| Acknowledgement | 第1-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-8页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第8-13页 |
| 1．1 Sociolinguistic aspect of address terms | 第8-9页 |
| 1．2 The significance of the present research | 第9-10页 |
| 1．3 About the interpersonal network of a cadet | 第10-11页 |
| 1．4 About the present research | 第11-13页 |
| Chapter 2 Review of related literature | 第13-25页 |
| 2．1 The study by Brown and Gilman | 第13-17页 |
| 2．1．1 The Power Semantic | 第13-14页 |
| 2．1．2 The solidarity semantic | 第14-16页 |
| 2．1．3 Other Studies Concerning Power and Solidarity | 第16-17页 |
| 2．2 Studies on Social Network Analysis | 第17-20页 |
| 2．2．1 Density | 第17-18页 |
| 2．2．2 Clusters | 第18页 |
| 2．2．3 Multiplexity | 第18-20页 |
| 2．3 The study of "Tongzhi" in Chinese by Zhu Wanjin and Carol Scotton | 第20-22页 |
| 2．4 "The Application of the Notion of Register to the Stylistic Analysis of Field Manual 100-5 of the US Army" by Wu Sha | 第22页 |
| 2．5 Summary and the null hypothesis of this research | 第22-25页 |
| 2．5．1 The Complexity in the Military | 第22-23页 |
| 2．5．2 The null hypothesis of this research | 第23-25页 |
| Chapter 3 Methodology | 第25-33页 |
| 3．1 The Scope of "Address Terms" in the Present Study | 第25-26页 |
| 3．2 The Method of Collecting Data | 第26-31页 |
| 3．2．1 The Method of Collecting Data | 第26-27页 |
| 3．2．2 The Samples Selected | 第27-28页 |
| 3．2．3 The Stages in Designing Questionnaire and Making the Research | 第28-31页 |
| 3．2．3．1 Pre-research Interviews | 第28页 |
| 3．2．3．2 First Draft of the Questionnaire Designed and Tested | 第28-29页 |
| 3．2．3．3 The Questionnaire Further Revised | 第29-31页 |
| 3．3 Random Sampling | 第31-33页 |
| Chapter 4 Data Analysis and Interpretation | 第33-54页 |
| 4．1 Formulas of Addressing | 第33-44页 |
| 4．1．1 Addressing the superior | 第33-38页 |
| 4．1．2 Addressing the "back-bone" cadets | 第38-39页 |
| 4．1．3 Addressing the Fellow Cadets | 第39-41页 |
| 4．1．4 Addressing the Cadets of a Higher Grade | 第41-42页 |
| 4．1．5 Addressing the Cadets of a Lower Grade | 第42-44页 |
| 4．2 Comparison of Four Grades | 第44-47页 |
| 4．3 Marked and Unmarked Uses of the Address Terms | 第47-50页 |
| 4．4 The Geographical Difference | 第50-54页 |
| Chapter 5 Discussion and Conclusion | 第54-74页 |
| 5．1 The Influence of Culture on the Address Term Choice | 第54-57页 |
| 5．1．1 The definition of culture | 第54-55页 |
| 5．1．2 The influence of rigid hierarchical system: | 第55-57页 |
| 5．1．2．1 The "focused" use of address terms | 第55-56页 |
| 5．1．2．2 The status consciousness | 第56-57页 |
| 5．2 The Interaction of the Network and the Address Terms | 第57-59页 |
| 5．2．1 Conformity stressed | 第58页 |
| 5．2．2 Identity consciousness | 第58-59页 |
| 5．3 Conclusion | 第59-74页 |
