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Declaration |
2-3 |
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Acknowledgements |
3-4 |
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Abstract |
4-5 |
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摘要 |
5-6 |
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List of Figures |
6-7 |
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Transcription Conventions |
7-8 |
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Contents |
8-11 |
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Chapter 1 Introduction |
11-17 |
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1.1 Introduction |
11-12 |
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1.2 The Rationale of the Present Study |
12-14 |
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1.3 Research Questions |
14-15 |
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1.4 Data and Methodology |
15 |
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1.5 The Organization of the Thesis |
15-17 |
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Chapter 2 Literature Review |
17-31 |
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2.1 Introduction |
17 |
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2.2 Previous Studies on Judges' Courtroom Interaction |
17-20 |
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2.3 Previous Studies on Court Conciliation |
20-28 |
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2.3.1 The legal approach |
21-23 |
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2.3.2 The linguistic approach |
23-25 |
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2.3.3 The psychological approach |
25-27 |
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2.3.4 Critique of previous studies on court conciliation |
27-28 |
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2.5 Previous Studies on Relevance Theory |
28-30 |
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2.6 Summary of This Chapter |
30-31 |
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Chapter 3 Description of the Theoretical Framework |
31-43 |
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3.1 Introduction |
31 |
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3.2 Delimitation of Court Conciliation |
31-33 |
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3.3 Theoretical Background |
33-37 |
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3.4 The Theoretical Framework of the Present Study |
37-39 |
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3.5 Procedures |
39-42 |
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3.5.1 Stages of court conciliation |
39-40 |
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3.5.2 Linguistic Choices in Court Conciliation |
40-41 |
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3.5.3 Development of court conciliation in terms of mutual manifestness |
41-42 |
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3.6 Summary |
42-43 |
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Chapter 4 Objectives of Each Stage in Court Conciliation |
43-57 |
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4.1 Introduction |
43 |
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4.2 The First Stage: the Beginning of Conciliation |
43-49 |
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4.2.1 Stating relevant provisions and requirements |
43-46 |
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4.2.2 Inquiring of parties' about their consent to conciliate |
46-49 |
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4.3 The Second Stage: Conciliating |
49-53 |
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4.4 The Third Stage: the End of Conciliation |
53-56 |
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4.5 Summary |
56-57 |
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Chapter 5 Linguistic Choices in Court Conciliation |
57-73 |
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5.1 Introduction |
57 |
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5.2 Linguistic Choices in Court Conciliation at the Lexical Level |
57-60 |
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5.2.1 Modal words in court conciliation |
57-59 |
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5.2.2 Person deixis in court conciliation |
59-60 |
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5.3 Linguistic Choices in Court Conciliation at the Syntactic Level |
60-65 |
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5.3.1 Clauses in court conciliation |
61-63 |
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5.3.2 Tag questions in court conciliation |
63-65 |
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5.4 Linguistic Choices in Court Conciliation at the Discourse Level |
65-72 |
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5.4.1 Discourse markers in court conciliation |
65-70 |
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5.4.1.1 Reformulation markers |
65-67 |
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5.4.1.2 Concessive markers |
67-69 |
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5.4.2.3 Inferential markers |
69-70 |
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5.4.2 Intertexuality in court conciliation |
70-72 |
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5.5 Summary |
72-73 |
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Chapter 6 Functions of Linguistic Choices in Court Conciliation |
73-79 |
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6.1 Introduction |
73 |
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6.2 Functions of Linguistic Choices at the Beginning of Conciliation |
73-76 |
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6.3 Functions of Linguistic Choices in Conciliating |
76-77 |
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6.3 Functions of Linguistic Choices at the End of Concifiation |
77-78 |
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6.4 Summary |
78-79 |
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Chapter 7 Conclusion |
79-85 |
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7.1 Summary of the Present Study |
79 |
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7.2 Major Findings |
79-80 |
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7.3 Conclusions |
80-81 |
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7.4 Implications |
81-82 |
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7.5 Limitations of This Study |
82-83 |
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7.6 Suggestions for Further Research |
83-85 |
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References |
85-88 |
