| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第5-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-11页 |
| 1.Introduction | 第11-14页 |
| ·The origin of the study | 第11-12页 |
| ·The objective and significance ofthe study | 第12页 |
| ·The structure ofthe thesis | 第12-14页 |
| 2.Literature Review | 第14-27页 |
| ·Definition of interruption | 第14-19页 |
| ·Different definitions of interruption | 第14-15页 |
| ·Working definition of interruption in this paper | 第15-16页 |
| ·Interruption,overlap and turn-bidding | 第16-19页 |
| ·Classifications of interruption | 第19页 |
| ·Functions of interruption | 第19-20页 |
| ·Power and interruption | 第20-25页 |
| ·Gender and interruption | 第20-22页 |
| ·Interruption in courtroom | 第22-23页 |
| ·Interruption in medical discourse | 第23-24页 |
| ·Interruption in classroom discourse | 第24-25页 |
| ·Interruption in televised discourse | 第25页 |
| ·A brief comment on previous research | 第25-27页 |
| 3.Theoretical Framework | 第27-31页 |
| ·Conversation analysis | 第27-28页 |
| ·Cooperative principle | 第28-29页 |
| ·Critical discourse analysis | 第29-31页 |
| 4.Analysis of Interruption Behaviors·in the Chinese Television Talk Show tell it as it is | 第31-51页 |
| ·Research questions | 第31页 |
| ·Data description | 第31页 |
| ·Methods | 第31-32页 |
| ·Major findings | 第32-51页 |
| ·Frequency of interruptions | 第32-33页 |
| ·Linguistic features of interruptions in the televised talk show | 第33-36页 |
| ·Strategies of interruptions in the televised talk show | 第36-40页 |
| ·Causes of interruptions in the televised talk shows | 第40-46页 |
| ·Functions of interruption in the talk show | 第46-51页 |
| 5.Conclusion | 第51-53页 |
| ·Implications | 第51页 |
| ·Limitation | 第51-53页 |
| Bibliography | 第53-57页 |
| Appendix Ⅰ Data Sources of Chinese Talk show Tell It as It Is | 第57-58页 |
| Appendix Ⅱ Transcription Convention | 第58-59页 |
| Appendix Ⅲ A Sample of Transcription | 第59-68页 |
