| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract in Chinese | 第5-6页 |
| Abstract in English | 第6-10页 |
| 1.Introduction | 第10-19页 |
| ·Amy Tan and The Joy Luck Club | 第10-12页 |
| ·Literature review | 第12-17页 |
| ·About the thesis | 第17-19页 |
| 2.Theoretical Frameworks | 第19-26页 |
| ·The definition of identity | 第19-20页 |
| ·Code and codeswitching | 第20页 |
| ·Adaptation Theory | 第20-24页 |
| ·Myers-Scotton's 'Markedness Model' | 第24-26页 |
| 3.Language Use in The Joy Luck Club | 第26-34页 |
| ·The language environment for JLC mothers | 第26-28页 |
| ·Codes in JLC | 第28-30页 |
| ·Patterns of codeswitching in JLC | 第30-32页 |
| ·Codeswitching by the novelist | 第30-31页 |
| ·Codeswitching by other characters in JLC | 第31-32页 |
| ·Codeswitching by the JLC mothers | 第32页 |
| ·Patterns of language use of the JLC mothers | 第32-34页 |
| 4.Maternal Codeswitching from the Perspective of Linguistic Adaptation | 第34-41页 |
| ·Maternal codeswitching as adaptation to the linguistic reality | 第34-36页 |
| ·Adaptation to the linguistic existence of English | 第34页 |
| ·Adaptation to the linguistic features of English | 第34-36页 |
| ·Maternal codeswitching as adaptation to the social conventions | 第36-37页 |
| ·Maternal codeswitching as adaptation to the psychological motivations | 第37-41页 |
| ·Codeswitching as humour-creating strategy | 第37-38页 |
| ·Codeswitching as authenticity-keeping strategy | 第38页 |
| ·Codeswitching as understanding-facilitating strategy | 第38-39页 |
| ·Codeswitching as solidarity-building strategy | 第39-41页 |
| 5.Maternal Code Choices from the Perspective of Markedness Model | 第41-52页 |
| ·Maternal code choices as unmarked choices | 第41-45页 |
| ·Sequential unmarked CS | 第41-43页 |
| ·Unmarked CS | 第43-45页 |
| ·Maternal code choices as marked choices | 第45-52页 |
| ·Use of marked CS to increase the social distance via authority/anger | 第46-47页 |
| ·Marked CS as an ethnically-based exclusion strategy | 第47-49页 |
| ·Use of marked CS to decrease the social distance | 第49-52页 |
| 6.Conclusion | 第52-54页 |
| Bibliography | 第54-56页 |
