| Acknowledgements | 第5-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-14页 |
| List of Abbreviations | 第14-15页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第15-19页 |
| 1.1 Research Background | 第15-16页 |
| 1.2 Significance of the Thesis | 第16-18页 |
| 1.3 Layout of the Thesis | 第18-19页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第19-31页 |
| 2.1 Overview of Multimodal Discourse Analysis (MDA) | 第19-22页 |
| 2.1.1 Previous Studies on MDA Abroad | 第19-21页 |
| 2.1.2 Previous Studies of MDA in China | 第21-22页 |
| 2.2 Previous Studies of Discourse Markers | 第22-26页 |
| 2.2.1 Previous Studies Abroad | 第22-25页 |
| 2.2.2 Previous Studies at Home | 第25-26页 |
| 2.3 Previous Studies of Talk Show | 第26-31页 |
| 2.3.1 Non-linguistic Studies of Talk Show | 第27-28页 |
| 2.3.2 Linguistic Studies of Talk Show | 第28-31页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Framework and Research Methodology | 第31-43页 |
| 3.1 Theoretical Framework | 第31-36页 |
| 3.1.1 Kress and Van Leeuwen's Visual Grammar | 第31-34页 |
| 3.1.2 Fraser's Study of Discourse Markers (DMs) | 第34-36页 |
| 3.2 Methodology | 第36-43页 |
| 3.2.1 Corpus Construction | 第36-39页 |
| 3.2.2 Research Methods | 第39-40页 |
| 3.2.3 Identification of the DMs Being Analyzed | 第40-43页 |
| Chapter Four Findings and Discussions | 第43-75页 |
| 4.1 Major Findings | 第43-44页 |
| 4.2 Discussions on"So" and"Suo Yi" | 第44-58页 |
| 4.2.1 The Similarities Between the Multimodal Usage of So and Suo Yi | 第45-50页 |
| 4.2.2 The Differences Between the Multimodal Usage of So and Suo Yi | 第50-58页 |
| 4.3 Discussions on "But" and "Dan (Shi)" | 第58-75页 |
| 4.3.1 The Similarities Between the Multimodal Usage of But and Dan (Shi) | 第59-68页 |
| 4.3.2 The Differences Between the Multimodal Usage of But and Dan(Shi) | 第68-75页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusions | 第75-79页 |
| 5.1 Findings and Contributions of the Present Research | 第75-78页 |
| 5.2 Limitations and Suggestions for the Further Research | 第78-79页 |
| Bibliography | 第79-87页 |
| Appendix Discourse Markers Retrieved in the Thesis | 第87页 |
