| Abstract in Chinese | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract in English | 第6-7页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第7-10页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第10-18页 |
| ·Functions of Language | 第11-12页 |
| ·Language and Power | 第12-15页 |
| ·What is power | 第12-14页 |
| ·Relationship between Language and Power | 第14-15页 |
| ·Courtroom Interaction as Institutional Talk | 第15-18页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第18-26页 |
| ·Previous Researches on Turn-taking in Institutional Settings | 第18-20页 |
| ·Previous Studies of Courtroom Interaction | 第20-26页 |
| ·Language-as-Process | 第20-21页 |
| ·Language-as-Instrument | 第21-26页 |
| Chapter 3 Theoretical Framework | 第26-33页 |
| ·Analyzing Tool: Conversation Analysis (CA) | 第26-27页 |
| ·Turn-taking Model | 第27-33页 |
| ·Studies of Turn | 第27-28页 |
| ·Turn-taking Model | 第28-33页 |
| ·Turn- constructional Component | 第28-29页 |
| ·Turn-allocation Component | 第29页 |
| ·Turn-taking Rules | 第29-31页 |
| ·Adjacency Pair | 第31-33页 |
| Chapter 4 Description of the Data | 第33-36页 |
| ·The O. J. Simpson Case | 第33-34页 |
| ·The Oklahoma City Bombing Case | 第34页 |
| ·Description of the Data | 第34-36页 |
| Chapter 5 Data Presentation and Analysis | 第36-63页 |
| ·American Criminal Trial In-Court Procedures | 第36-38页 |
| ·Turn-taking as Institutional Order | 第38-44页 |
| ·Interruptions | 第44-53页 |
| ·An Introduction to Interruptions | 第44-47页 |
| ·Analysis of Interruptions in the Data | 第47-53页 |
| ·Interruptions between Attorneys and Witnesses | 第48-50页 |
| ·Interruptions by Judges | 第50-52页 |
| ·Interruptions between Attorneys | 第52-53页 |
| ·Question and Answer as Institutional Mode | 第53-63页 |
| ·Question: Access and Power | 第53-58页 |
| ·Yes | 第55-56页 |
| ·Narrow Wh-Question | 第56-57页 |
| ·Declarative Question | 第57-58页 |
| ·Answer: Cooperation Degree and Power | 第58-63页 |
| Chapter 6 Conclusion | 第63-65页 |
| ·Summary of the Present Study | 第63-64页 |
| ·Limitations of This Study | 第64页 |
| ·Suggestions for Further Research | 第64-65页 |
| Appendix I Criminal Trial Excerpts of the O. J. Simpson Trial | 第65-69页 |
| Appendix II | 第69-75页 |
| References | 第75-76页 |
