| Acknowledgments | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-8页 |
| Contents | 第8-11页 |
| CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION | 第11-16页 |
| ·Overview | 第11-12页 |
| ·The Rationale of the Present Study | 第12-13页 |
| ·Objectives and Research Questions | 第13-14页 |
| ·Data and Methodology | 第14页 |
| ·The Organization of the Thesis | 第14-16页 |
| CHAPTER TWO FORENSIC LINGUISTICS AND FORENSIC LINGUISTS INCHINA | 第16-25页 |
| ·Relationship between Law and Language | 第16-18页 |
| ·Study on Forensic linguistics in China | 第18-20页 |
| ·Brief Introduction to Forensic Linguistics | 第18-19页 |
| ·Research Fields and Achievements of Forensic Linguistics | 第19-20页 |
| ·Forensic Linguists in China | 第20-23页 |
| ·Distinction between Linguists and Forensic Linguists | 第20-22页 |
| ·Current Situation of Forensic Linguists in China | 第22-23页 |
| ·Summary | 第23-25页 |
| CHAPTER THREE EXPERT WITNESSES SYSTEM AND FORENSIC LINGUISTSAS EXPERT WITNESSES | 第25-34页 |
| ·Expert Witnesses System | 第25-30页 |
| ·Connotation of Expert witnesses | 第25-26页 |
| ·Expert Witnesses in the Countries of Common Law System | 第26-27页 |
| ·The Significance of Establishing Expert Witnesses System | 第27-28页 |
| ·Reflection on the Appraisal System in China | 第28-30页 |
| ·Forensic Linguists as Expert Witnesses | 第30-33页 |
| ·Qualification | 第30-31页 |
| ·Forensic Linguists as Expert Witnesses in the Countries of Common Law System | 第31-32页 |
| ·Prospect of Forensic Linguists as Expert Witnesses in China | 第32-33页 |
| ·Summary | 第33-34页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR THE VALUE OF FORENSIC LINGUISTS AS EXPERTWITNESSES IN THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE | 第34-53页 |
| ·Introduction | 第34-35页 |
| ·The Role of Forensic Phonetics | 第35-38页 |
| ·Brief Introduction to Forensic Phonetics | 第35-36页 |
| ·Forensic Phonetics in Voice Identification | 第36-38页 |
| ·The Role of Semantic Analysis | 第38-40页 |
| ·Brief Introduction to Semantic Analysis | 第38-39页 |
| ·Functions of Semantic Analysis | 第39-40页 |
| ·The Role of Discourse Analysis | 第40-44页 |
| ·Brief Introduction of Discourse Analysis | 第40-41页 |
| ·Discourse Analysis of Statement in Judicial Proceedings | 第41-43页 |
| ·Discourse Analysis of Records | 第43-44页 |
| ·The Role of Forensic Stylistics | 第44-49页 |
| ·Brief Introduction to Forensic Stylistics | 第44-46页 |
| ·Forensic Stylistics in Plagiarism Cases | 第46-48页 |
| ·Forensic Stylistics in Authorship Identification | 第48-49页 |
| ·The Role of Linguistic Dialectology | 第49-52页 |
| ·Brief Introduction to Linguistic Dialectology | 第49-50页 |
| ·The Value of Idiolect to Identification of Speaker | 第50-51页 |
| ·Dialectologists as an Interpreter in Court | 第51-52页 |
| ·Summary | 第52-53页 |
| CHAPTER FIVE FORENSIC LINGUISTS ENGAGED IN THEADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE IN CHINA | 第53-56页 |
| ·Limiting Factors | 第53-54页 |
| ·Cases that Forensic Linguists Engaged in | 第54-56页 |
| CHAPTER SIX CONCLUSION | 第56-60页 |
| ·Summary of the Present Study | 第56-57页 |
| ·Conclusions | 第57-58页 |
| ·Implications | 第58-59页 |
| ·Limitations | 第59页 |
| ·Suggestions for Further Research | 第59-60页 |
| References | 第60-62页 |
| Appendix | 第62-64页 |
