| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第5-6页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第6-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-11页 |
| LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS | 第11-13页 |
| LIST OF ADDRESS TERMS WITH ENGLISH TRANSLATION | 第13-18页 |
| CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION | 第18-22页 |
| 1.1 The research context | 第18-19页 |
| 1.2 The research problem | 第19页 |
| 1.3 Rationale and significance | 第19-20页 |
| 1.4 General structure of the thesis | 第20-22页 |
| CHAPTER TWO LITERATURE REVIEW | 第22-29页 |
| 2.1 Previous studies of address terms | 第22-25页 |
| 2.1.1 Studies in European languages: Pronouns as power and solidarity | 第22-24页 |
| 2.1.2 Address terms in American English | 第24-25页 |
| 2.2 Studies on terms of address in the Chinese cultural context | 第25-27页 |
| 2.2.1 Chinese address maxim proposed by Gu Yueguo | 第26页 |
| 2.2.2 Other studies on Chinese address terms | 第26-27页 |
| 2.3 Limitation of previous studies | 第27-28页 |
| 2.4 Summary | 第28-29页 |
| CHAPTER THREE THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK AND RESEARCH METHOD | 第29-36页 |
| 3.1 Related theories on power and solidarity | 第29-31页 |
| 3.1.1 The concept of power and solidarity | 第29页 |
| 3.1.2 The two-dimensional semantics: T and V | 第29-31页 |
| 3.2 Definition and classification of address terms | 第31-33页 |
| 3.3 Research questions | 第33-34页 |
| 3.4 Data collection and analytical method | 第34-35页 |
| 3.5 Summary | 第35-36页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR DATA ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSION | 第36-64页 |
| 4.1 Data processing | 第36-40页 |
| 4.2 A comparison of address terms in Desire and Ode to Joy | 第40-46页 |
| 4.2.1 Changes of the pattern between seniors and juniors | 第41-43页 |
| 4.2.2 Changes of the pattern between superiors and inferiors | 第43-45页 |
| 4.2.3 Changes of the pattern between strangers and acquaintances | 第45-46页 |
| 4.3 The changes of the relationship between power and solidarity | 第46-61页 |
| 4.3.1 Power and its influence on the choices of address terms | 第47-55页 |
| 4.3.2 Solidarity and its influence on the choices of address terms | 第55-61页 |
| 4.4 The social factors for the changes of address terms | 第61-62页 |
| 4.5 Summary | 第62-64页 |
| CHAPTER FIVE CONCLUSION | 第64-70页 |
| 5.1 Major findings of the study | 第64-67页 |
| 5.2 Theoretical contribution and practical implications | 第67-68页 |
| 5.3 Limitations | 第68页 |
| 5.4 Suggestions for future research | 第68-70页 |
| REFERENCES | 第70-72页 |
| APPENDICES | 第72-78页 |
| Appendix A | 第72-76页 |
| Appendix B | 第76-78页 |
