| 摘要 | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-8页 |
| 1 Introduction | 第8-10页 |
| ·Introduction to Desperate Housewives | 第8页 |
| ·Purpose and significance of the study | 第8-9页 |
| ·Research methods | 第9-10页 |
| 2 Theoretical Foundations and Literature Review | 第10-21页 |
| ·Theoretical Foundations | 第10-15页 |
| ·Grice’s cooperative principle | 第10-12页 |
| ·Leech’s politeness principle | 第12-13页 |
| ·Theories of culture and identity | 第13-15页 |
| ·Literature review | 第15-21页 |
| ·Introduction of key concepts | 第15-16页 |
| ·A review of previous studies on female language characteristics | 第16-19页 |
| ·Studies related to identity | 第19-21页 |
| 3 Analysis of Female Language Characteristics in Cross-gender Communication | 第21-38页 |
| ·Female language characteristics at linguistic level | 第21-26页 |
| ·Lexical level | 第21-23页 |
| ·Syntactic level | 第23-26页 |
| ·Female language characteristics at pragmatic level | 第26-38页 |
| ·The observance and violation of cooperative principle | 第26-31页 |
| ·The observance and violation of politeness principle | 第31-38页 |
| 4 Interaction between Female Language and Their Identities | 第38-52页 |
| ·The reflection of identity through language | 第38-46页 |
| ·Bree: a determined speaker | 第38-43页 |
| ·Susan: an unassertive speaker | 第43-46页 |
| ·The influence of identity on language | 第46-51页 |
| ·Gender identity | 第47-48页 |
| ·Ethnic identity | 第48-51页 |
| ·Summary | 第51-52页 |
| 5 Implications for Cross-gender Communication | 第52-55页 |
| ·Accepting gender differences in communication and avoiding stereotypes | 第52-53页 |
| ·Enlarging the communicative knowledge of the opposite-gender | 第53页 |
| ·Developing communication flexibility | 第53-55页 |
| 6 Conclusion | 第55-57页 |
| Bibliography | 第57-61页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第61页 |
