声明
致谢
Chapter One INTRODUCTION
1.1 Significance of the Study
1.2 Purposes of the Study
1.3 Organization of the Thesis
Chapter Two LITERATURE REVIEW
2.1 Defining and Understanding Hedges
2.2 Taxonomy of Hedges
2.3 Hedges in Scientific Research Articles
Chapter Three METHODOLOGY
3.1 Research Questions
3.2 Corpus Description
3.3 Research Procedures
3.4 Data Processing
3.5 Adapted Operational Framework
Chapter Four RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
4.1 Overall Comparison of Hedges between Published Writers and Student Writers
4.2 Sectional Features of Hedges in Published Writers’ and Student Writers’ Scientific Research Articles
4.3 Differing Devices of Realizing Hedges
4.4 Summary
Chapter Five CONCLUSION
5.1 Major Findings
5.2 Implications for This Study
5.3 Limitations and Suggestions
参考文献
APPENDIX 作者在攻读硕士学位期间发表的论文