| 摘要 | 第1-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-9页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第9-12页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第12-16页 |
| ·Discourse Markers | 第12-13页 |
| ·Research Focuses and Significance | 第13-14页 |
| ·Organization of the Thesis | 第14-16页 |
| Chapter 2 Perspectives of Studying Discourse Markers | 第16-23页 |
| ·Previous Studies of DMs | 第16-20页 |
| ·The Coherence-based Perspective | 第16-17页 |
| ·The Grammatical-pragmatic Perspective | 第17-18页 |
| ·The Cognitive-pragmatic Perspective | 第18-19页 |
| ·The Metapragmatic Perspective | 第19-20页 |
| ·Study of DMs From Functional Grammar | 第20-23页 |
| ·Halliday's Functional Grammar | 第20页 |
| ·Metafunctions | 第20-23页 |
| Chapter 3 Textual Functions of Discourse Markers | 第23-36页 |
| ·Information Structure and DMs' Metafunctions | 第23-24页 |
| ·DMs' Textual Functions at the Local Level | 第24-30页 |
| ·Signaling the Relationship of Elaboration | 第26-27页 |
| ·Signaling the Relationship of Extension | 第27-30页 |
| ·DMs' Textual Functions at the Global Level | 第30-35页 |
| ·Helping Construct Information Frame | 第31-32页 |
| ·Marking Source of Information | 第32-33页 |
| ·Signaling Topic Shifting | 第33-35页 |
| ·Proposed Classification of Textual DMs | 第35-36页 |
| Chapter 4 Interpersonal Functions of Discourse Markers | 第36-43页 |
| ·Mood Structure and DMs' Metafunctions | 第36-38页 |
| ·DMs' Interpersonal Functions | 第38-41页 |
| ·Marking the Writer's Viewpoint | 第38页 |
| ·Marking the Writer's Comment | 第38-39页 |
| ·Marking the Writer's Judgment | 第39-41页 |
| ·Proposed Classification of Interpersonal DMs | 第41-43页 |
| Chapter 5 DMs' Guidance to College EFL Reading Comprehension | 第43-57页 |
| ·EFL Reading Comprehension and its Tests for College Students | 第43-46页 |
| ·Nature and Objectives of EFL Reading Comprehension | 第43-44页 |
| ·EFL Reading Comprehension Tests for College Students | 第44-46页 |
| ·DMs' Roles in College EFL Reading Comprehension | 第46-53页 |
| ·Role as the Clue to Topic of Text | 第46-47页 |
| ·Role as the Clue to Detail | 第47页 |
| ·Role as the Clue to Meaning-guess | 第47-48页 |
| ·Role as the Clue to Effective Inference | 第48-49页 |
| ·Role as the Clue to Understanding the Writer | 第49-53页 |
| ·Teaching DMs in College EFL Reading Class | 第53-57页 |
| ·Pre-reading Stage | 第53-54页 |
| ·While-reading Stage | 第54-55页 |
| ·Post-reading Stage | 第55-57页 |
| Chapter 6 Conclusion | 第57-60页 |
| ·Main Findings | 第57-58页 |
| ·Limitations of the Study | 第58-59页 |
| ·Suggestions for Further Study | 第59-60页 |
| Works Cited | 第60-62页 |
| Bibliography | 第62-64页 |
