| Abstract | 第1-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-10页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第10-12页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第10-11页 |
| ·Significance of This Study | 第11页 |
| ·Organizational Structure | 第11-12页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第12-22页 |
| ·An Overview of Conversation Analysis | 第12-13页 |
| ·Basic Notions on Repair | 第13-18页 |
| ·Definition of Repair | 第13-14页 |
| ·The Organization of Repair and Its Patterns | 第14-16页 |
| ·Placement of Repair-initiation and Its Techniques | 第16-17页 |
| ·Repair-outcome Strategies | 第17-18页 |
| ·Relevant Studies on Conversational Repair | 第18-22页 |
| Chapter Three Data Collection and Research Method | 第22-24页 |
| ·The Data | 第22-23页 |
| ·Subjects | 第22页 |
| ·Data Collection and Transcription | 第22-23页 |
| ·Research Method | 第23-24页 |
| Chapter Four Repair in Clinical Conversations | 第24-50页 |
| ·Self-initiated Self-repair | 第24-40页 |
| ·Initiating Techniques for Self-initiated Self-repair | 第24-31页 |
| ·Non-lexical Items | 第24-28页 |
| ·Lexical Items | 第28-30页 |
| ·Inseparable Initiators | 第30-31页 |
| ·Repair Strategies for Self-initiated Self-repair | 第31-39页 |
| ·Discussion | 第39-40页 |
| ·Other-initiated Self-repair | 第40-48页 |
| ·Initiating Techniques for Other-initiated Self-repair | 第40-47页 |
| ·Open Class Initiators | 第40-42页 |
| ·Close Class Initiators | 第42-47页 |
| ·Repair Strategies for Other-initiated Self-repair | 第47页 |
| ·Discussion | 第47-48页 |
| ·Other-repairs | 第48-50页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第50-52页 |
| ·Major Findings | 第50-51页 |
| ·Limitations of the Present Study and Suggestions for Further Research | 第51-52页 |
| References | 第52-55页 |
| Appendixes | 第55-64页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第64页 |
