会话增量是一种交际过程中的调整行为。本书以互动语言学为研究视角，以会话增量为研究对象，以汉语日常口语自然会话为语料，系统地考查汉语会话增量的句法形式、语音形式、互动功能以及语言结构与功能之间的关联。语言结构与功能的完成都是语言的句法、韵律、语义以及语境共同作用的结果。增量作为一种句法、语义、韵律上的附加成分，其非标记性的表现形式在于韵律上的强依赖以及信息上的补充功能。韵律特征与增量功能的完成有重要且直接的相关性。当非标记性的韵律形式被打破的时候，增量在功能上也突破了信息补充的功能。增量的韵律弱依赖表现与新信息，强化的人际功能以及会话结构功能紧密相连。增量结构与功能的关联也有力证明了语言结构与互动的相互塑造关系。

Chapter One Introduction
1.1 Background of the Research
1.2 Obiectives of the Research
1.3 Research Method
1.4 Research Procedures and Tools
1.5 Data of the Research
1.6 Organization of the Thesis
Chapter Two Literature Review
2.1 Researches in Interactional Linguistics
2.1.1 A Review of Interactional Linguistics
2.1.2 Researches in Interactional Linguistics Home and Abroad
2.2 Researches on Increment
2.2.1 Definition and Classification of Increment
2.2.2 Prosody of Increment
2.2.3 Interactional Functions of Increment
2.2.4 Cross-linguistic Researches on Increment
2.2.5 Researches on Increment in Chinese Conversations
2.3 Studies on Spoken Chinese
2.4 Conclusion
Chapter Three Theoretical Framework
3.1 Generic Organization of Conversation
3.1.1 Components of Conversation: Turn, TCU and TRP
3.1.2 Turn-taking System of Conversation
3.1.3 Repair System of Conversation
3.2 Interactional Linguistic Perspectives
3.2.1 Emergent Grammar
3.2.2 Linguistic Structure and Interaction
3.2.3 Cross-linguistic Perspective
3.2.4 Linguistic Data
3.3 Definition and Classification in This Research
3.3.1 Definition and Classification of Increment
3.3.2 Connotation of Interaction
3.4 Conclusion
Chapter Four Syntactic Presentations of Increments in Chinese Con
versations
4.1 Characteristics of Syntactic Types of Increments
4.1.1 Glue-ons
4.1.2 Insertables
4.1.3 Replacements
4.1.4 Free-constituents
4.1.5 Summary
4.2 Distributions of SyntacticTypes of Increments and Possible Reasons
4.2.1 Overall Distributions
4.2.2 Possible Reasons for Preferences and Dispreferences
4.3 Conclusion
Chapter Five Prosodic Presentations of Increments
5.1 Research Methods of Prosodic Analysis of Increments
5.1.1 Identifying Prosodic Features of Increments
5.1.2 Identifying Degrees of Prosodic Dependence
5.2 Overall Prosodic Characteristics of Increments
5.2.1 Fewer-syllable Vs Multi-syllable Increments
5.2.2 Pause in between Inerement and the Prior TCU Segment
5.2.3 Degrees of Prosodic Dependence
5.2.4 Correlations of Prosodic Properties
5.2.5 Summary
5.3 Prosodic Features of Syntactic Types of Increments
5.3.1 Glue-ons
5.3.2 Insertables
5.3.3 Replacements
5.3.4 Free-constituents
5.3.5 Summary
5.4 Conclusion
Chapter Six Functions of Increments in Interaction
6.1 Informational Functions
6.1.1 Providing Informational Supplement
6.1.2 Making Repetition
6.1.3 Making Repair
6.1.4 Distribution of Informational Functions and Possible Reasons
6.1.5 Summary
6.2 Interpersonal Functions
6.2.1 Highlighting Stance
6.2.2 Mitigating FTAs
6.2.3 Summary
6.3 Conversation Structural Functions
6.3.1 Provoking Turn Transition
6.3.2 Holding on the Turn
6.3.3 Summary
6.4 Conclusion
Chapter Seven Correlations of Linguistic Structures and Functions
of Increments
7.1 Correlations Between Syntactic Types and Functions of Increment
7.1.1 Syntactic Types & Informational Functions
7.1.2 Syntactic Types & Interpersonal Functions
7.1.3 Syntactic Types & Conversation Structural Functions
7.1.4 Summary
7.2 Correlations between Prosody and Functions of Increment
7.2.1 Prosody & Informational Functions
7.2.2 Prosody & Interpersonal Functions
7.2.3 Prosody & Conversation Structural Functions
7.2.4 Summary
7.3 Conclusion
Chapter Eight Conclusions
8.1 Major Findings
8.2 Significance of the Research
8.3 Limitations and Suggestions
Bibliography
Appendix I
Appendix II
Appendix Ⅲ
Appendix Ⅳ