序
Preface
Acknowledgements
Chapterl Introduction
1.1 Court Conaliation in China: An Overview
1.1.1 Definition
1.1.2 Development
1.1.3 Research Focuses
1.2 The Discourse Information Approach to Persuasion in Court Conciliation
1.2.1 The Pervasiveness of Persuasion
1.2.2 The Importance of Discourse Information
1.3 Research Methodology
1.3.1 Research Questions
1.3.2 Data Collection
1.3.3 Data Analysis
1.4 Outline of the Book
Chapter 2 Persuasion: Essence of Court Conciliation
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Studies on CC
2.2.1 Legal Perspective
2.2.2 Economic Perspective
2.2.3 Psychological Perspective
2.2.4 Linguistic Perspective
2.3 Studies on Persuasion
2.3.1 Tradihonal Rhetorical Approac
2.3.2 Contemporary Social Saentific Approach
2.4 Persuasion in Court Conciliation
2.4.1 Previous Definions of Persuasion
2.4.2 Working Definition of Persuasion
2.5 Summary
Chapter 3 Discourse Information: Major Means of Persuasion in Court Conciliation
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Discourse In formation
3.2.1 An Overview of the DIT
3.2.2 Information Knots
3.2.3 Information Sharing Categories
3.2.4 Applications
3.3 The Discourse-Information-Centric Model of Persuasion(DICMP)
3.3.1 Relevant Persuasion Studies
3.3.2 The DICMP
3.4 Summary
Chapter 4 Features of Discourse Information in Persuasion
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Factual discourse information: finding of facts and responsibilities
4.2.1 Basis for Determining Civil Liability
4.2.2 Clarification of Current Situations
4.2.3 Reminding Parties' about Undesirable Results
4.3 Attitudinal Discourse Informahon: Inquiry of Attitudes and Schemes
4.3.1 Forms of Presentation
4.3.2 Ways of Combination
4.3.3 Levels of Development
4.4 Procedural Discourse Information: Observance of Law
4.4.2 Regulating pace and Controlling Order
Chapter 5 Factors Influencing Persuasion in CC
5.2.1 Settings
5.2.3 Social Relations Between Participants
5.3 Subjective Commurucative Situations
5.3.1 Communicative Roles
5.3.2 Intentions and Goals
5.4 Summary
Chapter 6 Realization of Persuasion in CC
6.2 Assessment of the Realization of Persuasion
6.2.1 Cognitive Responses as the Indicators
6.2.2 Parties' Cognitive Responses in CC
6.3 Means of Realization
6.3.1 Involvement of Discourse Information
6.3.2 Presentation of Discourse Information
6.3.3 Exchange Structures of Discourse Information
6.4 Effects of the Realization of Persuasion
6.4.1 Changing Parties' Cognition
6.4,2 Changing Parties' Attitudes
6.4.3 Changing Parties' Behavior
Chapter 7 Conclusion
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Summary of the Present Study
7.3 Implications, Limitations and Suggestions for Further Research
7.3.1 Implications
7.3.3 Suggestions for Further Research
Appendix Ⅰ General Information of the Core Dataset
AppendixⅡ Transcription Conventions