| Acknowledgement | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract in Chinese | 第5-7页 |
| Abstract in English | 第7-11页 |
| 1. Introduction | 第11-15页 |
| ·The purpose of the study | 第11-12页 |
| ·The rational of the study | 第12-13页 |
| ·Data collection and methodology of the study | 第13-14页 |
| ·Outline of the study | 第14-15页 |
| 2. Literature Review | 第15-27页 |
| ·Studies of power | 第15-17页 |
| ·The definitions of power | 第15-16页 |
| ·Five bases of power | 第16-17页 |
| ·The definition of institutional power | 第17页 |
| ·Conversation analysis theory | 第17-23页 |
| ·The study of "turn" | 第18-19页 |
| ·Turn-taking mechanism in different discourses | 第19-23页 |
| ·Existing studies on the talk show | 第23-26页 |
| ·Summary | 第26-27页 |
| 3. A Description of Theoretical Framework | 第27-32页 |
| ·Theoretical framework of conversation analysis | 第27-30页 |
| ·Turn-construction component | 第27-28页 |
| ·Turn-control strategies | 第28-30页 |
| ·The adjacency pair | 第30页 |
| ·Verschueren's Linguistic Adaptation Theory | 第30-32页 |
| 4. Data Analysis | 第32-46页 |
| ·Turn-control strategies | 第32-42页 |
| ·Turn-yielding methods | 第32-35页 |
| ·Turn-claiming methods | 第35-40页 |
| ·Turn-holding methods | 第40-42页 |
| ·The adjacency pair | 第42-46页 |
| ·Question-answer sequence | 第42-46页 |
| 5. The Application of Verschueren's Linguistic Adaptation Theory | 第46-49页 |
| ·Adaptability and adaptation of linguistic choices | 第46页 |
| ·Linguistic choices as an adaptation to institutional power | 第46-49页 |
| ·Linguistic choices in turn-control methods as an adaptation to institutional power | 第47-48页 |
| ·Linguistic choices in question-answer sequence as an adaptation to institutional power | 第48-49页 |
| 6. Conclusion | 第49-52页 |
| ·Discussion of the results | 第49-50页 |
| ·Limitations of this study | 第50-52页 |
| Bibliography | 第52-56页 |
| Appendix: Transcription Conventions | 第56页 |
