声明
摘要
ABSTRACT
Contents
Chapter 1 Introduction
1.1 Research Background of the Study
1.2 Research Questions and the Significance
1.3 Layout of the Thesis
Chapter 2 Literature Review
2.1 The Overview of the Discourse Markers
2.2 Classifications of Discourse Markers
2.2.1 Schiffrin’s Classification
2.2.2 Fraser’s Classification
2.2.3 Halliday and Hasan’s Classification
2.2.4 Classification of Discourse Markers in the Thesis
2.3 Previous Studies of Discourse Markers
2.4 Conversation Analysis
2.5 Conversational Principles
2.5.1 The Relevance Principle
2.5.2 The Cooperative Principle
2.5.3 The Politeness Principle
Chapter 3 Data and Research Methodology
3.1 Corpora Used in the Study
3.1.1 MEC
3.1.2 Brown
3.2 The Instruments Used in the Study
3.3 Data Procedure
3.3.1 Determining Discourse Markers
3.3.2 Searching for Discourse Markers
3.3.3 Identifying Discourse Markers
Chapter 4 Analysis and Discussion
4.1 Analysis of Lexical Density of Discourse Markers in MEC
4.2 Analysis of Lexical Frequency of Discourse Markers
4.2.1 Top Ten Most Frequently Used Discourse Markers in MEC
4.2.2 Least Frequently Used Ten Discourse Markers in MEC
4.3 Analysis of Position Distributions of Discourse Markers
4.4 Analysis of Semantic Classifications of Discourse Markers
4.5 The Pragmatic Functions of Discourse Marker You know:a Case Study
4.5.1 Giving Information
4.5.2 Revising Information
4.5.3 Introducing Given Information
4.5.4 Taking Turn Management
4.5.5 Saving Face
4.5.6 Multifunction
Chapter 5 Conclusion
5.1 Major Findings of the Thesis
5.2 Implications
5.3 Limitations and Suggestions for Future Study
References
Appendix Ⅰ:The Distributions of DMs in MEC and Brown
Appendix Ⅱ:The Position Distributions of DMs in MEC and Brown
Acknowledgements
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