| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-9页 |
| Contents | 第9-12页 |
| List of Tables | 第12-13页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第13-18页 |
| ·About Desperate Housewives | 第13页 |
| ·Origin of the Study | 第13-14页 |
| ·Significance of the study | 第14-16页 |
| ·Objectives of the study | 第16页 |
| ·Organization of the study | 第16-18页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第18-31页 |
| ·Language and Gender | 第18页 |
| ·Gender and Sex | 第18-19页 |
| ·General Review of the Study on Female Speech Style | 第19-23页 |
| ·Study Abroad | 第19-22页 |
| ·Study at Home | 第22-23页 |
| ·Theoretical Framework | 第23-31页 |
| ·Stylistic Analysis | 第23-27页 |
| ·The Definition of Stylistics | 第23-24页 |
| ·The Development of Stylistics | 第24-26页 |
| ·The Needs for Stylistic Analysis | 第26-27页 |
| ·The Cooperative Principle (CP) | 第27-29页 |
| ·The Politeness Principle (PP) | 第29-31页 |
| Chapter Three Research Methodology and Data Collection | 第31-35页 |
| ·Overview | 第31页 |
| ·Procedure of the Study | 第31-32页 |
| ·The Collection and Description of Data | 第32页 |
| ·Analytical Approaches | 第32-34页 |
| ·Summary | 第34-35页 |
| Chapter four the Study on Female Language Features in Desperate Housewives | 第35-61页 |
| ·Overview | 第35页 |
| ·Analysis of the Female Language Data from Stylistic Perspective | 第35-41页 |
| ·Lexical Level | 第35-39页 |
| ·Intensifiers | 第36页 |
| ·Extravagant Adjectives | 第36-37页 |
| ·Expletives | 第37页 |
| ·Euphemisms | 第37-39页 |
| ·Syntactical Level | 第39-41页 |
| ·Hedges | 第39-41页 |
| ·Tag Questions | 第41页 |
| ·Results and Discussion | 第41-47页 |
| ·Lexical Features | 第42-45页 |
| ·Syntactical features | 第45页 |
| ·Additional features | 第45-47页 |
| ·Analysis of the Female Language Data from Pragmatic Perspective | 第47-61页 |
| ·Female Language in Observing or Flouting the CP | 第47-54页 |
| ·Female Language in Observing or Flouting the maxim of Quantity | 第47-50页 |
| ·Female Language in Observing or Flouting the maxim of Relation | 第50-53页 |
| ·Female Language in Observing or Flouting the maxim of Quality and Manner | 第53-54页 |
| ·Female Language in Observing or Flouting the PP | 第54-61页 |
| ·Female Language in Observing or Flouting Tact maxim and Generosity maxim | 第54-56页 |
| ·Female Language in Observing or Flouting Approbation maxim and Modesty maxim | 第56-57页 |
| ·Female Language in Observing or Flouting Agreement maxim and Sympathy maxim | 第57-61页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第61-64页 |
| ·Findings of the study | 第61-62页 |
| ·Limitations of the study | 第62页 |
| ·Insights for further study | 第62-64页 |
| APPENDIX I SUSAN’S UTTERANCES | 第64-70页 |
| APPENDIX II BREE’S UTTERANCE | 第70-76页 |
| APPENDIX III MIKE’S UTTERANCE | 第76-79页 |
| APPENDIX IV REX’S UTTERANCE | 第79-82页 |
| Bibliography | 第82-85页 |
