声明
Introduction
Background of the Study
Purpose and Significance of the Study
Structure of the Thesis
Chapter One Literature Review
1.1 Previous Studies on Presupposition
1.1.1 Theoretical Perspectives of Presupposition
1.1.2 Applications of Presupposition
1.1.3 Presupposition Triggers
1.2 Previous Studies on English Abstracts
1.2.1 Definitions and Classifications of Abstracts
1.2.2 Stylistic Perspective
1.2.3 Discourse Analysis Perspective
1.2.4 Pragmatic Perspective
1.3 Summary
Chapter Two Theoretical Framework of the Present Study
2.1 Levinson’s Theory of Presupposition Triggers
2.2 He Ziran’s Classifications of Presupposition Triggers
2.3 Ways of Presupposition Triggers in Invocating Presupposition
2.3.1 Information Prompting
2.3.2 Relation Inference
2.3.3 Background Involvement
Chapter Three Research Methodology
3.1 Research Questions
3.2 Data Collection
3.3 Data Analysis Instruments and Methods
Chapter Four Data Analysis and Discussion
4.1 The Statistics of Occurrence of Presupposition Triggers
(1) Frequency of verbs and definite descriptions that can trigger off presuppositions in English abstracts
(2) Frequency of sentence patterns that can trigger off presuppositions in English Abstracts
4.2 Analysis of Presupposition Triggers in English Abstracts
4.2.1 Presupposition Triggers at Lexical Level
4.2.2 Presupposition Triggers at Syntactic Level
4.3 Functions of Presupposition in English Abstracts
4.3.1 Economy of Discourse Organization
4.3.2 Cohesion and Coherence of Discourse Organization
4.3.3 Informativeness and Continuous Constraint on Information Structure
4.4 Summary
Chapter Five Implications for English Abstract Writing
5.1 Suggestions for Teachers
5.2 Suggestions for Students
Conclusion
Major Findings
Limitations and Recommendations
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