| Abstract | 第1-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-8页 |
| ·Introduction | 第8-13页 |
| ·Introduction | 第8页 |
| ·Rationale of the present study | 第8-10页 |
| ·Objectives of the present study | 第10-11页 |
| ·Data for analysis | 第11页 |
| ·Organization of the thesis | 第11-13页 |
| 2 A Brief Review of the Literature | 第13-32页 |
| ·An overall account of discourse markers | 第13-19页 |
| ·Definition of discourse markers | 第13-15页 |
| ·Properties of discourse markers | 第15-16页 |
| ·Classifications of discourse markers | 第16-18页 |
| ·Functions of discourse markers | 第18页 |
| ·Influential factors for the use and distribution of discourse markers | 第18-19页 |
| ·General history of studies on discourse markers | 第19-20页 |
| ·Approaches to studies of discourse markers | 第20-24页 |
| ·Coherence-based approach | 第20-21页 |
| ·Grammatical-pragmatic approach | 第21-22页 |
| ·Cognitive-pragmatic approach | 第22-24页 |
| ·Functions of well in the literature | 第24-27页 |
| ·Functions of you know in the literature | 第27-30页 |
| ·Functions of I think in the literature | 第30-32页 |
| 3 A Description of Conceptual Framework | 第32-41页 |
| ·Interpretation of some key terms | 第32-34页 |
| ·The courtroom oral arguments | 第32-33页 |
| ·Persuasion | 第33-34页 |
| ·Theoretic background | 第34-41页 |
| ·The relevance-theoretical view of utterance interpretation | 第34-37页 |
| ·The relevance-theoretical view of discourse markers | 第37-41页 |
| 4 Data Analysis and Discussion | 第41-60页 |
| ·Functions of well in courtroom oral arguments | 第41-49页 |
| ·Searching for the right phrase | 第42-43页 |
| ·Well as a linguistic device of interruption | 第43-45页 |
| ·Continuing an opinion/answer | 第45-47页 |
| ·Initiating disagreements | 第47-49页 |
| ·Functions of you know in courtroom oral arguments | 第49-53页 |
| ·Introducing an explanation | 第49-50页 |
| ·Reference to shared knowledge | 第50-51页 |
| ·Marking false start and repair | 第51-53页 |
| ·Functions of I think in courtroom oral arguments | 第53-60页 |
| ·Framing an upcoming different opinion | 第54-55页 |
| ·Prefacing weak agreement and subsequent disagreement | 第55-56页 |
| ·Signaling completion and pursuing a response | 第56-60页 |
| 5 Conclusions | 第60-63页 |
| ·Overview | 第60页 |
| ·Summary of findings | 第60-61页 |
| ·Implications | 第61-62页 |
| ·Limitations | 第62-63页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第63-64页 |
| Bibliography | 第64-70页 |
| Appendix | 第70-92页 |
