声明
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
摘要
ABSTRACT
CONTENTS
List of Tables
List of Figures
Chapter One INTRODUCTION
1.1 Need for the Study
1.2 Significance of the Study
1.3 Structure of Thesis
Chapter Two LITERATURE REVIEW
2.1 Previous Studies on Business Recall Statements
2.2 Previous Studies on Commissive Speech Acts
Chapter Three METHODOLOGY
3.1 Theoretical Framework
3.1.1 Speech Act Theory
3.1.2 Commissive Speech Acts
3.2 Research Questions
3.3 Data Colleetion
3.4 Research Procedure
Chapter Four RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
4.1 Types of Commissive Speech Acts
4.2 The Linguistic Realizations of Commissive Speech Acts
4.2.1 On Lexical Level
4.2.2 On Syntactical Level
4.3 Communicative Purposes Achieved by Commissive Speech Acts
4.4 Differences in the Use of Commissive Speech Act Verbs
Chapter Five CONCLUSIONS
5.1 Major Findings
5.2 Limitations and Suggestions
REFERENCES
APPENDIX
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