| 摘要 | 第1页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第3-7页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第7-12页 |
| ·Purpose and Significance of the Research | 第7-8页 |
| ·A Brief Introduction to Desperate Housewives | 第8-9页 |
| ·Definition of Discourse Marker | 第9-11页 |
| ·Organization of the Thesis | 第11-12页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第12-21页 |
| ·Studies of Discourse Markers Abroad | 第12-17页 |
| ·The Syntactic-pragmatic Approach | 第13-14页 |
| ·The Semantic-pragmatic Approach | 第14-16页 |
| ·The Cognitive-pragmatic Approach | 第16-17页 |
| ·Studies of Discourse Markers in China | 第17-21页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Framework | 第21-28页 |
| ·Schiffrin's Model of Discourse Coherence | 第21-22页 |
| ·Relevance Theory | 第22-28页 |
| ·Ostensive-inferential Communication | 第23-24页 |
| ·Context | 第24-25页 |
| ·The Principle of Relevance | 第25-28页 |
| Chapter Four A Discourse Coherence Analysis of Oh | 第28-44页 |
| ·Oh in Local Coherence | 第28-32页 |
| ·Oh in Question and Answer Pairs | 第28-31页 |
| ·Oh in Yes-no Question/Answer Pairs | 第29-30页 |
| ·Oh in WH-Question-Anwser Pairs | 第30-31页 |
| ·Oh in Inferences | 第31-32页 |
| ·Summary | 第32页 |
| ·Oh in Non-local Coherence | 第32-38页 |
| ·Oh in Attracting Hearer's Attention | 第33-34页 |
| ·Oh for Gaining Attention From the Hearer | 第33-34页 |
| ·Oh for Maintaining Attention on the Speaker | 第34页 |
| ·Oh in Argument | 第34-35页 |
| ·Oh in Narrative | 第35-38页 |
| ·Oh:An Indicator of Topic Change | 第35-37页 |
| ·Oh:to Indicate Impatience of the Speaker Directly | 第35-36页 |
| ·Oh:to Show Speaker's Sadness While Changing a Topic | 第36页 |
| ·Oh:to Indicate Speaker's Concession | 第36-37页 |
| ·Oh:to Indicate Information Evaluation | 第37-38页 |
| ·Oh in Information Management Tasks | 第38-42页 |
| ·Oh as A Repairing Indicator | 第38-40页 |
| ·Oh as Recognition Display | 第40页 |
| ·Oh as Information Receipt | 第40-41页 |
| ·Oh in Subjective Orientation Shifts | 第41-42页 |
| ·Summary | 第42-44页 |
| Chapter Five A Relevance-theoretic Analysis of Oh | 第44-65页 |
| ·Oh in Ostensive-inferential Process | 第45-51页 |
| ·Oh as An Emotion Marker | 第45-50页 |
| ·Oh to Express Great Surprise | 第45-47页 |
| ·Oh to Indicate Sorrowful Emotions | 第47-48页 |
| ·Oh to Declare Strong Determination | 第48-49页 |
| ·Oh to Express Happiness and Praise | 第49-50页 |
| ·Oh as an Inference Prompt | 第50-51页 |
| ·Summary | 第51页 |
| ·Oh:An Indicator to Negotiate Context | 第51-61页 |
| ·Strengthening the Existing Cognitive Proposition | 第52-57页 |
| ·Oh as A Marker of Supplement | 第52-54页 |
| ·Oh as A Guider of Confirmative Answer | 第54-56页 |
| ·Oh as An Information Receipt | 第56-57页 |
| ·Contradicting the Existing Contextual Proposition | 第57-61页 |
| ·Oh as A Negative Answer Guider | 第57-58页 |
| ·Oh as An Information Repairing Marker | 第58-60页 |
| ·Oh as A Persuasion Marker | 第60-61页 |
| ·Oh in Achieving Optimal Relevance | 第61-64页 |
| ·Oh as A Means of Hesitation | 第62页 |
| ·Oh as A Face-threatening Mitigator | 第62-64页 |
| ·Oh:Speaker's Negative Face Mitigator | 第63页 |
| ·Oh:Speaker's Positive Face Mitigator | 第63-64页 |
| ·Summary | 第64-65页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第65-67页 |
| Bibliography | 第67-70页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第70-71页 |
| Publications | 第71页 |
