| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第1-5页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第5-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-8页 |
| CONTENTS | 第8-10页 |
| CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION | 第10-14页 |
| ·Brief Introduction of This Paper | 第10-12页 |
| ·Research Hypotheses and Objectives | 第12-14页 |
| ·Research Hypotheses | 第12页 |
| ·Research Objectives | 第12-14页 |
| CHAPTER TWO: THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK AND RELATED LITERATURE | 第14-25页 |
| ·Related Literature | 第14-21页 |
| ·The Research on Language Variation at Home and Broad | 第14-17页 |
| ·Research on Legal Language at Home and Broad | 第17-21页 |
| ·Theoretical Framework | 第21-25页 |
| ·Saussurean Paradox | 第21-22页 |
| ·Orderly Heterogeneous Theory | 第22-23页 |
| ·Bickerton and Bailey’s Dynamic Model | 第23-25页 |
| CHAPTER THREE：DATA ANALYSIS | 第25-40页 |
| ·Brief Introduction to Some Terms | 第25-28页 |
| ·Language Variation | 第25-27页 |
| ·Legal Language | 第27-28页 |
| ·Legal English and Legal Chinese Variations | 第28-32页 |
| ·The Relationship Between Language and Law | 第28-29页 |
| ·Phonological Variation | 第29-30页 |
| ·Stylistic Variation | 第30页 |
| ·Grammatical Variation | 第30-31页 |
| ·Lexical Variation | 第31-32页 |
| ·Factors Leading to Legal Language Variation | 第32-40页 |
| ·Territorial Difference | 第32-33页 |
| ·Different Legal System | 第33-34页 |
| ·Spatio-temporal Difference | 第34-35页 |
| ·Translated Variations and the Influencing Factors | 第35-36页 |
| ·Variations Due to Simplification of Legal English | 第36-40页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR: INTERPRETATION AND DISCUSSION | 第40-49页 |
| ·Contributing Factors for Similarities in the Variation of Two Languages | 第40-43页 |
| ·The Ubiquity of Language Variation | 第40-41页 |
| ·The Destructiveness of Language Variation | 第41页 |
| ·The Innovation of Language Variation | 第41-42页 |
| ·The Compliance of Language Variation | 第42-43页 |
| ·Contributing Factors for Distinctions between Two Languages Variation | 第43-49页 |
| ·Different Histories of the Two Languages | 第43-44页 |
| ·Different Social Environments Cause the Different Way of Thinking | 第44-46页 |
| ·Different Political Environment of the Two Languages | 第46-47页 |
| ·Different Legal System of the Two Languages | 第47-49页 |
| CHAPTER FIVE: CONCLUSION | 第49-53页 |
| ·Summary | 第49-51页 |
| ·Validity and Reliability | 第51页 |
| ·Limitations and Further Research | 第51-53页 |
| REFERENCES | 第53-54页 |
