| Abstract | 第1-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-9页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第9-12页 |
| ·Research questions | 第9-10页 |
| ·Significance of the study | 第10页 |
| ·Organization of the thesis | 第10-12页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第12-17页 |
| ·Definition of office talk | 第12页 |
| ·Linguistic studies of institutional talk | 第12-13页 |
| ·Relevant studies of office talk in China and abroad | 第13-16页 |
| ·Critical comments on previous studies | 第16-17页 |
| Chapter 3 Theoretical Framework: Conversation Analysis | 第17-25页 |
| ·Turn-taking mechanism. | 第19-22页 |
| ·Turn distribution | 第20页 |
| ·Control of topics | 第20-21页 |
| ·Turn length | 第21页 |
| ·Turn type | 第21-22页 |
| ·Adjacency pair | 第22-23页 |
| ·Repair apparatus | 第23-24页 |
| ·Opening and closing system | 第24-25页 |
| Chapter 4 Research Design | 第25-29页 |
| ·Data collection | 第25-26页 |
| ·Research procedure | 第26-27页 |
| ·Research methods | 第27-29页 |
| Chapter 5 Data Analysis | 第29-52页 |
| ·Linguistic features of office talk between government officials | 第29-40页 |
| ·Linguistic features from the perspective of adjacency pair system | 第29-31页 |
| ·Linguistic features from the perspective of repair apparatus | 第31-34页 |
| ·Linguistic features from the perspective of opening and closing system | 第34-40页 |
| ·The characterization analysis of the protagonist Jack Bauer by turn-taking mechanism | 第40-52页 |
| ·An analysis of the conversations between Jack Bauer and his supervisors | 第42-46页 |
| ·An analysis of the conversations between Jack Bauer and his coworkers | 第46-52页 |
| Chapteapter 6 Conclusion | 第52-56页 |
| ·Major findings | 第52-53页 |
| ·Limitations of the study | 第53-54页 |
| ·Suggestions for future research | 第54-56页 |
| References | 第56-58页 |
| Appendix | 第58-74页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第74页 |
