| Chapter One Intoduction | 第1-14页 |
| 1．1 The study of fuzziness and fuzzy linguistics | 第6-10页 |
| 1．2 The use of hedges and their effects in communication | 第10-11页 |
| 1．3 Significance of studying hedges | 第11-12页 |
| 1．4 Organization of this dissertation | 第12-14页 |
| Chatper Two Hedges：systems and functions | 第14-27页 |
| 2．1 Classification and function of hedges | 第14-20页 |
| 2．1．1 Approximators | 第16-17页 |
| 2．1．2 Shields | 第17-20页 |
| 2．2 Reasons of using hedges | 第20-25页 |
| 2．2．1 Giving the right amount of information | 第20-21页 |
| 2．2．2 Lacking specific information | 第21-22页 |
| 2．2．3 Withholding information deliberately | 第22-24页 |
| 2．2．4 Power and politeness | 第24-25页 |
| 2．3 Summary | 第25-27页 |
| Chapter Three Pragmatic analysis of hedges | 第27-45页 |
| 3．1 Co-operative Principle and hedges | 第27-36页 |
| 3．1．1 Co-operative Principle | 第27-29页 |
| 3．1．2 Study of hedges Within the framework of the CP | 第29-36页 |
| 3．2 Politeness Principle，FTA theory and hedges | 第36-44页 |
| 3．2．1 Politeness Principle | 第37-38页 |
| 3．2．2 FTA theory | 第38-39页 |
| 3．2．3 Study of hedges within the frameworks of the PP and FTA | 第39-44页 |
| 3．3 Summary | 第44-45页 |
| Chapter Four Strategies of using hedges | 第45-58页 |
| 4．1 Hedges for Positive politeness | 第45-47页 |
| 4．1．1 Positive politenes | 第45-46页 |
| 4．1．2 Hedging opinions to avoid disagreement | 第46-47页 |
| 4．2 Hedges for negative politeness | 第47-54页 |
| 4．2．1 Negative politeness | 第47-48页 |
| 4．2．2 Hedges on illocutionary force | 第48-53页 |
| 4．2．3 Prosodic and kinesic hedges | 第53-54页 |
| 4．3 Hedges for off-record politeness | 第54-56页 |
| 4．3．1 Off-record politeness | 第54-55页 |
| 4．3．2 Hedges of violation of the Manner Maxim | 第55-56页 |
| 4．4 Summary | 第56-58页 |
| Chpater Five Conclusion | 第58-61页 |
| 5．1 Contributions and implications of this dissertation | 第58-60页 |
| 5．2 Issues worthy of further study | 第60-61页 |
| Bibliography | 第61-65页 |
| 英文摘要 | 第65-68页 |
| 内容摘要 | 第68-69页 |
