| 摘要 | 第4-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5页 |
| Introduction | 第8-11页 |
| 1. Research Background of the Study | 第8-9页 |
| 2. Significance and Purpose of the Study | 第9页 |
| 3. Organization of the Thesis | 第9-11页 |
| Chapter One Literature Review | 第11-22页 |
| 1.1 A Brief Introduction to Discourse Markers | 第11-13页 |
| 1.1.1 Definitions of Discourse Markers | 第11-12页 |
| 1.1.2 The Characteristics of Discourse Markers | 第12-13页 |
| 1.1.3 Well as a Discourse Marker | 第13页 |
| 1.2 Previous Studies on Discourse Marker Well | 第13-21页 |
| 1.2.1 Studies on Discourse Marker Well Abroad | 第14-17页 |
| 1.2.2 Studies on Discourse Marker Well at Home | 第17-20页 |
| 1.2.3 Summary | 第20-21页 |
| 1.3 A Brief Introduction to the Corpus Friends | 第21-22页 |
| Chapter Two Theoretical Foundations for the Study | 第22-31页 |
| 2.1 Foundations of Adaptation-Relevance Theory | 第22-28页 |
| 2.1.1 Relevance Theory | 第22-25页 |
| 2.1.2 Adaptation Theory | 第25-27页 |
| 2.1.3 The Relevance-Adaptation theory | 第27-28页 |
| 2.2 The Adaptation-Relevance theory | 第28-31页 |
| Chapter Three Methodology of the Study | 第31-32页 |
| 3.1 Research Questions | 第31页 |
| 3.2 Data Collection | 第31-32页 |
| Chapter Four Results and Discussion | 第32-61页 |
| 4.1 The Frequency of Well as a Discourse marker in Friends(season one) | 第32-36页 |
| 4.2 Classifications of Pragmatic Functions of Discourse Marker | 第36-38页 |
| 4.3 The Function of Discourse Organization | 第38-44页 |
| 4.3.1 Well as a Discourse-Initiating Marker | 第38-39页 |
| 4.3.2 Well as a Discourse-Ending marker | 第39页 |
| 4.3.3 Well as a Turn-Taking Marker | 第39-42页 |
| 4.3.4 Well as a Turn-Continuation Marker | 第42页 |
| 4.3.5 Well as a Turn-Holding Marker | 第42-43页 |
| 4.3.6 Well as a Topic-Shifting Marker | 第43-44页 |
| 4.4 The Function of Context Adaptation | 第44-49页 |
| 4.4.1 The Adaptation to Linguistic Context | 第46-47页 |
| 4.4.2 The Adaptation to Situation Context | 第47-48页 |
| 4.4.3 The Adaptation to Background Context | 第48-49页 |
| 4.5 The Function of Interpersonal Interaction | 第49-60页 |
| 4.5.1 Well as an Emotional Marker | 第49-53页 |
| 4.5.2 Well as an Informative Marker | 第53-56页 |
| 4.5.3 Well as a Face-Threatening Mitiator | 第56-60页 |
| 4.6 Summary | 第60-61页 |
| Conclusion | 第61-66页 |
| 1. Major Findings | 第61-63页 |
| 2. Implications for English Learning and Teaching | 第63-64页 |
| 3. Limitations of the Present Study | 第64页 |
| 4. Suggestions for Future Studies | 第64-66页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第66-67页 |
| Bibliography | 第67-71页 |
| Appendix | 第71页 |
