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Acknowledgements
Chapter 1 Introduction
1.1 Introduction
1.2 The Rationale of the Study
1.3 Outline of the Thesis
Chapter 2 Literature Review of Telephone Conversation Research
2.1 The Study of Opening of Telephone Conversation
2.1.1 Other Language Study of Opening
2.1.2 Chinese Study of Opening
2.2 The Study of Closing of Telephone Conversation
2.2.1 Other Language Study of Closing
2.2.2 Chinese Study of Closing
2.3 Overall View on the Study of Opening and Closing
Chapter 3 On Phone Variation from the Perspective of Language Economy
3.1 Telephone Variation Study
3.2 The Economy of language
3.2.1 Linguistic Theories on Language Economy
3.2.2 Representations on Language Economy
3.3 The Research Method and Data Collection
3.3.1 Research Method
3.3.2 Data Collection
Chapter 4 The Economy of Language in Phone Opening Variation
4.1 The Recurrent Patterns of Opening Section
4.2 The Varieties in Opening and Analysis by the Language Economy
4.2.1 The Omission of Summon-answer Sequence
4.2.2 The Omission of Identification-recognition Sequence
4.2.3 The Omission of Greeting Sequence and Initial Inquiries
Chapter 5 The Economy of Language in Phone Closing Variation
5.1 The Recurrent Patterns of Closing Section
5.2 The Varieties in Closing and Analysis by the Language Economy
5.2.1 The Omission of Topic Bounding Sequence
5.2.2 The Omission of Closing Sequence
5.2.3 The Omission of Pre-closing Sequence and Closing Sequence
Chapter 6 Conclusion
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Major Findings
6.3 Limitations
Works Cited
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