| ABSTRACT | 第1-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-7页 |
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第7-14页 |
| CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION | 第14-18页 |
| ·Rationale for the Study | 第14页 |
| ·Objectives of the Study | 第14-15页 |
| ·Significance of the Study | 第15页 |
| ·Organization of the Study | 第15-18页 |
| CHAPTER TWO LITERATURE REVIEW | 第18-30页 |
| ·Introduction | 第18页 |
| ·Television Talk Shows | 第18-19页 |
| ·Topics | 第19-25页 |
| ·Researches on topic in English | 第20-24页 |
| ·Researches on topic in Chinese | 第24-25页 |
| ·Sensitive Topic | 第25-26页 |
| ·Working Definitions for the Present Study of Sensitive Topic | 第26页 |
| ·Achievements and Limitations of the Past Research | 第26-27页 |
| ·The Perspective of the Present Study | 第27页 |
| ·Summary | 第27-30页 |
| CHAPTER THREE RESEARCH METHODOLOGY | 第30-38页 |
| ·Introduction | 第30页 |
| ·The Conversation-Analytic Method | 第30-32页 |
| ·Justification for the Analysis of Sensitive Topic Management through CA Methodology | 第32-33页 |
| ·Data Collection | 第33-35页 |
| ·Transcription Conventions | 第35-36页 |
| ·Summary | 第36-38页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR STRUCTURES OF SENSITIVE TOPIC MANAGEMENT | 第38-60页 |
| ·Introduction | 第38页 |
| ·Structures of Sensitive Topic Management in TV Talk Show | 第38-45页 |
| ·Sensitive Topic in Sensitive Topic Management | 第45-50页 |
| ·Secondary Topic in Sensitive Topic Management | 第50-54页 |
| ·Base Pair in Sensitive Topic Management | 第54-58页 |
| ·Summary | 第58-60页 |
| CHAPTER FIVE TYING STRUCTURES IN SENSITIVE TOPICMANAGEMENT | 第60-70页 |
| ·Introduction | 第60页 |
| ·Tying Structures Existing in Base Pair Construction | 第60-62页 |
| ·Two turns pair | 第60-62页 |
| ·Four and more turns pair | 第62页 |
| ·Tying Structures Existing in Secondary Topic Construction | 第62-65页 |
| ·Posing a question with the disjunctive conjunction to relate itself to the preceding turn | 第62-63页 |
| ·Skipping over the immediately preceding turn to build relations with turns before | 第63-64页 |
| ·Quoting a view from others to raise questions to keep the conversation moving | 第64页 |
| ·Turns employed to stop the current topic | 第64-65页 |
| ·An explanation or feedback used to keep the talk flowing smoothly | 第65页 |
| ·Tying Structures Existing in Sensitive Topic Construction | 第65-69页 |
| ·Using the appellation and greetings to initiate a new topic | 第65-66页 |
| ·Directly initiating a new topic with some phrases or words as introduction53 | 第66-67页 |
| ·Citing someone's statement or view to initiate a topic | 第67-68页 |
| ·Stating someone's feeling or understanding to initiate a topic alike | 第68-69页 |
| ·Summary | 第69-70页 |
| CHAPTER SIX SOME PRACTICES OF TURN CONTROL IN SENSITIVE TOPIC MANAGEMENT | 第70-76页 |
| ·Introduction | 第70页 |
| ·Interviewees’Choices in Turn Control | 第70-72页 |
| ·To make questions clear | 第70-72页 |
| ·To query the significance of the question posed | 第72页 |
| ·To end up the topic | 第72页 |
| ·Interviewers’Choices in Re-controlling the Turn | 第72-75页 |
| ·Adaptable explanation | 第72-73页 |
| ·Making inferences to elicit an answer | 第73-74页 |
| ·Shifting to another topic | 第74-75页 |
| ·Summary | 第75-76页 |
| CHAPTER SEVEN CONCLUSION | 第76-80页 |
| ·Introduction | 第76页 |
| ·Major Findings | 第76-77页 |
| ·Implications | 第77页 |
| ·Limitations | 第77-78页 |
| ·Suggestions for Further Study | 第78-80页 |
| REFERENCES | 第80-84页 |
| 攻读硕士学位期间取得的研究成果 | 第84-86页 |
| 个人简况及联系方式 | 第86-90页 |
