| 1 Introduction | 第1-11页 |
| 2 Literature Review | 第11-19页 |
| ·Previous Studies of Discourse Markers | 第11-17页 |
| ·The Coherence-based Approach | 第13-14页 |
| ·The Grammatical-pragmatic Approach | 第14-15页 |
| ·The Cognitive-pragmatic Approach | 第15-16页 |
| ·The Adaptation-based Approach | 第16-17页 |
| ·Working Definition | 第17-18页 |
| ·Summary | 第18-19页 |
| 3 Theoretical Framework | 第19-28页 |
| ·A Sketch of Linguistic Adaptation Theory | 第19-23页 |
| ·Verschueren's Pragmatic Perspective | 第19页 |
| ·Making Choices | 第19-20页 |
| ·Three Properties of Language | 第20页 |
| ·Four Angles of Pragmatic Investigation | 第20-22页 |
| ·Meaning Generation | 第22-23页 |
| ·Verschueren's Statement of Discourse Markers | 第23页 |
| ·A Sketch of Relevance Theory | 第23-28页 |
| ·Sperber and Wilson's Approach to Human Communication | 第23-24页 |
| ·Human Communication | 第24-25页 |
| ·Ostensive-inferential Communication | 第25-26页 |
| ·The Principle of Relevance | 第26-27页 |
| ·Interpretation of Implicature | 第27-28页 |
| 4 An Adaptation—Relevance Interpretation of Discourse Markers | 第28-57页 |
| ·Pragmatic Factors of Using Discourse Markers | 第28-38页 |
| ·Discourse Markers as Result of Linguistic Choice-making | 第28-31页 |
| ·Discourse Markers as Means of Linguistic Adaptation | 第31-35页 |
| ·Discourse Markers as means of Pragmatic Constraints | 第35-38页 |
| ·Pragmatic Functions of Discourse Markers | 第38-57页 |
| ·Discourse Markers as Indicators of Metapragmatic Awareness in Utterance Production...........................................................................................30 | 第38-47页 |
| ·Discourse Markers Highlighting Propositions | 第40-41页 |
| ·Discourse Markers Strengthening the Force of Propositional Content | 第41页 |
| ·Discourse Markers Weakening the Force of Propositional Contents | 第41-42页 |
| ·Discourse Markers Confirming the Prior Propositional Content | 第42页 |
| ·Discourse Markers Inferring from the Prior Propositional Content | 第42-43页 |
| ·Discourse Markers Supplementing the Prior Propositional Content | 第43页 |
| ·Discourse Markers Repairing the Prior Propositional Content | 第43-44页 |
| ·Discourse Markers Contradicting the Prior Propositional content | 第44页 |
| ·Discourse Markers Expressing Attitudes towards Propositional Contents | 第44-45页 |
| ·Discourse Markers Avoiding Commitment to Propositional Contents | 第45页 |
| ·Discourse Markers Increasing Involvement of Hearers | 第45-46页 |
| ·Discourse Markers Delaying Speech Acts | 第46页 |
| ·Discourse Markers Opening or Closing a topic | 第46-47页 |
| ·Summary | 第47页 |
| ·Discourse Markers as Signals of Discourse Relationships in Utterance Interpretation | 第47-57页 |
| ·Discourse Markers Strengthening Existing Assumptions | 第48-52页 |
| ·Discourse Markers Introducing Inconsistency | 第52-54页 |
| ·Discourse Markers Introducing Contextual Implications | 第54-57页 |
| ·Summary | 第57页 |
| 5 Conclusion | 第57-59页 |
| Bibliography | 第59-63页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第63-64页 |
| Papers Published during the Study for M. A. Degree | 第64页 |
