本站原创Acknowledgement4-5
中文摘要5-6
Abstract6-9
Chapter 1 Introduction9-14
1.1 General introduction9-11
1.2 Rationale of the study11-12
1.3 Significance of the study12-13
1.4 Outpne of the thesis13-14
Chapter 2 Literature Review14-25
2.1 Institutional conversation analysis14-16
2.2 Studies on question preface16-18
2.3 Studies on questions18-21
2.4 Preface in the present study: definition and identification21-23
2.5 Evasive answering23-25
Chapter 3 Data Collection25-26
Chapter 4 Quantitative Results and Discussion26-42
4.1 Question proper forms26-30
4.2 Frequency of question preface30-34
4.3 Turn taking pattern34-42
Chapter 5 Preface, Questioning and Answering42-50
5.1 Preface and questioning42-47
5.1.1 Contextuapzing subsequent questions42-44
5.1.2 Preface tightening agenda44
5.1.3 Preface embedding presuppositions44-47
5.2 Preface and Answering47-50
Chapter 6 Conclusions50-52
References52-55
Appendix55-56