| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-10页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第10-13页 |
| ·Research Background | 第10页 |
| ·The Objective of the Study | 第10-11页 |
| ·Methodology and Data | 第11-12页 |
| ·The Organization of the Thesis | 第12页 |
| ·Summary | 第12-13页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第13-25页 |
| ·Researches on Conflict Talks | 第13-16页 |
| ·Basic Concepts about Conflict Talks | 第13-14页 |
| ·Previous Studies of Conflict Talk Home and Abroad | 第14-16页 |
| ·Previous Studies of Conflict Talk between Family Members | 第16页 |
| ·Relevant Theories for Present Research | 第16-22页 |
| ·Discourse System | 第16-20页 |
| ·Adaptation Theory | 第20-22页 |
| ·Research Framework | 第22-24页 |
| ·Discourse System and Conflict Talk | 第22页 |
| ·Research of Conflict Talk Based on Adaptation Theory | 第22-23页 |
| ·Combination of Adaptation and Politeness | 第23-24页 |
| ·Summary | 第24-25页 |
| Chapter 3 Data Collection and Research Methodology | 第25-28页 |
| ·Data Collection | 第25-26页 |
| ·Data Transcription | 第25-26页 |
| ·Data Analysis | 第26页 |
| ·Research Methods and Procedures | 第26页 |
| ·Limitations | 第26页 |
| ·Summary | 第26-28页 |
| Chapter 4 An Analysis of Conflict Talk between Family Members | 第28-51页 |
| ·Conflict Talk and the Causes Based on Theory of Discourse System | 第28-34页 |
| ·Definition of Conflict Talk | 第28页 |
| ·Causes of Conflicts | 第28-34页 |
| ·Manifestations of Serious Conflict Talk | 第34-40页 |
| ·Argument | 第34-36页 |
| ·Non-obedience | 第36-37页 |
| ·Opposition | 第37-38页 |
| ·Interruption and Overlapping | 第38页 |
| ·Repetition | 第38-39页 |
| ·Replacement | 第39-40页 |
| ·Conversions of Conflict | 第40-42页 |
| ·conflict talk→conflicting response | 第40页 |
| ·conflict talk→mitigating response | 第40-41页 |
| ·conflict talk→response of silence | 第41-42页 |
| ·Two Forms of Discourses and the Mitigating Strategies of Conflict Talk | 第42-50页 |
| ·Two Forms of Discourse | 第42-43页 |
| ·The Mitigating Strategies of Conflict Talk | 第43-50页 |
| ·Summary | 第50-51页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusions | 第51-54页 |
| ·Major Findings | 第51页 |
| ·Conclusions | 第51-53页 |
| ·Limitations and Suggestions for further Research | 第53-54页 |
| ·Limitations of the Thesis | 第53页 |
| ·Suggestions for Further Research | 第53-54页 |
| Bibliography | 第54-58页 |
| 攻读硕士学位期间科研成果 | 第58页 |
