| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第4-5页 |
| 英文摘要 | 第5页 |
| PREFACE | 第8-10页 |
| PART Ⅰ ON HEDGING AND HEDGES | 第10-19页 |
| Ⅰ．1 What is hedging? | 第10-11页 |
| Ⅰ．2 What is a hedge? | 第11-12页 |
| Ⅰ．3 Why study economic hedging? | 第12-13页 |
| Ⅰ．4 Developments of hedging | 第13-17页 |
| Ⅰ．5 The study of hedging in China | 第17-19页 |
| PART TWO HEDGING IN ECONOMICS TEXTS WRITTEN BY NATIVE ENGLISH SPEAKERS | 第19-44页 |
| Ⅱ．1 Standard used to judge hedging and Data selection | 第19-42页 |
| Lexical and strategic hedges | 第23-25页 |
| Modal auxiliaries | 第25-35页 |
| Must/Need | 第27页 |
| Can/Could | 第27-29页 |
| Would | 第29-30页 |
| Shall/Should | 第30-31页 |
| Will | 第31-32页 |
| May/Might | 第32-35页 |
| Epistemic lexical verbs | 第35-38页 |
| Epistemic adjectives | 第38-39页 |
| Epistemic adverbs | 第39-41页 |
| downtoners | 第40页 |
| Disjuncts | 第40-41页 |
| Hedging numerical data | 第41-42页 |
| Ⅱ．2 Conclusion | 第42-44页 |
| RART THREE VARIABLES IN HEDGING STRATEGIES | 第44-48页 |
| PART FOUR IMPLICATIONS FOR CHINESE WRITERS OF ECONOMIC ARTICLES AND ESP TEACHERS | 第48-58页 |
| Ⅳ．1 Implications for Chinese writers of economic articles | 第48-52页 |
| Ⅳ．2 Teaching ESP Students to Hedge | 第52-56页 |
| Ⅳ．3 Conclusion | 第56-58页 |
| PART FIVE CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS | 第58-65页 |
| Ⅴ．1 Some principal issues of hedging | 第58-60页 |
| Ⅴ．2 Hedging in economics: some deductions | 第60-62页 |
| Ⅴ．3 Conclusions and directions | 第62-65页 |
| REFERENCES | 第65-72页 |
| APPENDIX | 第72页 |
