| 摘要 | 第6-8页 |
| Abstract | 第8-9页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第12-16页 |
| 1.1 The Significance of the Research | 第12-13页 |
| 1.2 Research Questions and Methodology | 第13-14页 |
| 1.3 The Structure of the Thesis | 第14-16页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第16-28页 |
| 2.1 Fuzzy Linguistics | 第16-17页 |
| 2.2 Previous Researches on Hedges | 第17-28页 |
| 2.2.1 Different definitions of hedges | 第17-18页 |
| 2.2.2 Categorization of hedges | 第18-21页 |
| 2.2.3 Researches on hedges from semantic perspective | 第21-22页 |
| 2.2.4 Researches on hedges from pragmatic perspective | 第22-24页 |
| 2.2.5 Empirical researches on hedges | 第24-28页 |
| 2.2.5.1 Researches on hedges in discourse | 第24-25页 |
| 2.2.5.2 Applied linguistic study on hedges | 第25-28页 |
| Chapter 3 Theoretical Framework: Adaptation Theory | 第28-41页 |
| 3.1 Properties of Language | 第29-30页 |
| 3.2 Four Angles to Understand Adaptation Theory | 第30-37页 |
| 3.2.1 The contextual correlates of adaptability | 第31-33页 |
| 3.2.2 The structural objects of adaptability | 第33-35页 |
| 3.2.3 The dynamics of adaptability | 第35-36页 |
| 3.2.4 The salience of adaptability | 第36-37页 |
| 3.3 Metapragmatic Awareness | 第37-41页 |
| Chapter 4 Analysis of Hedges in Artist Based on Adaptation Theory | 第41-62页 |
| 4.1 Uses of Hedges as Linguistic Choices to Realize Adaptation | 第41-43页 |
| 4.2 A Brief Introduction to Interview Programs and Artist | 第43-44页 |
| 4.3 Analysis of Hedges in Artist Based on Adaptation Theory | 第44-58页 |
| 4.3.1 Linguistic realization forms of hedges in Artist | 第44-48页 |
| 4.3.2 Frequency of each type of hedges in Artist | 第48-50页 |
| 4.3.3 How communicators use hedges to adapt to the contextual correlates of interview programs | 第50-58页 |
| 4.3.3.1 Adaptation to the occasion of interview conversations in Artist | 第50-52页 |
| 4.3.3.2 Adaptation to the mental world of interlocutors | 第52-55页 |
| 4.3.3.3 Adaptation to the social setting of interview program | 第55-58页 |
| 4.4 Metapragmatic Awareness behind Choices of Hedges | 第58-62页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第62-66页 |
| 5.1 Major findings and implications of present study | 第62-64页 |
| 5.2 Limitations and suggestions for further study | 第64-66页 |
| Bibliography | 第66-70页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第70-71页 |
| 个人简历 | 第71页 |
| 发表的学术论文 | 第71-72页 |
