| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第6-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-8页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第8页 |
| CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION | 第13-16页 |
| 1.1. Approaching gender from a linguistic perspective | 第13-14页 |
| 1.2. The social and interactive basis of gender representation | 第14-16页 |
| CHAPTER TWO LITERATURE REVIEW | 第16-30页 |
| 2.1 Theories underpinning gender variations in language use | 第16-19页 |
| 2.1.1. The gender-as-culture hypothesis: gender is a sub-culture | 第16-18页 |
| 2.1.2. Self-categorization: intra-group, inter-group, and salience of categories | 第18-19页 |
| 2.2. Gender variations and their linguistic representations | 第19-23页 |
| 2.2.1. Gender variations and the quantitative paradigm | 第19-20页 |
| 2.2.2. Linguistic representations of gender variations in English | 第20-22页 |
| 2.2.3. Gender variations in Chinese: lack of empirical evidence | 第22-23页 |
| 2.3. Constraints on gender variations | 第23-26页 |
| 2.3.1. Gender variations as constrained by contextual factors | 第23-24页 |
| 2.3.2. Gender variations as constrained by social categories | 第24-26页 |
| 2.4. Perception of gendered language | 第26-30页 |
| 2.4.1. Gendered language perception: lack of empirical evidence | 第26-27页 |
| 2.4.2. Gendered language perception as evaluative outcomes | 第27页 |
| 2.4.3. The perceptual schema for gendered language and its operationalization | 第27-30页 |
| CHAPTER THREE METHODOLOGY | 第30-39页 |
| 3.1. Study One | 第30-35页 |
| 3.1.1. Participants | 第30页 |
| 3.1.2. Conversations | 第30-32页 |
| 3.1.3. The coding of conversations | 第32-34页 |
| 3.1.4. Data analysis | 第34-35页 |
| 3.2. Study Two | 第35-39页 |
| 3.2.1. Participants | 第35页 |
| 3.2.2. The matched-guise technique and data manipulation | 第35-37页 |
| 3.2.3. The questionnaire | 第37页 |
| 3.2.4. Data analysis | 第37-39页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR RESULTS AND DISCUSSION | 第39-55页 |
| 4.1. Results of Study One | 第39-41页 |
| 4.2. Gender Representation in discursive interaction | 第41-47页 |
| 4.2.1. Gender variations in Chinese use | 第41-43页 |
| 4.2.2. Cross-linguistic congruence in gender linguistic variations | 第43-45页 |
| 4.2.3. Gender differences in self-categorization: an intra-group perspective | 第45-47页 |
| 4.3. Results of Study Two | 第47-50页 |
| 4.4. Gender Perception in discursive interaction | 第50-55页 |
| 4.4.1. Perceptibility of gendered language | 第50-52页 |
| 4.4.2. Perception of gendered language via the socio-pragmatic framework | 第52-55页 |
| CHAPTER FIVE CONCLUSIONS AND LIMITATIONS | 第55-59页 |
| REFERENCES | 第59-63页 |
| APPENDICES | 第63-74页 |
| Appendix 1 The coding results of four conversation transcripts | 第63-64页 |
| Appendix 2 The four guises | 第64-71页 |
| Appendix 3 The questionnaire | 第71-74页 |
