| 摘要 | 第1-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-11页 |
| List of Figures and Table | 第11-12页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第12-17页 |
| ·Introduction | 第12-13页 |
| ·Rationale of the present study | 第13页 |
| ·Research questions | 第13-14页 |
| ·Data and methodology | 第14页 |
| ·Issues about Are You Smarter Than a Primary School Student? | 第14-16页 |
| ·Layout of the thesis | 第16-17页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第17-31页 |
| ·Introduction | 第17页 |
| ·Terminological issues. | 第17-18页 |
| ·Approaches to quiz shows | 第18-23页 |
| ·Traditional linguistic approach. | 第18-19页 |
| ·Sociolinguistic approach | 第19-20页 |
| ·Television media studies approach | 第20-22页 |
| ·Pragmatic approach | 第22-23页 |
| ·Approaches to sentence types. | 第23-29页 |
| ·Traditional pragmatic approach. | 第23-26页 |
| ·Modern pragmatic approach | 第26-29页 |
| ·Summary | 第29-31页 |
| Chapter 3 Analytical Framework | 第31-41页 |
| ·Introduction | 第31页 |
| ·A brief sketch of Jef Verschueren‘s linguistic adaptation theory. | 第31-37页 |
| ·Making choices. | 第32页 |
| ·Three properties of language | 第32-33页 |
| ·Four angles of Investigation | 第33-37页 |
| ·Key elements of the analytical framework | 第37-38页 |
| ·Sentence types: results of choice making | 第37-38页 |
| ·Sentence types: products of dynamic negotiation | 第38页 |
| ·Sentence types: a means of linguistic adaptation | 第38页 |
| ·Summary | 第38-41页 |
| Chapter 4 Description of Sentence Types in Quiz Show | 第41-61页 |
| ·Introduction | 第41页 |
| ·Classification criteria of sentence types in current study | 第41-42页 |
| ·Types of sentences adopted by the participants in quiz show | 第42-60页 |
| ·Types of sentences adopted by the host | 第42-51页 |
| ·Types of sentences adopted by the contestants | 第51-60页 |
| ·Summary | 第60-61页 |
| Chapter 5 Context Correlates Influencing the Choice of Sentence Types | 第61-81页 |
| ·Introduction | 第61页 |
| ·Sentence types as a means of adaptation to VPW | 第61-64页 |
| ·Adaptation to time | 第61-62页 |
| ·Adaptation to rules of the game. | 第62-64页 |
| ·Sentence types as a means of adaptation to VSW | 第64-72页 |
| ·Adaptation to institutional roles | 第64-66页 |
| ·Adaptation to power | 第66-69页 |
| ·Adaptation to culture | 第69-70页 |
| ·Adaptation to social distance | 第70-72页 |
| ·Sentence types as a means of adaptation to VMW | 第72-79页 |
| ·Sentence types as decision influencing strategy | 第73-75页 |
| ·Sentence types as an atmosphere creating strategy | 第75-79页 |
| ·Summary | 第79-81页 |
| Chapter 6 Conclusion | 第81-84页 |
| ·Introduction | 第81页 |
| ·Major Findings | 第81-82页 |
| ·Limitations of this study | 第82-83页 |
| ·Suggestions for further research | 第83-84页 |
| References | 第84-86页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第86页 |
