| CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION | 第1-15页 |
| ·VALIDITY OF DATA | 第9-10页 |
| ·LANGUAGE DATA | 第10-11页 |
| ·THEORETICAL FORMULATION | 第11-12页 |
| ·SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY | 第12-13页 |
| ·RESEARCH METHODOLOGY | 第13-14页 |
| ·ORGANIZATION OF THE THESIS | 第14-15页 |
| CHAPTER TWO LITERATURE REVIEW AND A MODIFIED THEORETICAL MODEL | 第15-32页 |
| ·PRE-SEQUENCES | 第15-18页 |
| ·EXTENDED PRE-SEQUENCES | 第18-21页 |
| ·PRE-SEQUENCES TAKEN FOR GRANTED AND PRE-SEQUENCES CANCELED | 第21-23页 |
| ·FACE, REASON FOR PRE-SEQUENCES | 第23-27页 |
| ·PREFERENCE RANKING, STRUCTURES OF PRE-SEQUENCES | 第27-29页 |
| ·INSERTION SEQUENCES AND LINEAR SEQUENCES, STRUCTURES OF EPS | 第29-32页 |
| CHAPTER THREE EXTENDED PRE-SEQUENCE, AS REPRESENTED IN LARRY KING LIVE | 第32-67页 |
| ·TERMINOLOGY | 第32-34页 |
| ·INSTITUTIONAL DIALOGUE | 第32-33页 |
| ·THE KEY QUESTION AND ITS IDENTIFICATION | 第33-34页 |
| ·BM, SUPPLEMENT TO THE ANALYSIS OF TV CONVERSATIONS | 第34页 |
| ·EPS AND R | 第34-46页 |
| ·WITH OR WITHOUT EPS? | 第36-41页 |
| ·EPS: LONGER OR SHORTER? | 第41-46页 |
| ·CONNECTION BETWEEN EPS AND THE DISCOURSE TOPIC | 第46-53页 |
| ·EPS, OR TOPIC SHIFT? | 第46-49页 |
| ·EPS, OR SUBJECT DIGRESSION? | 第49-53页 |
| ·SUB-STRUCTURES OF EPS | 第53-67页 |
| ·THE PROGRESSION OF QUESTIONS | 第53-59页 |
| ·HARD PUSH | 第59-62页 |
| ·REPETITION | 第62-63页 |
| ·INSERTION SEQUENCES | 第63-67页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR CONCLUSION | 第67-73页 |
| ·FINDINGS OF THE PRESENT STUDY | 第67-68页 |
| ·SUGGESTED ANALYTICAL METHOD | 第68-70页 |
| ·LIMITATION OF THE PRESENT STUDY | 第70-71页 |
| ·SUGGESTION FOR FURTHER STUDIES | 第71-73页 |
| APPENDIX: TRANSCRIPTION CONVENTION | 第73-75页 |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | 第75-76页 |
