| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-8页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-11页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第11-19页 |
| ·Definition of Repetition | 第12-16页 |
| ·Working Definition of Repetition | 第12-13页 |
| ·Repetition and Similar Terms | 第13-16页 |
| ·Rationale | 第16-17页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第17-18页 |
| ·Purpose and Significance of the Thesis | 第18页 |
| ·Organization of the Thesis | 第18-19页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第19-30页 |
| ·Medical Discourse | 第19-21页 |
| ·Repetition | 第21-25页 |
| ·Structures and Functions of Repetition | 第21-22页 |
| ·Repetition in Different Settings | 第22-25页 |
| ·Discourse Comprehension and Processing | 第25-30页 |
| ·Mental Model | 第25-26页 |
| ·Schema | 第26-28页 |
| ·Several Kinds of Discourse Comprehension and Processing | 第28页 |
| ·Discourse Comprehension and Processing in Institutional Settings | 第28-30页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Foundations and Methodology | 第30-37页 |
| ·Theoretical Foundations | 第30-35页 |
| ·Conversation Analysis | 第30-31页 |
| ·Critical Discourse Analysis:a Social Cognition Approach | 第31-35页 |
| ·Data Collection and Methodology | 第35-37页 |
| Chapter Four Doctors' and Patients' Repetitions in MD | 第37-68页 |
| ·Categorization of Repetitions in MD | 第37-50页 |
| ·Structural Perspective | 第37-40页 |
| ·Distance Perspective | 第40-42页 |
| ·Rhetorical Perspective | 第42-50页 |
| ·Quantitative Distribution of Repetitions in MD | 第50-51页 |
| ·Locus of Doctors' Repetitions | 第51-57页 |
| ·Full Repetition | 第52-56页 |
| ·Partial Repetition | 第56-57页 |
| ·Augmented Repetition | 第57页 |
| ·Locus of Patients' Repetitions | 第57-61页 |
| ·Full Repetition | 第58-60页 |
| ·Partial Repetition | 第60页 |
| ·Augmented Repetition | 第60-61页 |
| ·Functions of Doctors' Repetitions | 第61-63页 |
| ·Seeking Agreement | 第61-62页 |
| ·Seeking Confirmation | 第62-63页 |
| ·Inviting Patients' Elaboration | 第63页 |
| ·Functions of Patients' Repetitions | 第63-66页 |
| ·Seeking Doctors' Attention on Intended Foci | 第63-64页 |
| ·Evaluating Doctors' Previous Treatments | 第64-65页 |
| ·Seeking Doctors' Assurance | 第65-66页 |
| ·Inviting Doctors' Elaborations | 第66页 |
| ·Summary | 第66-68页 |
| Chapter Five Cognitive Approach to Discourse Comprehension andProcessing of Repetitions in MD | 第68-80页 |
| ·Local Coherence | 第68-75页 |
| ·Functional Coherence | 第68-71页 |
| ·Referential Coherence | 第71-75页 |
| ·Global Coherence | 第75-79页 |
| ·Summary | 第79-80页 |
| Chapter Six Sociological Perspective of Repetitions in MD | 第80-84页 |
| ·Paternalism and Consumerism in MD | 第80-81页 |
| ·Repetitions and Two Relationships in MD | 第81-84页 |
| Chapter Seven Conclusion | 第84-88页 |
| ·Summary | 第84-86页 |
| ·Implications | 第86-87页 |
| ·Limitations and Suggestions for Further Studies | 第87-88页 |
| References | 第88-98页 |
| Appendix | 第98-99页 |
