声明
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
ABSTRACT
摘要
CONTENTS
LIST OF TABLES
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
Chapter One INTRODUCTION
1.1 Significance of the Study
1.2 The Objectives of the Study
1.3 Overall Structure of the Thesis
Chapter Two LITERATURE REVIEW
2.1 Defining the Sitcom
2.2 Brief Introduction to the Story of The Big Bang Theory
2.3 Studies on The Big Bang Theory
2.3.1 Literary Studies
2.3.2 Linguistic Studies
2.4 Conversational Repair in Literary and Non-literary Research
2.4.1 Communication Research
2.4.2 ESL Research
2.4.3 Literary Research
Chapter Three RESEARCH DESIGN
3.1 Research Questions
3.2 Data Collection and Description
3.3 Identifying Conversational Repair
3.3.1 Defining the Notion of Conversational Repair
3.3.2 Classifying Conversational Repair
3.4 Data Analysis
Chapter Four RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
4.1 Mechanism of Conversational Repair in The Big Bang Theory
4.2 Contributions of Conversational Repair to the Images Building
4.2.1 Sheldon
4.2.2 Leonard
4.2.3 Penny
4.2.4 Howard
4.2.5 Rajesh
4.3 Roles of Conversational Repair in the Construction of Relationship
4.3.1 The Relationship between Sheldon and Leonard
4.3.2 The Relationship between Sheldon and Penny
4.3.3 The Relationship between Leonard and Penny
4.3.4 The Relationship between Howard and Others
4.3.5 The Relationship between Rajesh and Others
4.4 Contributions of Conversational Repair to the Humorous and Dramatic Scenes
Chapter Five CONCLUSION
5.1 Major Findings
5.2 Limitations and Suggestions
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