Power and solidarity in divorce litigation discourse:a gender perspective

　　Chapter 1 Introduction
　　 1.1 Rationales for the present research
　　 1.1.1 Theoretical rationale
　　 1.1.2 Practical rationale
　　 1.2 Research questions
　　 1.3 Methodology of the present research
　　 1.3.1 Data collection
　　 1.3.2 Transcription of the data
　　 1.3.3 Calculation and interpretation of the
　　 results
　　 1.4 Organization of the book
　　Chapter 2 Literature Review: Two Main Social
　　 Approaches
　　 2.1 Introduction
　　 2.2 Related law issues in China
　　 2.2.1 Inquisitorial system
　　 2.2.2 Trial procedures
　　 2.2.3 Mediation
　　 2.3 Forensic linguistics
　　 2.3.1 Forensic linguistics abroad
　　 2.3.2 Forensic linguistics in China
　　 2.4 Power and forensic linguistics
　　 2.4.1 Power: A social perspective
　　 2.4.2 Power: A linguistic perspective
　　 2.4.3 Power in forensic linguistics
　　 2.5 Gender and language
　　 2.5.1 Sex and gender
　　 2.5.2 Men and women in society
　　 2.5.3 Linguistic studies on gender
　　 2.6 Summary
　　Chapter 3 Relevant Linguistic Theories and the
　　 Analytical Framework
　　 3.1 Introduction
　　 3.2 Critical discourse analysis
　　 3.2.1 Femifiist critical discourse analysis
　　 3.2.2 Fairclough's three-level model
　　 3.3 Systemic functional linguistics
　　 3.3.1 Language as a social semiotic system:
　　 Key tenets of SFL
　　 3.3.2 Systemic functional linguistics
　　 in critical discourse analysis
　　 3.4 Appraisal theory
　　 3.5 Conversation analysis
　　 3.6 The analytical framework
　　 3.7 Summary
　　Chapter 4 Power and Solidarity in Court: The
　　 Lexicogrammatieal Level
　　 4.1 Introduction
　　 4.2 Power and solidarity
　　 4.2.1 Power and solidarity in court
　　 4.2.2 Power in marriage
　　 4.2.3 Power comparisons in twelve cases
　　 4.3 Appraisal elements in court discourse
　　 4.3.1 Affect
　　 4.3.2 Engagement and deontic modality
　　 4.3.3 Graduation
　　 4.4 Summary
　　Chapter 5 Power and Solidarity in Court: The
　　 Textual Level
　　 5.1 Introduction
　　 5.2 Speech turns
　　 5.2. 1 Men and women's total turns in court
　　 5.2.2 Turn-taking without the judge's
　　 permission
　　 5.2.3 Dispreferred turns
　　 5.3 Interruptions
　　 5.3.1 Interruptions in court
　　 5.3.2 Interpretation
　　 5.4 Overlap
　　 5.5 Topic initiation/change
　　 5.6 Utterances inviting judges' involvement
　　 5.7 Summary
　　Chapter 6 Reflected Prejudicing Ideologies in Court
　　 6.1 Introduction
　　 6.2 Ideology
　　 6.3 Women's self-depictions
　　 6.4 The judge's bias
　　 6.5 Summary
　　Chapter 7 Conclusion
　　 7.1 Major findings and suggestions
　　 7.2 Major contributions
　　 7.3 Limitations and further studies
　　Appendices
　　References