| ABSTRACT | 第1-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-7页 |
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第7-10页 |
| TRANSCRIPTION CONVENTIONS | 第10-11页 |
| LIST OF TABLES | 第11-12页 |
| CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION | 第12-16页 |
| ·The motivation of this research | 第12-13页 |
| ·The significances of this research | 第13-14页 |
| ·Research questions | 第14页 |
| ·The organization of this thesis | 第14-16页 |
| CHAPTER TWO LITERATURE REVIEW | 第16-40页 |
| ·Discourse analysis | 第16-17页 |
| ·Discourse markers | 第17-22页 |
| ·Definition | 第17-18页 |
| ·Features of discourse markers | 第18-20页 |
| ·Functions of discourse markers | 第20-22页 |
| ·Studies on actually | 第22-30页 |
| ·Explanations of actually in dictionary | 第22-23页 |
| ·Studies of actually as a discourse marker | 第23-30页 |
| ·Politeness theory | 第30-32页 |
| ·Conflict talk | 第32-37页 |
| ·Definition | 第32-33页 |
| ·Recognition of a conflict talk | 第33-34页 |
| ·Studies on conflict talk abroad and at home | 第34-37页 |
| ·Polylogue | 第37-40页 |
| CHAPTER THREE RESEARCH METHODOLOGY | 第40-53页 |
| ·Research design | 第40-43页 |
| ·Working definition | 第43-44页 |
| ·Data collection | 第44-53页 |
| ·Discussion topics | 第44-45页 |
| ·Subjects | 第45-46页 |
| ·Transcription conventions | 第46-47页 |
| ·Notation plans | 第47-51页 |
| ·Transcription procedure | 第51-53页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR DATA ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSION | 第53-78页 |
| ·Frequency of actually in the whole data | 第53页 |
| ·Syntactic distributions of actually in conflict talks | 第53-56页 |
| ·Collocations of actually in conflict talks | 第56-57页 |
| ·Pragmatic functions of actually in conflict talks | 第57-67页 |
| ·Face-threatening mitigator | 第58-61页 |
| ·Elaboration | 第61-65页 |
| ·Contemplative filler | 第65-66页 |
| ·Topic shift | 第66-67页 |
| ·Actually in the context of non-conflict talks | 第67-70页 |
| ·Comparison of actually in the contexts of conflict talks and non-conflict talks | 第70-72页 |
| ·The general state of actually in group discussions | 第72-75页 |
| ·Comparison between English majors and English native speakers | 第75-78页 |
| CHAPTER FIVE CONCLUSION | 第78-83页 |
| ·Summary of the present study | 第78页 |
| ·Research findings | 第78-79页 |
| ·Research implications | 第79-81页 |
| ·Limitations for further research | 第81-82页 |
| ·Suggestions for future study | 第82-83页 |
| REFERENCES | 第83-88页 |
| APPENDIX | 第88-92页 |
