| Declaration | 第1-3页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第3-4页 |
| Abstract | 第4-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-6页 |
| List of Figures | 第6-7页 |
| Transcription Conventions | 第7-8页 |
| Contents | 第8-11页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第11-17页 |
| ·Introduction | 第11-12页 |
| ·The Rationale of the Present Study | 第12-14页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第14-15页 |
| ·Data and Methodology | 第15页 |
| ·The Organization of the Thesis | 第15-17页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第17-31页 |
| ·Introduction | 第17页 |
| ·Previous Studies on Judges' Courtroom Interaction | 第17-20页 |
| ·Previous Studies on Court Conciliation | 第20-28页 |
| ·The legal approach | 第21-23页 |
| ·The linguistic approach | 第23-25页 |
| ·The psychological approach | 第25-27页 |
| ·Critique of previous studies on court conciliation | 第27-28页 |
| ·Previous Studies on Relevance Theory | 第28-30页 |
| ·Summary of This Chapter | 第30-31页 |
| Chapter 3 Description of the Theoretical Framework | 第31-43页 |
| ·Introduction | 第31页 |
| ·Delimitation of Court Conciliation | 第31-33页 |
| ·Theoretical Background | 第33-37页 |
| ·The Theoretical Framework of the Present Study | 第37-39页 |
| ·Procedures | 第39-42页 |
| ·Stages of court conciliation | 第39-40页 |
| ·Linguistic Choices in Court Conciliation | 第40-41页 |
| ·Development of court conciliation in terms of mutual manifestness | 第41-42页 |
| ·Summary | 第42-43页 |
| Chapter 4 Objectives of Each Stage in Court Conciliation | 第43-57页 |
| ·Introduction | 第43页 |
| ·The First Stage: the Beginning of Conciliation | 第43-49页 |
| ·Stating relevant provisions and requirements | 第43-46页 |
| ·Inquiring of parties' about their consent to conciliate | 第46-49页 |
| ·The Second Stage: Conciliating | 第49-53页 |
| ·The Third Stage: the End of Conciliation | 第53-56页 |
| ·Summary | 第56-57页 |
| Chapter 5 Linguistic Choices in Court Conciliation | 第57-73页 |
| ·Introduction | 第57页 |
| ·Linguistic Choices in Court Conciliation at the Lexical Level | 第57-60页 |
| ·Modal words in court conciliation | 第57-59页 |
| ·Person deixis in court conciliation | 第59-60页 |
| ·Linguistic Choices in Court Conciliation at the Syntactic Level | 第60-65页 |
| ·Clauses in court conciliation | 第61-63页 |
| ·Tag questions in court conciliation | 第63-65页 |
| ·Linguistic Choices in Court Conciliation at the Discourse Level | 第65-72页 |
| ·Discourse markers in court conciliation | 第65-70页 |
| ·Reformulation markers | 第65-67页 |
| ·Concessive markers | 第67-69页 |
| ·Inferential markers | 第69-70页 |
| ·Intertexuality in court conciliation | 第70-72页 |
| ·Summary | 第72-73页 |
| Chapter 6 Functions of Linguistic Choices in Court Conciliation | 第73-79页 |
| ·Introduction | 第73页 |
| ·Functions of Linguistic Choices at the Beginning of Conciliation | 第73-76页 |
| ·Functions of Linguistic Choices in Conciliating | 第76-77页 |
| ·Functions of Linguistic Choices at the End of Concifiation | 第77-78页 |
| ·Summary | 第78-79页 |
| Chapter 7 Conclusion | 第79-85页 |
| ·Summary of the Present Study | 第79页 |
| ·Major Findings | 第79-80页 |
| ·Conclusions | 第80-81页 |
| ·Implications | 第81-82页 |
| ·Limitations of This Study | 第82-83页 |
| ·Suggestions for Further Research | 第83-85页 |
| References | 第85-88页 |
