| Acknowledgements | 第5-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第7-10页 |
| 1．1 The Relationship Between Language and Society | 第7-8页 |
| 1．2 Current Situations of Bilingualism/Multilingualism in China | 第8-10页 |
| 1．2．1 Complexity of Speech Communities in China | 第8-9页 |
| 1．2．2 Specific Situations of Bilingualism/Multilingualism in China | 第9-10页 |
| Chapter 2 A Literature Review | 第10-23页 |
| 2．1 The Rise of Codeswitching as a Research Topic | 第10-19页 |
| 2．1．1 Definitions of Codeswitching | 第10-12页 |
| 2．1．2 Current Interest in Codeswitching | 第12-13页 |
| 2．1．3 Codeswitching as a Respectable Research Topic | 第13-15页 |
| 2．1．4 The Prevailing Views of Codeswitching | 第15-19页 |
| 2．1．4．1 Situational and Metaphorical Codeswitching(at the sociolinguistic level) | 第15-16页 |
| 2．1．4．2 Inter-Sentential and Intra-Sentential Codeswitching(at the syntactic level) | 第16-17页 |
| 2．1．4．3 ML + EL Constituents, EL Islands, and ML Islands(at the lexical level) | 第17-18页 |
| 2．1．4．4Discourse- and Preference-Related Codeswitching(at the functional level) | 第18-19页 |
| 2．2 Distinction: Codeswitching vs． Borrowing; Codeswitching vs． Diglossia | 第19-23页 |
| 2．2．1 Codeswitching and Borrowing | 第19-22页 |
| 2．2．2 Codeswitching and Diglossia | 第22-23页 |
| Chapter 3 Theoretical Framework Applied in this Paper | 第23-29页 |
| 3．1 Function Model of R． Appel and P． Muysken | 第23-25页 |
| 3．2 Accommodation Theory of H．Giles et al | 第25-27页 |
| 3．3 Cooperative Principle of Grice | 第27-29页 |
| Chapter 4 Data Collection and Data Analysis | 第29-46页 |
| 4．1 Feasibility Analysis of the Novel Muslims' Funeral | 第29-30页 |
| 4．1．1 About the Writer Huo Da | 第29页 |
| 4．1．2 About the Novel Muslims' Funeral | 第29-30页 |
| 4．2 Data Collection | 第30页 |
| 4．3 Data Presentation and Analysis | 第30-46页 |
| 4．3．1 Data Presentation | 第30-33页 |
| 4．3．2 The Analysis of Social Functions of Codeswitching in this Novel | 第33-41页 |
| 4．3．2．1 Markers of the Social Sstatus | 第33-35页 |
| 4．3．2．2 Means of Psychological Distance | 第35-36页 |
| 4．3．2．3 For Convenience | 第36-37页 |
| 4．3．2．4 For Emphasis | 第37-38页 |
| 4．3．2．5 As a way of Sarcasm | 第38-39页 |
| 4．3．2．6 Showing Intimacy/Casualness | 第39-40页 |
| 4．3．2．7 Other Functions | 第40-41页 |
| 4．3．3 Reasons Why Codeswitching Happens | 第41-46页 |
| 4．3．3．1 Codeswitching as a Communicative Strategy | 第41-42页 |
| 4．3．3．2 Codeswitching as Realization of Accommodation | 第42-44页 |
| 4．3．3．3 Codeswitching as a Cooperative Activity | 第44-46页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第46-48页 |
| Appendix Symbols and Abbreviations | 第48-49页 |
| Bibliography | 第49-51页 |
