| 摘要 | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-12页 |
| Introduction | 第12-15页 |
| ·Research Background | 第12页 |
| ·Research Methods | 第12-13页 |
| ·Objective and Significance of the Research | 第13-14页 |
| ·Organization of the Thesis | 第14-15页 |
| Chapter One Language Variation and the YOU+VP Structure | 第15-24页 |
| ·Previous Studies on Language Variation | 第15-20页 |
| ·Social Variables of Language | 第15-18页 |
| ·Contact-induced Language Change | 第18-19页 |
| ·Contribution of Spontaneous Speech Data for Linguistic Analysis | 第19-20页 |
| ·Social Motivation for Language Variation | 第20页 |
| ·Previous Studies on the YOU + VP Structure | 第20-23页 |
| ·The Present State of the Use of the YOU+VP Structure | 第21页 |
| ·The Formal Linguistic Perspective on Studies of the YOU +VP Structure | 第21-22页 |
| ·The Sociolinguistic Perspective on Studies of the YOU +VP Structure | 第22-23页 |
| ·Comments on the Previous Studies | 第23-24页 |
| Chapter Two Research Methodology | 第24-30页 |
| ·Hypotheses | 第24页 |
| ·Selection of Informants | 第24-25页 |
| ·Data Collection | 第25-28页 |
| ·Tape-recording of Naturalistic Conversations | 第25-26页 |
| ·Observation of the Daily Speech | 第26-27页 |
| ·Rapid and Anonymous Survey | 第27页 |
| ·Language Attitude Questionnaire Survey | 第27-28页 |
| ·Data Processing | 第28-30页 |
| ·Transcription of Speech Data | 第28-29页 |
| ·Analysis of Speech Data by GoldVarb X | 第29页 |
| ·Analysis of Questionnaires by SPSS | 第29-30页 |
| Chapter Three Results and Discussion | 第30-45页 |
| ·Distribution of the Use of YOU + VP Structure | 第30-36页 |
| ·An Overall Distribution of the YOU + VP Structure | 第30-32页 |
| ·Gender and the Use of YOU + VP | 第32-33页 |
| ·Age and the Use of YOU+VP | 第33-34页 |
| ·Occupation and the Use of YOU + VP | 第34-35页 |
| ·Educational Level and the Use of YOU + VP | 第35-36页 |
| ·English Level and the Use of YOU + VP | 第36页 |
| ·Multivariate Analysis | 第36-38页 |
| ·People’ Attitudes towards the Use of YOU + VP Structure | 第38-45页 |
| ·Different Attitudes of Different Age Groups | 第38-39页 |
| ·Different Attitudes of Males and Females | 第39页 |
| ·Different Attitudes of People with Different Occupations | 第39-40页 |
| ·Different Attitudes of People with Different Educational Level and English Level | 第40-42页 |
| ·The Ways to Hear or Know the Use of YOU + VP structure | 第42-45页 |
| Chapter Four The Diffusion of the YOU+VP Structure and Implications from the Research | 第45-52页 |
| ·Linguistic Causes for the Diffusion of the YOU + VP Structure | 第45-47页 |
| ·Results of Language Development | 第45-46页 |
| ·Elicitation of the Question Form of YOUMEIYOU+VP | 第46页 |
| ·The Symmetrical Mechanism of Language | 第46-47页 |
| ·Social Causes for the Diffusion of the YOU + VP Structure | 第47-48页 |
| ·Influences from Southern Dialects and the English Language | 第47-48页 |
| ·Influences from the Media | 第48页 |
| ·The Social Motivation for the Diffusion of the YOU + VP Structure | 第48-50页 |
| ·Pursuit of Originality | 第48-49页 |
| ·Peer Pressure | 第49-50页 |
| ·The Economy Principle of Language Use | 第50页 |
| ·Implications from the Research | 第50-52页 |
| ·The Development of the YOU + VP Structure in the Future | 第50-51页 |
| ·Language Variation and Language Planning | 第51-52页 |
| Conclusion | 第52-55页 |
| Works Cited | 第55-58页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第58-59页 |
| Appendix A | 第59-60页 |
| Appendix B | 第60-61页 |
| Appendix C | 第61-63页 |
| Appendix D | 第63-65页 |
| Informative Abstract in Chinese | 第65-68页 |
| Résumé and Publications since Entering the Program | 第68页 |