| Abstract in English | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract in Chinese | 第6-7页 |
| List of Tables | 第7-8页 |
| List of Figures | 第8-11页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第11-17页 |
| ·Background | 第11页 |
| ·Significance of the Study | 第11-14页 |
| ·Scope and Structure of the Thesis | 第14-17页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第17-29页 |
| ·The Taxonomies of Hedges | 第18-22页 |
| ·From Grammatical Perspective | 第18页 |
| ·From Pragmatic Perspective | 第18-22页 |
| ·The Various Approaches to Hedges | 第22-27页 |
| ·The Logical or Semantic Study of Hedges | 第22-24页 |
| ·The Cognitive Study of Hedges | 第24页 |
| ·The Pragmatic Study of Hedges | 第24-27页 |
| ·Summary | 第27-29页 |
| Chapter Three A Functional Analysis of Hedges in English News | 第29-41页 |
| ·Theoretical Foundations | 第29-37页 |
| ·Cooperative Principle and Conversational Implicature | 第29-30页 |
| ·Politeness Principle and New Concept of Politeness Principle | 第30-32页 |
| ·Relevance-Adaptation Model | 第32-37页 |
| ·A Suggested Framework of Analyzing Hedges in English News | 第37-41页 |
| Chapter Four Hedges for Realizing Characteristics of English News Style | 第41-59页 |
| ·News’Features and Hedges’Semantic Features | 第42-47页 |
| ·Peculiarities of English News | 第42-44页 |
| ·At the Lexical Level | 第42-43页 |
| ·At the Syntactical Level | 第43-44页 |
| ·Semantic Features of Hedges | 第44-46页 |
| ·Cancellability | 第44页 |
| ·Markedness | 第44-45页 |
| ·Indefiniteness | 第45-46页 |
| ·Indirectness | 第46页 |
| ·The Convergence of Features of News and Hedges | 第46-47页 |
| ·Fulfillment of the Features of English News Style | 第47-59页 |
| ·Improving News’Objectiveness or Truthfulness | 第47-50页 |
| ·Elevating News’Appropriateness | 第50-55页 |
| ·The Fuzziness of Hedges | 第50-53页 |
| ·The Precision-Making of Hedges | 第53-55页 |
| ·Bringing News’Brevity | 第55-57页 |
| ·Integrating the Sense of Humor into English News | 第57-59页 |
| Chapter Five Hedges for Coordinating Intra-Personal Relationships in English News | 第59-73页 |
| ·Intra-Relationships of the Involved Parties in English News.. | 第59-61页 |
| ·Coordination of the Intra-Personal Relationships in English News | 第61-73页 |
| ·Used for News Writers’Self-Protection | 第61-68页 |
| ·Used to Cater for Readers’Requirements | 第68-70页 |
| ·Used to Safeguard the Third Party’s Interests | 第70-73页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第73-76页 |
| ·Summary of the Study | 第73页 |
| ·Implications | 第73-75页 |
| ·Limitations | 第75-76页 |
| Bibliography | 第76-81页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第81-82页 |
| Academic Achievements | 第82页 |
