| Abstract | 第1-9页 |
| 摘要 | 第9-11页 |
| Introduction | 第11-14页 |
| Chapter One A Review of Studies on Hedges | 第14-27页 |
| ·A Survey of the Study on Hedges | 第14-18页 |
| ·Development of the Concept of Hedges from Semantics to Pragmatics | 第14-16页 |
| ·The Study on Hedges in Language Teaching and Social Linguistics | 第16-17页 |
| ·The Study on Hedges in Discourse Analysis | 第17-18页 |
| ·Summary | 第18页 |
| ·Historical Study of Hedges in Semantics | 第18-22页 |
| ·L. A .Zadeh’s Research of Hedges | 第19-20页 |
| ·G. Lakoff’s Research of Hedges | 第20-22页 |
| ·Historical Study from Semantics to Pragmatics | 第22-25页 |
| ·Prince/Frader/Bosk’s Research of Hedges | 第23-24页 |
| ·Myers’Research of Hedges | 第24-25页 |
| ·Summary | 第25-27页 |
| Chapter Two Classification and Linguistic Forms of Pragmat Hedges | 第27-48页 |
| ·The Classification of Hedges | 第27-31页 |
| ·Approximators | 第27-29页 |
| ·Shields | 第29-31页 |
| ·Linguistic Forms of Hedges | 第31-48页 |
| ·Lexical Hedges | 第32-42页 |
| ·Modal Auxiliaries | 第32-34页 |
| ·Verbs | 第34-38页 |
| ·Adverbs | 第38-41页 |
| ·Adjectives | 第41-42页 |
| ·Nouns | 第42页 |
| ·Non-Lexical Hedges | 第42-48页 |
| ·Phrasal Hedges | 第43-44页 |
| ·If-clauses | 第44-45页 |
| ·Passive Voice | 第45页 |
| ·Tag Questions | 第45-46页 |
| ·Compound Hedges | 第46-48页 |
| Chapter Three A Pragmatic Analysis of Hedges | 第48-76页 |
| ·Hedges and Cooperative Principle | 第48-57页 |
| ·Grice’s Cooperative Principle | 第48-51页 |
| ·The Function of Hedges and Cooperative Principle | 第51-57页 |
| ·Hedges as a Device to Provide the Right Amount of Informati | 第51-53页 |
| ·Hedges as a Device to Smooth the Communication | 第53-55页 |
| ·Hedges as a Device for Self-Protection | 第55-57页 |
| ·Hedges and Conversational Implicature | 第57-62页 |
| ·Grice’s Conversational Implicature | 第57-59页 |
| ·Hedges and the Cancellability of Conversational Implicature | 第59-60页 |
| ·Hedges and the Indeterminacy of Conversational Implicature | 第60-62页 |
| ·Hedges and Politeness Principle | 第62-71页 |
| ·Leech’s Politeness Principle | 第62-64页 |
| ·Brown & Levinson’s Politeness Principle | 第64-66页 |
| ·Hedges as a Politeness Strategy | 第66-71页 |
| ·Hedges as a Negative Politeness Strategy | 第66-69页 |
| ·Hedges as a Positive Politeness Strategy | 第69-71页 |
| ·Summary | 第71页 |
| ·Hedges as a Textual Strategy | 第71-76页 |
| Chapter Four Pedagogical Implications and Suggestions | 第76-83页 |
| ·Implications for Foreign Language Teaching | 第76-82页 |
| ·Problems of Foreign Language Learners in Using Hedges | 第76-78页 |
| ·Nurturing Hedges in Foreign Language Teaching | 第78-82页 |
| ·Issues Concerning Teaching Hedges in Language Training | 第78-80页 |
| ·Strategies Proposed for Teaching Hedges in Language Teachi Work | 第80-82页 |
| ·Summary | 第82-83页 |
| Conclusion | 第83-86页 |
| Bibliography | 第86-92页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第92-93页 |
| 攻读硕士学位期间发表的学术论文 | 第93页 |
