| ACKNOWLEDGMENTS | 第1-5页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第5-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-12页 |
| CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION | 第12-16页 |
| ·Introduction | 第12页 |
| ·The Significance of the Study | 第12-13页 |
| ·The Rationale of the Study | 第13-14页 |
| ·The Objectives of the Study | 第14页 |
| ·Research Methodology and Data Collection | 第14-15页 |
| ·The Organization of the Study | 第15-16页 |
| CHAPTER TWO LITERATURE REVIEW | 第16-25页 |
| ·The Evolvement of Epistemics | 第16-18页 |
| ·Epistemics in Cognitive Science | 第16页 |
| ·Epistemics in Sociology | 第16-17页 |
| ·Epistemics in Linguistics | 第17-18页 |
| ·Previous Studies on Epistmics in Conversation Analysis | 第18-22页 |
| ·Previous Studies on Repair | 第22-25页 |
| CHAPTER THREE THEORIES AND METHODOLOGIES | 第25-44页 |
| ·Epistemic Status and Epistemic Stance | 第25-27页 |
| ·Epistemics and Action Formation | 第27-28页 |
| ·Epistemics and Sequence organization | 第28-30页 |
| ·Epistemic Asymmetry in Conversation | 第30-35页 |
| ·Epistemic access | 第31-32页 |
| ·Epistemic Primacy | 第32-34页 |
| ·Epistemic Responsibility | 第34-35页 |
| ·Conversational Repair in Epistemics | 第35-42页 |
| ·Data Source and Transcription Symbols | 第42-44页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR EPISTEMICS AND REPAIR | 第44-63页 |
| ·Introduction | 第44-45页 |
| ·The Epistemic Analysis of Other-initiated Self-repair | 第45-54页 |
| ·K+ repair-initiation as disagreement | 第45-51页 |
| ·K- repair-initiation as a lack of knowledge or hearing | 第51-54页 |
| ·The Epistemic Analysis of Self-initiated Other-repair | 第54-58页 |
| ·The Epistemic Analysis of Other-initiated Other-repair | 第58-61页 |
| ·Summary | 第61-63页 |
| CHAPTER FIVE CONCLUSION | 第63-66页 |
| ·Major Findings | 第63-64页 |
| ·Implications | 第64页 |
| ·Limitations | 第64-65页 |
| ·Suggestions for Further Study | 第65-66页 |
| Appendix: IVanscription Conventions | 第66-68页 |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | 第68-74页 |
| 攻读学位期间取得的研究成果 | 第74-75页 |
| 个人简况及联系方式 | 第75-76页 |
| 承诺书 | 第76-77页 |
