| 摘要 | 第4-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-6页 |
| Introduction | 第12-16页 |
| Research Background | 第12-13页 |
| Research Questions | 第13页 |
| Objectives and Significance of the Research | 第13-14页 |
| Organization of the Thesis | 第14-16页 |
| Chapter One Literature Review | 第16-26页 |
| 1.1 Previous Researches on First Person Pronoun | 第16-20页 |
| 1.1.1 Researches on First Person Pronoun in Different Languages and Dialects | 第16-19页 |
| 1.1.2 Researches of Chinese First Person Pronoun in Different Periods | 第19-20页 |
| 1.2 Previous Researches on Changde Dialect | 第20-24页 |
| 1.2.1 Person Pronoun in Changde Dialect | 第21-23页 |
| 1.2.2 Researches on Changde Dialect from Different Perspectives | 第23-24页 |
| 1.3 Comments on Previous Studies | 第24-26页 |
| Chapter Two Theoretical Framework | 第26-33页 |
| 2.1 Variation Theory | 第26-30页 |
| 2.1.1 Linguistic and Social Variables | 第26-29页 |
| 2.1.2 Spontaneous Speech in Variation Study | 第29-30页 |
| 2.2 Linguistic Typology | 第30-33页 |
| 2.2.1 Approaches for Linguistic Typology | 第30-31页 |
| 2.2.2 Paradigmatic Structure of Person Marking | 第31-33页 |
| Chapter Three Research Methodology | 第33-39页 |
| 3.1 Hypothesis | 第33页 |
| 3.2 Research Subjects | 第33-34页 |
| 3.3 Data Collection | 第34-37页 |
| 3.3.1 Tape-recorded Spontaneous Conversation | 第35-36页 |
| 3.3.2 Observation of the Daily Speech | 第36-37页 |
| 3.4 Data Processing | 第37-39页 |
| 3.4.1 Transcription of Speech Data | 第37页 |
| 3.4.2 Distributional and Multivariate Analysis of the Recorded Speech Data | 第37-39页 |
| Chapter Four Results and Discussion | 第39-62页 |
| 4.1 Variations of First Person Pronoun in Changde Dialect | 第39-43页 |
| 4.1.1 Overall Distribution of First Person Pronouns | 第39-40页 |
| 4.1.2 Two New Forms of First Person Pronouns | 第40-42页 |
| 4.1.3 Multivariate Analysis of New Forms of First Person Pronoun | 第42-43页 |
| 4.2 Linguistic Factors on the Variation and Change of First Person Pronoun | 第43-48页 |
| 4.2.1 Number | 第44-46页 |
| 4.2.2 Language Components | 第46-48页 |
| 4.3 Social Factors on the Variation and Change of the First Person Pronoun | 第48-58页 |
| 4.3.1 Gender | 第48-49页 |
| 4.3.2 Age | 第49-52页 |
| 4.3.3 Family Background | 第52-54页 |
| 4.3.4 Occupation | 第54-56页 |
| 4.3.5 Conversation Setting | 第56-58页 |
| 4.4 Typological Discussions on First Person Pronoun | 第58-62页 |
| 4.4.1 Paradigmatic Structures of Person Markers in Changde Dialect | 第58-60页 |
| 4.4.2 Singularization of Plural Form in Changde Dialect | 第60-62页 |
| Chapter Five Implications | 第62-65页 |
| 5.1 A Further Understanding of Singularization on Plural Form | 第62-63页 |
| 5.2 Evidence for the Declination of Changde Dialect | 第63-64页 |
| 5.3 Rich Variation Studies on Person Pronoun of Dialect | 第64-65页 |
| Conclusion | 第65-68页 |
| Works Cited | 第68-73页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第73-74页 |
| Appendix A: Coding for Each Factor Group | 第74-75页 |
| Appendix B: Samples of First Person Pronoun Variation in Changdedialecct from the Excel Data File | 第75-77页 |
| Informative Abstract in Chinese | 第77-80页 |
| Résumé and Publications since Entering the Program | 第80页 |
