| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-11页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第11-26页 |
| ·General review of the studies of pragmatic markers | 第11-12页 |
| ·Previous studies on pragmatic markers | 第12-24页 |
| ·Previous studies abroad | 第12-21页 |
| ·Discourse-coherence perspective | 第13-16页 |
| ·Grammatical-pragmatic perspective | 第16-18页 |
| ·Relevance-Theoretical perspective | 第18-21页 |
| ·Previous studies in China | 第21-24页 |
| ·Liao Qiuzhong and K.K. Luke’s study | 第21-22页 |
| ·He Ziran and Ran Yongping’s study | 第22页 |
| ·Yu Guodong and Wu Yaxing’s study | 第22-23页 |
| ·Han Geling’s study | 第23-24页 |
| ·Significance and purpose of the present study | 第24-25页 |
| ·Structure of the thesis | 第25-26页 |
| Chapter Two Defining pragmatic markers | 第26-40页 |
| ·Earlier definitions of pragmatic markers | 第26-28页 |
| ·The working definition of pragmatic markers | 第28-29页 |
| ·Classifications of pragmatic markers | 第29-35页 |
| ·Schiffrin’s classification | 第29-30页 |
| ·Maschler’s classification | 第30-31页 |
| ·Fraser’s classification | 第31-32页 |
| ·Other researchers’classifications | 第32-33页 |
| ·Classification in the Present Study | 第33-35页 |
| ·Features of Pragmatic Markers | 第35-40页 |
| ·Syntactic Features | 第35-36页 |
| ·Lexical Features | 第36-37页 |
| ·Phonological Features | 第37页 |
| ·Semantic Features | 第37-38页 |
| ·Pragmatic Features | 第38页 |
| ·Sociolinguistic Features | 第38-40页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Framework | 第40-58页 |
| ·The Code Model | 第40-41页 |
| ·Grice’s Theory of Implicature | 第41-43页 |
| ·Relevance theory | 第43-46页 |
| ·Adaptation theory | 第46-52页 |
| ·Relevance-adaptation model | 第52-58页 |
| ·Yang Ping’s relevance-adaptation model | 第52-54页 |
| ·Relevance-adaptation model in the present study | 第54-58页 |
| Chapter Four Study on Pragmatic markers in English public speeches based on the relevance-adaptation model | 第58-89页 |
| ·Public speaking and pragmatic markers | 第58-59页 |
| ·Defining public speaking | 第58页 |
| ·Features of public speaking | 第58-59页 |
| ·Pragmatic markers in public speeches | 第59-64页 |
| ·Data source of public speeches | 第60-61页 |
| ·Statistical approach to the data of different pragmatic markers | 第61页 |
| ·Quantitative results for pragmatic markers in English public speeches | 第61-63页 |
| ·Features of pragmatic markers in English public speeches | 第63-64页 |
| ·Pragmatic markers based on the relevance-adaptation model | 第64-89页 |
| ·Communication between speaker and audience in public speeches | 第64-66页 |
| ·Analysis on pragmatic markers in public speeches based on the relevance-adaptation model | 第66-71页 |
| ·Functions of pragmatic markers in English speeches based on the relevance-adaptation model | 第71-89页 |
| ·Elaborative markers | 第71-74页 |
| ·Contrastive markers | 第74-76页 |
| ·Temporal markers | 第76-77页 |
| ·Inferential markers | 第77-80页 |
| ·Self-assessment markers | 第80-81页 |
| ·Deference markers | 第81-83页 |
| ·Conversational management markers | 第83-85页 |
| ·Emphasis markers | 第85-86页 |
| ·Other markers | 第86-89页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第89-93页 |
| ·Findings | 第89-90页 |
| ·Implications | 第90-91页 |
| ·Limitations | 第91-92页 |
| ·Suggestions for further research | 第92-93页 |
| Appendix Sources of Data | 第93-95页 |
| Bibliography | 第95-101页 |
