| Declaration | 第1-4页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第4-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-11页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第11-17页 |
| 1．1 Introduction to talk show | 第11-12页 |
| 1．2 Objective of the present study | 第12-13页 |
| 1．3 Rationale underlying the present study | 第13-14页 |
| 1．4 Significance of the present study | 第14-15页 |
| 1．5 Data collection and methodology | 第15-16页 |
| 1．5．1 Data | 第15-16页 |
| 1．5．2 Methodology | 第16页 |
| 1．6 Outline of the thesis | 第16-17页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第17-31页 |
| 2．0 Overview | 第17页 |
| 2．1 Definitions of discourse markers | 第17-21页 |
| 2．1．1 Earlier definitions | 第17-20页 |
| 2．1．2 Working definition | 第20-21页 |
| 2．2 Earlier studies of Discourse Markers | 第21-27页 |
| 2．2．1 Grammatical-pragmatic studies of discourse markers | 第21-23页 |
| 2．2．2 Coherence-based studies of discourse markers | 第23-25页 |
| 2．2．3 Pragma-cognitive studies of discourse markers | 第25页 |
| 2．2．4 Earlier studies of Chinese discourse markers | 第25-27页 |
| 2．3 Studies of talk shows | 第27-30页 |
| 2．3．1 Media studies of talk shows | 第27-28页 |
| 2．3．2 Linguistic studies of talk shows | 第28-30页 |
| 2．4 Summary: | 第30-31页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Framework | 第31-45页 |
| 3．0 Overview | 第31页 |
| 3．1 The Relevance Theory | 第31-36页 |
| 3．1．1 Ostensive-inferential communication | 第31-33页 |
| 3．1．2 The principles of relevance | 第33-34页 |
| 3．1．3 Context and Contextual Effects | 第34-36页 |
| 3．2 Conceptual framework of the present study | 第36-42页 |
| 3．2．1 Pragmatic connectivity | 第36-38页 |
| 3．2．2 The cognitive constraints | 第38-41页 |
| 3．2．3 The features of Discourse markers in talk shows | 第41-42页 |
| 3．3 Procedures of conducting this study | 第42-43页 |
| 3．4 Summary | 第43-45页 |
| Chapter Four Delimitation and Pragmatic Motivations of Discourse Markers in Chinese Talk Shows | 第45-65页 |
| 4．0 Overview | 第45页 |
| 4．1 Delimitation of discourse markers in talk shows | 第45-59页 |
| 4．1．1 topic/subtopic-shifting markers | 第45-49页 |
| 4．1．2 Evidential markers | 第49-51页 |
| 4．1．3 Inferential markers | 第51-52页 |
| 4．1．4 Restatement markers | 第52-54页 |
| 4．1．5 Contrastive markers | 第54-55页 |
| 4．1．6 Turn-taking markers | 第55-57页 |
| 4．1．7 Comment markers | 第57-59页 |
| 4．2 Pragmatic motivations of employing discourse markers in talk shows | 第59-64页 |
| 4．3 Summary | 第64-65页 |
| Chapter Five Pragmatic Functions of Discourse Markers in Chinese Talk Shows | 第65-84页 |
| 5．0 Overview | 第65页 |
| 5．1 Coherence of pragmatic meaning | 第65-73页 |
| 5．2 The relevance constraints on the audience's interpretation | 第73-82页 |
| 5．2．1 Discourse markers and contextual effects in talk shows | 第73-75页 |
| 5．2．2 Discourse markers strengthening existing assumptions | 第75-77页 |
| 5．2．3 Discourse markers introducing inconsistency | 第77-81页 |
| 5．2．4 Discourse markers introducing contextual implications | 第81-82页 |
| 5．3 Summary: | 第82-84页 |
| Chapter Six Concluding Remarks | 第84-91页 |
| 6．0 Overview | 第84页 |
| 6．1 Major findings | 第84-86页 |
| 6．2 Implications | 第86-89页 |
| 6．2．1 Implications to the linguistic study of talk shows | 第86-87页 |
| 6．2．2 Implications to the management of talk shows | 第87-89页 |
| 6．3 Limitations | 第89-90页 |
| 6．4 Prospect for further study | 第90-91页 |
| Bibliography | 第91-96页 |
| Appendix Ⅰ | 第96-98页 |
| Appendix Ⅱ Sample Data of the Corpus | 第98-109页 |
