| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-7页 |
| 内容提要 | 第7-8页 |
| A List of Abbreviations and Symbols | 第8-9页 |
| A List of Tables and Figures | 第9-13页 |
| CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION | 第13-23页 |
| ·Broad preview | 第13-15页 |
| ·Remaining issues in previous studies | 第15-16页 |
| ·Rationale of the present research | 第16-18页 |
| ·Objectives of the current study | 第18-19页 |
| ·Description of the target data | 第19-20页 |
| ·Structure of the thesis | 第20-23页 |
| CHAPTER TWO LITERATURE REVIEW | 第23-39页 |
| ·Diversified terminology | 第23-25页 |
| ·Various perspectives on pragmatic markers | 第25-36页 |
| ·Pragmatic markers and logic-syntactic structure | 第25-28页 |
| ·Pragmatic markers and discourse coherence | 第28-31页 |
| ·Pragmatic markers and relevance theory | 第31-35页 |
| ·Pragmatic markers from a pragmatic perspective | 第35-36页 |
| ·Summary | 第36-39页 |
| CHAPTER THREE THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK | 第39-61页 |
| ·Theoretical grounds for the research approach | 第39-51页 |
| ·Game theory and applications of its ideas | 第40-47页 |
| ·Discourse analysis and the main issues | 第47-50页 |
| ·Pragmatic studies on implicature | 第50-51页 |
| ·Description of the conceptual framework | 第51-59页 |
| ·Dynamic collaboration | 第52-55页 |
| ·Interactive coherence | 第55-57页 |
| ·Bilateral optimalization | 第57-59页 |
| ·Summary | 第59-61页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR PROPERTIES OF PRAGMATIC MARKERS | 第61-93页 |
| ·Identification of pragmatic markers | 第61-65页 |
| ·Previous definitions of pragmatic markers | 第61-63页 |
| ·Operational definition of pragmatic markers | 第63-65页 |
| ·Distinctive features of pragmatic markers | 第65-67页 |
| ·Taxonomies of pragmatic markers | 第67-79页 |
| ·Interaction initiating markers | 第68-70页 |
| ·Sequential markers | 第70-72页 |
| ·Attitudinal markers | 第72-74页 |
| ·Illocutionary force markers | 第74-75页 |
| ·Tactic markers | 第75-77页 |
| ·Information intensifying markers | 第77-78页 |
| ·Interim summary | 第78-79页 |
| ·Interpretative orientation of pragmatic markers | 第79-83页 |
| ·Pragmatic markers and inferences of explicatures and implicatures | 第83-90页 |
| ·Distinction of the explicit | 第83-86页 |
| ·Conceptural and procedural meanings of pragmatic markers | 第86-89页 |
| ·Pragmatic markers and constraints on implicature | 第89-90页 |
| ·Summary | 第90-93页 |
| CHAPTER FIVE PRAGMATIC MARKERS IN INTERACTIVE DISCOURSE | 第93-107页 |
| ·Pragmatic markers as devices of discourse coherence in interaction | 第93-100页 |
| ·Pragmatic markers signaling conversational development | 第93-95页 |
| ·Pragmatic markers as information management devices | 第95-97页 |
| ·Pragmatic markers highlighting interpersonal relationship | 第97-99页 |
| ·Pragmatic markers conveying communicative attitude | 第99-100页 |
| ·Multifunctionality of pragmatic markers | 第100-103页 |
| ·Distribution of pragmatic markers in argumentative discourse | 第103-106页 |
| ·Summary | 第106-107页 |
| CHAPTER SIX FACTORS INFLUENCING THE USE OF PRAGMATIC MARKERS | 第107-121页 |
| ·Social variables | 第107-115页 |
| ·Interaction situation | 第107-111页 |
| ·Speaker role | 第111-113页 |
| ·Speech community | 第113-115页 |
| ·Speech genre | 第115-117页 |
| ·Cultural values | 第117-118页 |
| ·Summary | 第118-121页 |
| CHAPTER SEVEN CONCLUSION | 第121-129页 |
| ·Summary of the major findings | 第121-123页 |
| ·Findings relating to the dynamic process of verbal interaction | 第121-122页 |
| ·Findings concerning pragmatic markers in interactive discourse | 第122-123页 |
| ·Implications and applications | 第123-125页 |
| ·Limitations of the present study | 第125-126页 |
| ·Suggestions for further research | 第126-129页 |
| Appendice | 第129-133页 |
| Appendix 1 Inventory of common pragmatic markers in English | 第129-130页 |
| Appendix 2 Inventory of common pragmatic markers in Chinese | 第130-131页 |
| Appendix 3 Sources of data | 第131-133页 |
| Bibliography | 第133-149页 |
