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H030101832004132111PragmaticAnalysisofTVTalkShowOpeningsfromthePerspectiveofLinguisticAdaptation:2006520075CNKI(130012)13500898294H03020041321112004920076PragmaticAnalysisofTVTalkShowOpeningsfromthePerspectiveofLinguisticAdaptation2007515200762i120iiiiiSynopsisThepresentresearchfocusesontheverificationofLinguisticAdaptationTheory,byinvestigatinglinguisticstrategiesadoptedbythehostinTVtalkshowopenings.Thethesisaimstogiveafurtherexplanationforlinguisticchoice-makingadaptingtodifferentcontextsintalkshowopenings.Thispaperiscomposedofsevenchapters.ChapterIgivesabriefintroductiontothewholethesis.Itstatestheobjectiveandrationaleofthepresentstudy.Andfinallyitgivestheoutlineofthewholethesis.ChapterIIfirstlygivesabriefintroductiontoTVtalkshowprogramwithitsdefinitionandhistory.Thenareviewonpreviousstudiesontalkshowprograms,speechopeningsandLinguisticAdaptationTheorybothathomeandabroadismade.Theresearchachievementsandshortcomingsofthepreviousstudieshavealsobeenstatedinthispart.ChapterIIIfirstlyconductsacloseexaminationonthedetailsoftheLinguisticAdaptationTheoryproposedbyJefVerschueren.Andthen,atheoreticalframeworkforthepresentstudybasedonthisisputforward,whichprovidesabackgroundandsupporttotheresearch.ChapterIVfirstlymakesaclassificationofTVtalkshowsbasedonachievementsofpreviousstudies,andthenstatesthemethodsofdatacollectionadoptedinthisstudy.ChapterVfirstlypresentsacomposingstructureoftalkshowopenings.Theopeningpartofatalkshowprogramcanbedividedintothreepartswhichcanbesubdividedintosixsteps.Thesestructuralcomponentsappearindifferentshowswithvariouskindsofformsandindiversifiedorders.Thisindicatesthestrategicuseoflanguageforthehosttomakeadaptationtocommunicativepurposes.Itgivesagoodexplanationforthevariabilityandivnegotiabilityoftalkshowopenings.Thentheauthorconductsacloserexaminationonitbysettingthelinguisticstrategiesadoptedintheuseofaddressformsbyhostsasexamples.ChapterVIanalyzesthetalkshowopeningsfromphysical,socialandmentalaspectsrespectivelyinordertoexaminetheadaptabilityoftalkshowopeningstovariousrelatedfactors.Basedonacarefulanalysisofthecorpus,somemainfactorsthatwillinfluencelinguisticchoicesintalkshowopenings,i.e.thatthehostoftalkshowprogramsusuallymakesadaptationtointheopeningpart,arepickedout.Explanationsonhowtheadaptationisconductedaremadewithdetailedillustrationonexamples.ChapterVIIistheconclusionofthethesiswithabriefstatementofthemajorfindingsandlimitationsofthisstudy.Meanwhile,suggestionsforfurtherresearcharealsogiveninthispart.Keywords:linguisticadaptationtheory,opening,adaptability,physicalworld,socialworld,mentalworldIContentsChapterIIntroduction....................................................................................11.1ObjectivesofthePresentStudy.............................................................11.2RationaleofthePresentStudy..............................................................21.3OutlineoftheThesis.............................................................................3ChapterIILiteratureReview.........................................................................52.1TVTalkShowPrograms.......................................................................52.1.1HistoricalBackgroundofTVTalkShowPrograms....................52.1.2LinguisticStudiesonTVTalkShows.........................................62.2SpeechOpenings...................................................................................92.2.1DefinitionsandTypesofOpenings.............................................92.2.2PreviousStudiesonOpenings...................................................102.2.2.1Cross-cultureandConversationAnalysisApproaches....102.2.2.2SociolinguisticandPragmaticApproaches.....................112.2.2.3GenreAnalysisApproach................................................132.3PreviousStudiesonAdaptationTheory..............................................132.3.1RelevantStudiesAbroad...........................................................132.3.2RelevantStudiesinChina.........................................................14ChapterIIITheoreticalFrameworkoftheStudy.......................................173.1LinguisticLinguisticAdaptationTheory............................................173.1.1InterpretationofLinguisticChoice...........................................183.1.2ThreeKeyNotions....................................................................193.1.2.1Variability........................................................................203.1.2.2Negotiability....................................................................203.1.2.3Adaptability.....................................................................203.1.3FourElementsofAdaptability..................................................203.1.3.1ContextualCorrelatesofAdaptability.............................213.1.3.2StructuralObjectsofAdaptability...................................213.1.3.3DynamicsofAdaptability................................................213.1.3.4SalienceoftheAdaptationProcesses................