| 摘要 | 第1-6页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第6-11页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第11-15页 |
| ·Background of the Study | 第11-12页 |
| ·Purpose and Significance of the Study | 第12-13页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第13-14页 |
| ·The Overall Structure of the Thesis | 第14-15页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第15-36页 |
| ·Definition of Discourse Markers | 第15-18页 |
| ·Classification of Discourse Markers | 第18-22页 |
| ·Halliday & Hasan's Classification | 第18页 |
| ·Schifrin's Classification | 第18-19页 |
| ·Fraser's Classification | 第19-20页 |
| ·Blackmore's Classification | 第20-22页 |
| ·Approaches to the Studies of DMs | 第22-28页 |
| ·The Grammatical-pragmatic Approach | 第22-24页 |
| ·The Semantic-pragmatic Approach | 第24-25页 |
| ·The Cognitive-pragmatic Approach | 第25-28页 |
| ·Relevance Theory | 第28-33页 |
| ·Relevance | 第29-30页 |
| ·Context Effects | 第30-31页 |
| ·Ostensive-inferential Communication | 第31-33页 |
| ·Introduction to Inferential Discourse Markers | 第33-36页 |
| Chapter 3 Research Methodology | 第36-41页 |
| ·Corpora Employed in the Thesis | 第36-37页 |
| ·Instruments for the Study | 第37页 |
| ·Data Processing Procedure | 第37-38页 |
| ·Statistical Measures | 第38-40页 |
| ·MI score | 第38-39页 |
| ·Z-score | 第39-40页 |
| ·Research Methods | 第40-41页 |
| Chapter 4 Results and Discussion | 第41-64页 |
| ·Analysis of Distribution of Inferential Discourse Markers in CELWS Texts | 第41-53页 |
| ·Analysis of Group A of IDMs in CELWS Texts | 第41-43页 |
| ·Analysis of Group B of IDMs in CELWS Texts | 第43-44页 |
| ·Analysis of Group C of IDMs in CELWS Texts | 第44-46页 |
| ·Analysis of Group D of IDMs in CELWS Texts | 第46-47页 |
| ·Analysis of Overall Distribution of Inferential Discourse Markers in CELWS Texts | 第47-53页 |
| ·Analysis of Colligation of Inferential Discourse Markers in CELWS Texts | 第53-57页 |
| ·Analysis of Colligation of so in CELWS Texts | 第53-55页 |
| ·Analysis of Colligation of then in CELWS Texts | 第55-56页 |
| ·Analysis of Colligation of Other Inferential Discourse Markers in CELWS Texts | 第56页 |
| ·Analysis of Overall Colligation of Inferential Discourse Markers in CELWS Texts | 第56-57页 |
| ·Analysis of Collocation of Inferential Discourse Markers in CELWS Texts | 第57-62页 |
| ·Analysis of Position of Inferential Discourse Markers in CELWS Texts | 第62-64页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第64-68页 |
| ·Major Findings of This Study | 第64-65页 |
| ·Pedagogical Implication | 第65-66页 |
| ·Limitations of the Study and Suggestions for Further Studies | 第66-68页 |
| References | 第68-71页 |
| Appendix Ⅰ Concordances of so in CELWS Texts | 第71-74页 |
| Appendix Ⅱ Concordances of then in CELWS Texts | 第74-80页 |
| Appendix Ⅲ Concordances of in that case in CELWS Texts | 第80页 |
| Appendix Ⅳ Concordances of thus in CELWS Texts | 第80页 |
| Appendix Ⅴ Concordances of therefore in CELWS Texts | 第80-81页 |
| Appendix Ⅵ Concordances of that's why in CELWS Texts | 第81-82页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第82-83页 |
| Resume | 第83页 |