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Acknowledgements
List of Tables
List of Abbreviations
Chapter 1 Introduction
1.1 Background of the Present Study
1.2 Significance of the Present Study
1.3 Overall Structure of the Thesis
Chapter 2 Literature Review
2.1 Theories about Discourse Markers
2.1.1 Concepts of Discourse Markers
2.1.2 Classificatons of Discourse Markers
2.1.3 Features of Discourse Markers
2.1.4 Functions of Discourse Markers
2.2 Previous Studies
2.2.1 Previous Studies Abroad
2.2.2 Previous Studies in China
Chapter 3 Methodology
3.1 Research Questions
3.2 Corpora used
3.2.1 LOCNESS
3.2.2 WECCL(2.0)
3.2 Research Design
3.4 Data Collection
3.5 Data Analysis
Chapter 4 Results and Discussion
4.1 Results of the Study
4.1.1 The types and frequency of EDMs in the two corpora
4.1.2 The Position of EDMs in the two corpora
4.1.3 Case study on some EDMs
4.2 Discussion
4.2.1 Discussion about the Type and Frequency of EDMs
4.2.2 Discussion about the Position of EDMs
Chapter 5 Conclusion
5.1 Major Findings
5.2 Pedagogical Implications
5.3 Limitations of the Study
5.4 Suggestions for Further Researches
References