| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-7页 |
| 1. Introduction | 第7-9页 |
| 2. Literature review | 第9-24页 |
| ·Conversation and turn-taking | 第9-16页 |
| ·Conversation and conversation analysis | 第9-10页 |
| ·Turn-taking | 第10-16页 |
| ·Gender differences in communication | 第16-21页 |
| ·What is gender? | 第16-19页 |
| ·Conventions concerning gender difference in communication | 第19-21页 |
| ·Researches on nonverbal communication | 第21-24页 |
| ·What is nonverbal communication? | 第21-22页 |
| ·The significance of nonverbal communication and related research | 第22-24页 |
| 3. General ideas | 第24-32页 |
| ·Significance of the research | 第24页 |
| ·Purpose of the research | 第24-25页 |
| ·Research questions | 第25-26页 |
| ·Research methodology | 第26-32页 |
| ·Methodological issues of conversation analysis | 第26-27页 |
| ·Selection of data source | 第27-29页 |
| ·Sorting criteria | 第29-32页 |
| 4. Process of quantitative analysis | 第32-49页 |
| ·Guideline | 第32页 |
| ·Step one: topics and facts | 第32-35页 |
| ·Summarization of topics | 第32-33页 |
| ·Comparison | 第33-35页 |
| ·Step two: forms of conversation and power | 第35-37页 |
| ·Summarization of forms | 第35-36页 |
| ·Function and power relations | 第36-37页 |
| ·Step three: choosing conversation pairs | 第37-38页 |
| ·Step four: conversation analysis | 第38-42页 |
| ·Purpose | 第38页 |
| ·Conventions used in transcripts | 第38-39页 |
| ·Variables of conversation analysis | 第39-40页 |
| ·Examples of conversation analysis (showing understanding) | 第40-42页 |
| ·Step five: statistics | 第42-44页 |
| ·Distribution of time and turns | 第42页 |
| ·The probability of overlapping and interruption | 第42-43页 |
| ·The use of mood words | 第43-44页 |
| ·The use of questions | 第44页 |
| ·Step six: interpretation of statistics | 第44-46页 |
| ·Who talks more? | 第44页 |
| ·Interruptions and overlaps | 第44-45页 |
| ·Mood words | 第45-46页 |
| ·Questions | 第46页 |
| ·Step seven: analysis of nonverbal signs | 第46-49页 |
| ·Variables and methodology | 第46-48页 |
| ·Data analysis | 第48-49页 |
| 5. Process of qualitative analysis | 第49-63页 |
| ·Analysis of the way of expression | 第49-56页 |
| ·Support of traditional beliefs | 第49-52页 |
| ·New discoveries in the way of expression | 第52-56页 |
| ·Comparison of social issues | 第56-63页 |
| ·Women's Role and Reproduction | 第56-57页 |
| ·Men's Role and Career | 第57-58页 |
| ·Relationship with the Last Generation | 第58-59页 |
| ·Attitude towards Marriage and Sex | 第59-61页 |
| ·Face | 第61-63页 |
| 6. Conclusion | 第63-66页 |
| ·Conversation analysis and cross-cultural studies | 第63页 |
| ·Traditional roles in modern families | 第63-64页 |
| ·Directness and indirectness | 第64-65页 |
| ·Nonverbal signs | 第65页 |
| ·Deficiencies | 第65-66页 |
| Appendix | 第66-76页 |
| References | 第76-77页 |
