| Chapter One Introduction | 第1-18页 |
| ·Research Orientation | 第12页 |
| ·The Scope of the Research | 第12-13页 |
| ·The Object of the Research | 第13-14页 |
| ·Rationale for the Research | 第14-15页 |
| ·The Objectives of the Research | 第15-16页 |
| ·Outline of the Thesis | 第16-18页 |
| Chapter Two A Literature Review Introduction | 第18-26页 |
| ·Defining Sentence-final Particles | 第18-20页 |
| ·Approaches to Sentence-final particles | 第20-24页 |
| ·The Syntactic Approach | 第20-22页 |
| ·The Discourse Approach | 第22-23页 |
| ·The Pragmatic Approach | 第23-24页 |
| ·Studies of Sentence-final Particles in the Bai Language | 第24页 |
| ·Summary | 第24-26页 |
| Chapter Three Research Methodology and Data Collection | 第26-30页 |
| ·Introduction | 第26页 |
| ·Procedures for Data Collection | 第26-27页 |
| ·Procedures for Data Transcription | 第27页 |
| ·Procedures for Data Analysis | 第27-28页 |
| ·Summary | 第28-30页 |
| Chapter Four Sentence-final Particles as Pragmatic Strategies: A Framework of Analysis | 第30-37页 |
| ·Introduction | 第30页 |
| ·Speech Acts as Basic Units of the Analysis | 第30-31页 |
| ·Sentence-final Particles and Regulation | 第31-33页 |
| ·Linguistic Regulation Theory as Theoretical Basis | 第33-34页 |
| ·Sentence-final Particles as Pragmatic Strategies | 第34-35页 |
| ·Summary | 第35-37页 |
| Chapter Five Sentence-final Particles as Mitigating Devices | 第37-53页 |
| ·Introduction | 第37页 |
| ·Sentence-final Particles and Mitigation | 第37-38页 |
| ·The Bai Culture and Mitigation | 第38-40页 |
| ·The Analysis | 第40-52页 |
| ·Mitigating Devices Used by the Speaker | 第40-48页 |
| ·Assertive Speech Acts | 第40-43页 |
| ·Directive Speech Acts | 第43-48页 |
| ·Mitigating Devices Used by the Addressee | 第48-52页 |
| ·Assertive Speech Acts | 第49-51页 |
| ·Directive Speech Acts | 第51-52页 |
| ·Summary | 第52-53页 |
| Chapter Six Sentence-final Particle as Boosting Devices | 第53-69页 |
| ·Introduction | 第53页 |
| ·Sentence-final Particles and Reinforcement | 第53-54页 |
| ·The Bai Culture and Reinforcement | 第54-55页 |
| ·The Analysis | 第55-68页 |
| ·Boosting Devices Used by the Speaker | 第56-63页 |
| ·Assertive Speech Acts and Expressive Speech Acts | 第56-59页 |
| ·Directive Speech Acts | 第59-63页 |
| ·Boosting Devices Used by the Addressee | 第63-68页 |
| ·Assertive Speech Acts and Expressive Speech Acts | 第63-66页 |
| ·Commissive Speech Acts | 第66-68页 |
| ·Summary | 第68-69页 |
| Chapter Seven Conclusion and Implication | 第69-75页 |
| ·Introduction | 第69页 |
| ·Major Findings from the Research | 第69-71页 |
| ·Findings on Sentence-final Particles in Speech Act | 第69-70页 |
| ·Findings on Sentence-final Particles as Pragmatic Strategies | 第70-71页 |
| ·Findings on the Bai Culture in Sentence-final Particle | 第71页 |
| ·Implications of the Study | 第71-72页 |
| ·Limitations of the Study and Suggestions for Further Research | 第72-75页 |
| Bibliography | 第75-79页 |
| Appendix | 第79-110页 |
