| Abstract | 第4页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-6页 |
| Contents | 第6-8页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第8-12页 |
| 1.1 Background of the Study | 第8-9页 |
| 1.2 Purpose and Research Questions | 第9页 |
| 1.3 Organization of the Paper | 第9-10页 |
| 1.4 Data Collection and Analytical Procedure | 第10-12页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第12-23页 |
| 2.1 Definition of Discourse Connectives | 第12-13页 |
| 2.2 Classification of Discourse Connectives | 第13-15页 |
| 2.2.1 Halliday and Hasan's Classification | 第13-14页 |
| 2.2.2 Fraser's Classification | 第14页 |
| 2.2.3 Martin's Classification | 第14-15页 |
| 2.2.4 Chinese Linguists' Classification | 第15页 |
| 2.3 Syntactic Features of Discourse Connectives | 第15-16页 |
| 2.4 Previous Studies on Discourse Connectives | 第16-19页 |
| 2.4.1 Coherence-based Perspective | 第16页 |
| 2.4.2 Grammatical-pragmatic Perspective | 第16-17页 |
| 2.4.3 Relevance-theoretic Perspective | 第17-18页 |
| 2.4.4 Previous studies on Discourse Connectives in Chinese | 第18-19页 |
| 2.5 Narrative | 第19-23页 |
| 2.5.1 Discourse Connectives in Narrative Discourses | 第19-21页 |
| 2.5.2 Previous Studies on so and then | 第21页 |
| 2.5.3 Previous Studies on suoyi and ranhou | 第21-23页 |
| Chapter Three Data Analysis | 第23-40页 |
| 3.1 Occurrences of so, suoyi, then and ranhou | 第24-25页 |
| 3.2 Positions and Distributions | 第25-29页 |
| 3.2.1 Positions of so and suoyi and their distributions | 第25-27页 |
| 3.2.2 Positions of then and ranhou and their distributions | 第27-29页 |
| 3.3 Logical Semantic Relations Realized by so and suoyi | 第29-32页 |
| 3.3.1 Indicating Consequential Relations | 第29-30页 |
| 3.3.2 Indicating Sequential Relations | 第30-32页 |
| 3.4 Logical Semantic Relations Realized by then and ranhou | 第32-34页 |
| 3.4.1 Indicating Temporal Sequential Relations | 第32-33页 |
| 3.4.2 Indicating Consequential Relations | 第33-34页 |
| 3.5 Discourse Functions of so and suoyi | 第34-37页 |
| 3.5.1 Transition-making Function | 第35-36页 |
| 3.5.2 Inference-making Function | 第36页 |
| 3.5.3 Point-Beginnig Function | 第36-37页 |
| 3.5.4 Point-returning Function | 第37页 |
| 3.6 Discourse Functions of then and ranhou | 第37-40页 |
| Chapter Four Results and Discussion | 第40-49页 |
| 4.1 The Four Connectives at Clausal and Macroclausal Level | 第40-44页 |
| 4.2 Similarities and Differences of the Four Connectives | 第44-46页 |
| 4.3 Implication for Understanding the Nature of the two Languages | 第46-48页 |
| 4.4 Significance for Language Learning and Teaching | 第48-49页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第49-52页 |
| 5.1 Major Findings of the Study | 第49-50页 |
| 5.2 Implications | 第50-51页 |
| 5.3 Limitations | 第51-52页 |
| References | 第52-55页 |
| Appendix | 第55-59页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第59页 |
