Chapter 1 Introduction
1.1 Background of the Study
1.2 Significance of Research
1.3 Layout of the Thesis
Chapter 2 Literature Review
2.1 Previous Studies of Adverbial Conjunctions
2.1.1 Definition of Adverbial Conjunctions
2.1.2 Range and Classification of Adverbial Conjunctions
2.1.3 Definition of Adverbial Conjunctions of Certainty
2.1.4 Related Researches of Adverbial Conjunctions at Home and Abroad
2.2 Previous Studies of Interactional Linguistics
2.2.1 Origin and Development of Interactional Linguistics
2.2.2 Basic Academic Opinions of Interactional Linguistics
2.2.3 The Relationship between Interaction and Language
2.3 Related Theories
2.3.1 Functional Grammar
2.3.2 Conversation Analysis
Chapter 3 Data and Methodology
3.1 Data Analysis
3.2 Methodology
3.2.1 Corpus-based Approach
3.2.2 Qualitative and Quantitative Methods
3.2.3 Comparative Method
Chapter 4 Interactional Analysis of ACs of Certainty
4.1 Frequency of ACs of Certainty and its Interactivity
4.1.1 The Definition of Turn
4.1.2 Defining the Level of Interactivity of Spoken Language
4.1.3 Frequency of ACs of Certainty and its Interactivity in A Date with Luyu and CNN News—Interviews with Celebrities
4.2 Distribution of Sequential Location of ACs of Certainty and its Functions on Turn Construction
4.2.1 The Analysis of ACs of Certainty in Different Sequential Location in Two Talk Shows
4.2.2 The Initial Position of Turn: Turn-opening
4.2.3 The Middle Position of Turn: Turn-keeping
4.2.4 The Final Position of Turn: Turn-transforming
4.3 Summary
Chapter 5 Cohesive Devices of ACs of Certainty
5.1 Repetition of ACs of Certainty in A Date with Luyu and CNN News---Interviews with Celebrities and its Interactional Functions
5.2 Co-occurrence of ACs of Certainty with Other Words in A Date with Luyu and CNN News---Interviews with Celebrities and its
5.2.1 Co-occurrence of ACs of Certainty with Another ACs of Certainty
5.2.2 Co-occurrence of ACs of Certainty with Modal Particles
5.2.3 Co-occurrence of ACs of Certainty with Other Kinds of ACs
5.2.4 Co-occurrence of ACs of Certainty with Conjunctions
5.3 Collocation of ACs of Certainty in A Date with Luyu and CNN
5.3.1 Collocations of ACs of Certainty in A Date with Luyu
5.3.2 Collocations of ACs of Certainty in CNN News---Interviews with Celebrities
5.3.3 Similarities and Differences of Collocation Rules between Chinese and English ACs of Certainty
5.4 Summary
Chapter 6 Interactional Functions and Mechanism
6.1 Interactional Functions of ACs of Certainty
6.1.1 Building On-line Alignment
6.1.2 Transferring the Theme
6.1.3 Filling Pause and Keeping Turns
6.1.4 Strengthening and Affirming Information
6.1.5 Judging Information
6.2 Mechanism of ACs of Certainty
6.2.1 Usage Patterns of ACs of Certainty and Relations between S1 and S2 in Spoken Discourses
6.2.2 The Formation Causes and Mechanism of ACs of certainty in Spoken
6.3 Summary
Chapter 7 Conclusion
7.1 Major Findings
7.2 Limitations of the Current Study and Suggestions for Further Study
参考文献
Appendixes
Appendix Ⅰ
Appendix Ⅱ
Appendix Ⅲ
Appendix Ⅳ
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