| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Table of Content | 第5-9页 |
| Abstract | 第9-11页 |
| Introduction | 第11-14页 |
| Chapter One: Gender Language Studies in Historical Perspective | 第14-22页 |
| ·The Definition of Gender and Gender Difference Studies | 第14页 |
| ·Gender-language Studies in Historical Perspective | 第14-19页 |
| ·Speech Differences and Context | 第19-22页 |
| Chapter Two: Corpus, Method and Analytical Framework | 第22-33页 |
| ·The Collection of Data as the Sample | 第22-24页 |
| ·From Descriptive Statistics to Inferential Statistics | 第24-26页 |
| ·Analytical Framework Based on Conversational Analysis | 第26-33页 |
| ·Amount of Talk | 第27-28页 |
| ·Turns or Turn-taking | 第28-30页 |
| ·Interruption | 第30页 |
| ·Minimal Response | 第30-33页 |
| Chapter Three: Statistical Analysis of the Gender Differences in Cross-sex Conversations | 第33-51页 |
| ·Amount of Talk | 第33-42页 |
| ·Descriptive Analysis of Amount of talk by Gender | 第34-35页 |
| ·T-test | 第35-38页 |
| ·Pearson Product-moment Correlation Coeffecient | 第38-41页 |
| ·Discussion | 第41-42页 |
| ·Turns or Turn-taking | 第42-43页 |
| ·Descriptive Analysis and T-test | 第42页 |
| ·Discussion | 第42-43页 |
| ·Interruption | 第43-45页 |
| ·Descriptive Analysis and T-test | 第43-44页 |
| ·Discussion | 第44-45页 |
| ·Minimal Response | 第45-49页 |
| ·Descriptive Analysis and Chi-square Test | 第45-48页 |
| ·Discussion | 第48-49页 |
| ·Summary | 第49-51页 |
| Chapter Four: Sub-cultural Explanations of the Speech Differences | 第51-56页 |
| ·Gender Differences in Language Learning at Home | 第51-53页 |
| ·Gender Differences in Language Learning in School | 第53页 |
| ·Gender Differences in Language Learning in Peer Groups | 第53-56页 |
| Chapter Five: Significance of the Study | 第56-62页 |
| ·Influences on Cross-sex Communications | 第56-59页 |
| ·Social Consequences for Men and Women | 第59-60页 |
| ·Some Implications for Future Work | 第60-62页 |
| Conclusion | 第62-65页 |
| Transcription Conventions | 第65页 |
| Supplement | 第65-80页 |
| Bibliography | 第80-82页 |
