Data | 第34-35页 |
| Chapter Four Pragmatic Analysis of Silences in Prison Break | 第35-46页 |
| ·Forms of Silence in Prison Break | 第35-36页 |
| ·Functions of Silence in Prison Break in the View of Politeness | 第36-44页 |
| ·A Means of Showing the Contempt | 第37-38页 |
| ·A Means of Providing an Accenting | 第38-39页 |
| ·A Means of Providing an Interval | 第39页 |
| ·A Means of Providing a Refusal | 第39-40页 |
| ·A Means of Expressing Emotions | 第40-44页 |
| ·A Means of Managing a Conflict | 第44页 |
| ·Functions of Silence in Prison Break in the View of Cooperation | 第44-46页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第46-48页 |
| Bibliography | 第48-51页 |
