| Abstract | 第1-10页 |
| 摘要 | 第10-12页 |
| Introduction | 第12-20页 |
| Chapter One Literature Review | 第20-34页 |
| ·Literature review of vagueness and fuzziness | 第20-22页 |
| ·Literature review of hedges | 第22-30页 |
| ·Definition of hedges and hedging | 第22-25页 |
| ·Classifications of hedges | 第25-30页 |
| ·Classifications of hedges at home | 第25-26页 |
| ·Classifications of hedges abroad | 第26-30页 |
| ·Literature review of TV talk show | 第30-33页 |
| ·Development of TV talk show at home and abroad | 第30-32页 |
| ·The patterns and functions of TV talk show | 第32-33页 |
| ·Summary | 第33-34页 |
| Chapter Two Theoretical Framework | 第34-42页 |
| ·Leech’s politeness principle | 第34-36页 |
| ·Brown and Levinson’s face theory | 第36-39页 |
| ·The definition of face and face-threatening act | 第37-38页 |
| ·Face and politeness of Chinese | 第38-39页 |
| ·Grice’s cooperative principle of conversational implicature theory | 第39-42页 |
| Chapter Three Methodology | 第42-50页 |
| ·Research questions | 第42页 |
| ·Data collection | 第42-44页 |
| ·Research methods and procedures | 第44-45页 |
| ·Methods of the research | 第44页 |
| ·Procedures of the research | 第44-45页 |
| ·Statistical analysis of the data | 第45-48页 |
| ·The main findings of statistical analysis | 第48-50页 |
| Chapter Four Analysis and Discussion | 第50-76页 |
| ·Hedges and the cooperative principle | 第50-56页 |
| ·Quality Maxim | 第50-51页 |
| ·Quantity Maxim | 第51-53页 |
| ·Maxim of Relevance | 第53-54页 |
| ·Maxim of Manner | 第54-56页 |
| ·Hedges and Leech’s Politeness Principle | 第56-72页 |
| ·Tact Maxim | 第56-60页 |
| ·From the perspective of the host | 第56-58页 |
| ·From the perspective of the guest | 第58-60页 |
| ·Generosity Maxim | 第60-63页 |
| ·From the perspective of the host | 第60-62页 |
| ·From the perspective of the guest | 第62-63页 |
| ·Approbation Maxim | 第63-66页 |
| ·From the perspective of the host | 第63-64页 |
| ·From the perspective of the guest | 第64-66页 |
| ·Modesty Maxim | 第66-68页 |
| ·From the perspective of the host | 第66-67页 |
| ·From the perspective of the guest | 第67-68页 |
| ·Agreement Maxim | 第68-70页 |
| ·From the perspective of the host | 第68-69页 |
| ·From the perspective of the guest | 第69-70页 |
| ·Sympathy Maxim | 第70-72页 |
| ·From the perspective of the host | 第70-71页 |
| ·From the perspective of the guest | 第71-72页 |
| ·Main findings and results | 第72-76页 |
| Conclusion | 第76-80页 |
| Bibliography | 第80-84页 |
| Appendix | 第84-98页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第98-100页 |
| Published Papers | 第100页 |
