| Abstract (Chinese) | 第1-7页 |
| Abstract (English) | 第7-9页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第9-12页 |
| Introduction | 第12-16页 |
| Chapter 1 Literature Review | 第16-21页 |
| Chapter 2 Identity Theory | 第21-29页 |
| ·The Concept of Identity as a Term of Culture | 第21-23页 |
| ·The Implication of National Identity | 第23-25页 |
| ·The Nation as an Imagined Community | 第23-24页 |
| ·National Identity as Habitus | 第24-25页 |
| ·Language and National Identity | 第25-29页 |
| ·The Definition of Language | 第25-26页 |
| ·The Relationship between Language and Identity | 第26-29页 |
| Chapter 3 The Transformations of American National Identity and its Effect on American Languages | 第29-45页 |
| ·Samuel P. Huntington's Idea about American National Identity | 第29-32页 |
| ·Four Phases of the Transformation of American National Identity | 第29-31页 |
| ·Four Components of American National Identity | 第31-32页 |
| ·The First Three Phases of American National Identity and its Effect on American Languages | 第32-45页 |
| ·Nonexistence of National Identity (1620s-1776) | 第33-35页 |
| ·The Budding of American National Identity (1770s — 1870s) | 第35-40页 |
| ·The Formation of American National Identity (1870s—1960s) | 第40-45页 |
| Chapter 4 The Crisis of American National Identity at Present and the Corresponding Change of American Language Policy | 第45-57页 |
| ·The Crisis of American National Identity since 1960s | 第45-46页 |
| ·The Debates of Language Policy in the United States | 第46-55页 |
| ·Language Used in the United States at Present | 第46-48页 |
| ·The Official-English Movement and Language Legislation in the United States | 第48-51页 |
| ·Debates on English as the Official Language of the United States | 第51-55页 |
| ·A Discussion | 第55-57页 |
| Conclusion | 第57-60页 |
| Notes | 第60-61页 |
| References | 第61-66页 |
| Appendix | 第66-71页 |
| English Language Amendment (1981) | 第66-67页 |
| English Language Unity Act of 2007 | 第67-71页 |
