| Acknowledgements | 第1-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-10页 |
| 内容摘要 | 第10-12页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第12-17页 |
| ·The background of the study | 第12-14页 |
| ·Objectives of the study | 第14-15页 |
| ·Significance of the study | 第15-16页 |
| ·Layout of the thesis | 第16-17页 |
| Chapter Two Previous Studies on Cross-gender Communication and Miscommunication | 第17-28页 |
| ·Definition of communication and miscommunication | 第17-20页 |
| ·Related studies | 第20-24页 |
| ·Cultural-anthropology studies on miscommunication | 第20-21页 |
| ·Sociolinguistic and pragmatic studies on miscommunication | 第21-24页 |
| ·A general introduction of The Golden Notebook | 第24-28页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Preliminaries | 第28-38页 |
| ·Cotextualization cues | 第28-31页 |
| ·The definition of contextualization cues | 第28-29页 |
| ·Contextualizatin cues and miscommulication | 第29-31页 |
| ·Scollons'Discourse Ideology System | 第31-36页 |
| ·Ideology | 第31-32页 |
| ·Socialization in the discourse system | 第32-33页 |
| ·Forms of discourse in the Utilitarian discourse system | 第33-35页 |
| ·Face systems in the Utilitarian discourse system | 第35-36页 |
| ·Approaches of studying cross-gender miscommunication | 第36-38页 |
| Chapter Four Aspects of Cross-gender Miscommunication | 第38-60页 |
| ·Gender interpretive frames | 第38-45页 |
| ·Intimacy-independence | 第39-40页 |
| ·Inclusive-exclusive | 第40-42页 |
| ·Relationship-information | 第42-43页 |
| ·Community-contest | 第43-44页 |
| ·Problems-solutions | 第44-45页 |
| ·Conversation styles | 第45-50页 |
| ·Minimal responses | 第46-47页 |
| ·Questions | 第47-48页 |
| ·Topic shifts | 第48页 |
| ·Links to the preceding utterance | 第48-49页 |
| ·Self-disclosure | 第49-50页 |
| ·Communication strategies | 第50-60页 |
| ·Process of reasoning | 第50-57页 |
| ·Process of problem solving | 第57-60页 |
| Chapter Five Causes of Cross-gender Miscommunication | 第60-76页 |
| ·Social context-The origin of gender difference | 第60-66页 |
| ·The ideology-related origin:the Utilitarian discourse system | 第60-64页 |
| ·Social reality and gendered conflicts | 第64-66页 |
| ·Gender expectations and gender miscommunication | 第66-69页 |
| ·Gender identity | 第66-67页 |
| ·Gender gaps in communication | 第67-69页 |
| ·Improving cross-gender communication competence | 第69-76页 |
| ·Understanding the opposite value inclination | 第69-72页 |
| ·Avoiding the influence of negative transferring | 第72-76页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第76-81页 |
| ·The root of cross-cultural miscommunication in The golden notebook | 第76-78页 |
| ·How successful communication comes about | 第78-80页 |
| ·The limitation of this study and the future study related cross-gender communication | 第80-81页 |
| Bibliography | 第81-84页 |
