| Abstract | 第1-9页 |
| 摘要 | 第9-11页 |
| Introduction | 第11-13页 |
| Chapter one Literature Review | 第13-26页 |
| ·Definition of Discourse Markers | 第13-14页 |
| ·Discourse Markers Studies Abroad | 第14-21页 |
| ·Discourse Markers Studies in China | 第21-22页 |
| ·So as a Discourse Marker | 第22-24页 |
| ·Purpose and Significance of the Study | 第24-26页 |
| Chapter Two Theoretical Foundations | 第26-35页 |
| ·Relevance Theory | 第26-31页 |
| ·The Human Communication | 第26-27页 |
| ·Ostensive-Inferential Communication | 第27-28页 |
| ·Contextual Effects | 第28-29页 |
| ·The Principles of Relevance Theory | 第29-31页 |
| ·Pragmatic Functions of Discourse Marker based on Relevance Theory | 第31-35页 |
| Chapter Three So as a Discourse Marker in Friends and Its Pragmatic Functions | 第35-56页 |
| ·Brief Introduction to Friends | 第35-36页 |
| ·Contextual Implication Functions of So in Friends | 第36-48页 |
| ·So as a Conversation Initiating Marker | 第37-38页 |
| ·So as a Topic Shifting Marker | 第38-40页 |
| ·So as a Concluding Marker | 第40-41页 |
| ·So as a Continuer Marker | 第41-43页 |
| ·So as an Inference Marker | 第43-44页 |
| ·So as a Hesitation and Uncertainty Marker | 第44-46页 |
| ·So as a Marker to Indicate Speaker’s Intention | 第46-47页 |
| ·So as a Marker to Attract the Hearer’s Attention | 第47页 |
| ·So as a Marker to Indicate Speaker’s Compromise | 第47-48页 |
| ·Emotional Functions of So | 第48-56页 |
| ·So as a Marker to Express Anger | 第48-49页 |
| ·So as a Marker to Express Impatience | 第49-50页 |
| ·So as a Marker to Indicate Surprise | 第50-51页 |
| ·So as a Marker to Express Depressions | 第51-52页 |
| ·So as a Marker to Express Dissatisfaction | 第52页 |
| ·So as a Marker to Express Excitement | 第52-54页 |
| ·So as a Marker to Express Irony | 第54-56页 |
| Chapter Four Translation of So in Friends under the Pragmatic Analysis | 第56-69页 |
| ·Definition of Translation | 第56-57页 |
| ·Relevance-Theoretic Approach to Translation | 第57-59页 |
| ·Translation of so in Friends | 第59-67页 |
| ·So can be Translated as “所以” | 第60-62页 |
| ·So can be Translated as “那么/这么说” | 第62-64页 |
| ·So is not Translated in Words | 第64-66页 |
| ·Free Translation of so | 第66-67页 |
| ·Summary | 第67-69页 |
| Conclusion | 第69-72页 |
| Bibliography | 第72-75页 |
| Publication | 第75-76页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第76页 |