| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第1-4页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第4-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-13页 |
| CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION | 第13-19页 |
| ·Study Background | 第13-14页 |
| ·Significance of the Study | 第14-16页 |
| ·Objectives of the Study | 第16-17页 |
| ·Organization of the Thesis | 第17-19页 |
| CHAPTER 2 LITERATURE REVIEW | 第19-39页 |
| ·Related Studies of Hedges at Home and Abroad | 第19-33页 |
| ·Specific Studies of Hedges at Home and Abroad | 第19-28页 |
| ·Studies on Definitions of Hedges | 第19-21页 |
| ·Studies on Classifications of Hedges | 第21-24页 |
| ·Studies on Functions of Hedges | 第24-28页 |
| ·Genernal Studies of Hedges at Home and Abroad | 第28-33页 |
| ·Studies of Hedges Abroad | 第28-31页 |
| ·Studies of Hedges at Home | 第31-33页 |
| ·Previous Studies on Talk Shows at Home and Abroad | 第33-38页 |
| ·Definition and Features of Talk Shows | 第33-35页 |
| ·Development of Talk Shows | 第35页 |
| ·Types of Talk Shows | 第35-37页 |
| ·Relevant Studies of Talk Show Languages | 第37-38页 |
| ·Summary | 第38-39页 |
| CHAPTER 3 THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK | 第39-48页 |
| ·Adaptation Theory | 第39-41页 |
| ·Choice Making | 第39页 |
| ·Three Properties of Language | 第39-40页 |
| ·Four Angles of Investigation | 第40-41页 |
| ·Politeness Principle | 第41-42页 |
| ·Theoretical Interpretation of Hedges in Talk Show Languages | 第42-47页 |
| ·From Adaptation Theroy Angle | 第42-45页 |
| ·Adaptation to the Physical World | 第43页 |
| ·Adaptation to the Social World | 第43-44页 |
| ·Adaptation to the Mental World | 第44-45页 |
| ·From Politeness Principle Angle | 第45-47页 |
| ·Hedges and Tact Maxim | 第45页 |
| ·Hedges and Generosity Maxim | 第45-46页 |
| ·Hedges and Approbation Maxim | 第46页 |
| ·Hedges and Modesty Maxim | 第46页 |
| ·Hedges and Agreement Maxim | 第46页 |
| ·Hedges and Sympathy Maxim | 第46-47页 |
| ·Summary | 第47-48页 |
| CHAPTER 4 GENERAL DESIGN of the RESEARCH | 第48-55页 |
| ·Introduction | 第48页 |
| ·Purposes of the Research | 第48-49页 |
| ·Methodology of the Research | 第49-50页 |
| ·Qualititative Study Method | 第49-50页 |
| ·Quantitative Study Method | 第50页 |
| ·Materials used for the Research | 第50-53页 |
| ·Corpus Selection | 第51-53页 |
| ·English Corpus—Ellen Show | 第51-52页 |
| ·Chinese Corpus—Jin Xing Show | 第52-53页 |
| ·Data Collection in Corpus | 第53页 |
| ·Research Procedure | 第53-55页 |
| CHAPTER 5 A QALITATIVE STUDY OF HEDGES | 第55-78页 |
| ·Pragmatic Analysis of Hedges in Talk Shows | 第55-73页 |
| ·Analysis of Adaptors | 第55-59页 |
| ·Adaptors in English Talk Show | 第55-57页 |
| ·Adaptors in Chinese Talk Show | 第57-59页 |
| ·Analysis of Rounders | 第59-64页 |
| ·Rounders in English Talk Show | 第60-61页 |
| ·Rounders in Chinese Talk Show | 第61-64页 |
| ·Analysis of Plausibility Shields | 第64-69页 |
| ·Plausibility Shields in English Talk Show | 第64-66页 |
| ·Plausibility Shields in Chinese Talk Show | 第66-69页 |
| ·Analysis of Attribution Shields | 第69-73页 |
| ·Attribution Shields in English Talk Show | 第69-71页 |
| ·Attribution Shields in Chinese Talk Show | 第71-73页 |
| ·The Pragmatic Functions of Hedging Strategies | 第73-77页 |
| ·Achieving Illocutinary Goals | 第73-75页 |
| ·Achieving Social Goals | 第75-77页 |
| ·Summary | 第77-78页 |
| CHAPTER 6 A QUANTITATIVE STUDY OF HEDGES | 第78-89页 |
| ·Data Analysis of Hedges in the Ellen Show | 第78-79页 |
| ·Data Analysis of Hedges in the Jin Xing Show | 第79-81页 |
| ·A Contrastive Data Analysis of Hedges in Talk Shows | 第81-87页 |
| ·A Contrastive Data Analysis of Approximators | 第81-84页 |
| ·Similarities Analysis | 第82-84页 |
| ·Differences Analysis | 第84页 |
| ·A Contrastive Data Analysis of Shields | 第84-87页 |
| ·Similarities Analysis | 第85-87页 |
| ·Differences Analysis | 第87页 |
| ·Summary | 第87-89页 |
| CHAPTER 7 CONCLUSION | 第89-96页 |
| ·Major Findings | 第89-92页 |
| ·Implications | 第92-94页 |
| ·Limitations | 第94页 |
| ·Suggestions for Further Studies | 第94-96页 |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | 第96-100页 |
| APPENDIX I | 第100-101页 |
| APPENDIX II | 第101-102页 |
| 攻读硕士期间取得的研究成果 | 第102-103页 |
