声明
Abstract
摘要
Content
List of Figure and Tables
List of Abbreviations
Chapter 1 Introduction
1.1 Background of the Study
1.2 Purpose and Significance of the Study
1.3 Overall Structure of the Study
Chapter 2 Literature Review
2.1 Definition of Discourse Markers
2.2 Classification of Discourse Makers
2.2.1 Halliday and Hasan’s Classification
2.2.2 Schiffrin’s Classification
2.2.3 Blackmore’s Classification
2.2.4 Fraser’s Classification
2.3 Causal Discourse Markers(CDMs)
2.4 Features of Discourse Markers
2.5 Functions of Discourse Markers
2.6 Previous Studies on Discourse Makers
2.6.1 Previous Studies on DMs Abroad
2.6.2 Previous Studies on DMs At Home
Chapter 3 Research Design
3.1 Research Questions
3.2 Corpora Used
3.2.1 Spoken English Corpus of Chinese Learners(2.0)
3.2.2 The British National Corpus
3.3 WordSmith
3.4 Research Process
3.5 Data Analysis
Chapter 4 Results and Discussions
4.1 Ten Studied CDMs
4.2 The Comparative Analysis of CDMs in the Two Corpora
4.2.1 Frequency of CDMs Used in NSECCL and BNCS
4.2.2 Syntactical Distribution of CDMs in NSECCL and BNCS
4.2.3 Differences and Similarities in Using CDMs
4.2.4 The Problems in Using CDMs by Chinese English Majors
4.3 Influencing Factors
4.3.1 Negative Transfer of Mother Tongue
4.3.2 Limited Linguistic Input
Chapter 5 Conclusion
5.1 Major Findings of the Study
5.2 Implications of the Study
5.3 Limitations of the Study and Suggestions for Future Research
Bibliography
Appendix
Acknowledgements