| Abstract (English) | 第1-7页 |
| Abstract (Chinese) | 第7-15页 |
| List of Figures and Tables | 第15-17页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第17-21页 |
| ·Overview | 第17-18页 |
| ·Rationale | 第18页 |
| ·Scope and Delimitation of the Study | 第18-19页 |
| ·Significance of the Study | 第19页 |
| ·Organization of the Thesis | 第19-21页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第21-29页 |
| ·Overview | 第21页 |
| ·Definition and Classification of Hesitation Phenomena | 第21-23页 |
| ·Locations of Hesitation Phenomena | 第23-25页 |
| ·Functions of Hesitation Phenomena | 第25-26页 |
| ·Psycholinguistic Explanations for the Occurrence of Hesitation Phenomena | 第26-29页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Framework | 第29-37页 |
| ·Overview | 第29页 |
| ·Filled Pauses | 第29-30页 |
| ·Eh-type Filled Pauses | 第30-31页 |
| ·Variables that Influence the Occurrence of Filled Pauses | 第31-34页 |
| ·Previously Investigated Variables | 第31-32页 |
| ·Variables Investigated in this Study | 第32-34页 |
| ·Sex | 第33页 |
| ·Personality | 第33-34页 |
| ·Attitudes towards Eh-type Filled Pauses | 第34页 |
| ·Study Questions and Hypotheses | 第34-35页 |
| ·Conceptual Framework of this Study | 第35-37页 |
| Chapter Four Methodology | 第37-44页 |
| ·Introduction of the Study | 第37页 |
| ·Subjects | 第37-39页 |
| ·University | 第37-38页 |
| ·Subject Descriptions | 第38-39页 |
| ·Instruments | 第39-40页 |
| ·Data Collection | 第40-41页 |
| ·Data Analysis | 第41-44页 |
| Chapter Five Results and Discussion | 第44-69页 |
| ·The prominent variations of Eh-type pause fillers in Quanzhou English majors’English and Chinese spontaneous speech | 第45-51页 |
| ·The prominent variations of Eh-type filled markers in English spontaneous speech | 第45-46页 |
| ·The prominent variations of Eh-type pause fillers in Chinese spontaneous speech | 第46-51页 |
| ·The main locations of Eh-type filled pauses in Quanzhou English majors’English and Chinese spontaneous speech | 第51-56页 |
| ·The main locations of Eh-type filled pauses in English spontaneous speech | 第51-52页 |
| ·The locations of Eh-type filled pauses in Chinese spontaneous speech | 第52-56页 |
| ·Hypothesis Testing | 第56-64页 |
| ·Quanzhou English Majors’Attitudes towards Eh-type Filled Pauses | 第64-65页 |
| ·Monitoring of Filled Pauses | 第65-67页 |
| ·Other Findings | 第67-69页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第69-72页 |
| ·Major Findings | 第69-70页 |
| ·Pedagogical Implications | 第70页 |
| ·Limitations of the Present Study | 第70-71页 |
| ·Further Study Suggestions | 第71页 |
| ·Tentative Conclusions Drawn from the Present Study | 第71-72页 |
| REFERENCES | 第72-75页 |
| APPENDIX 1 | 第75-76页 |
| APPENDIX 2 | 第76-77页 |
| APPENDIX 3 | 第77-78页 |
| APPENDIX 4 | 第78-79页 |
| APPENDIX 5 | 第79-88页 |
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第88页 |
