| Acknowledgements | 第1-4页 |
| Abstract in English | 第4-6页 |
| Abstract in Chinese | 第6-9页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第9-14页 |
| ·Discourse Analytic Approaches and Rationale of the Thesis | 第9页 |
| ·A Pragmatic Appoach to Discourse | 第9-10页 |
| ·A Rough Look at DMs | 第10-11页 |
| ·Pragmatic Motivation of DMs | 第11-12页 |
| ·Motivations , Problems and Methods for the Study | 第12-14页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第14-24页 |
| ·Terminology Diversity of DMs | 第14页 |
| ·Properties of DMs | 第14-16页 |
| ·Colorlessness of DMs | 第15-16页 |
| ·Detachability of DMs | 第16页 |
| ·An Overview of Studies of DMs | 第16-22页 |
| ·Coherence-theoretic Approach to DMs | 第18-20页 |
| ·Grammatical/Syntactic–Pragmatic Approach to DMs | 第20-21页 |
| ·Cognitive-pragmatic Approach to DMs | 第21-22页 |
| ·Working Definition | 第22-23页 |
| ·Summary | 第23-24页 |
| Chapter 3 Discourse Markers as Signals Guiding Utterance Interpretation | 第24-38页 |
| ·A Brief Introduction to the Relevance Theory | 第24-27页 |
| ·Researches on Discourse Markers from the Cognitive-Pragmatic perspective | 第27-38页 |
| ·Cognitive Motivation of EmployingDMs | 第27-29页 |
| ·DMs and Implicatures or Explicatures | 第29-31页 |
| ·DMs and Contextual Effects | 第31-38页 |
| ·DMs Concerned with Strengthening an Existing Assumption | 第32-34页 |
| ·DMs Introducing an Inconsistent Existing Assumption | 第34-35页 |
| ·DMs Deriving Contextual Implications | 第35-38页 |
| Chapter 4 Discourse Markers in Linguistic Adaptation | 第38-54页 |
| ·Introduction | 第38-42页 |
| ·Key Notions: Three Properties of Language | 第38-39页 |
| ·Four Angles of Pragmatic Investigation | 第39-41页 |
| ·Meaning-Generation Capacity of Language | 第41-42页 |
| ·Discourse Markers as Indicators of Metapragmatic Awareness | 第42-46页 |
| ·Indicators of Metapragmatic Awareness | 第42-43页 |
| ·Verschueren's Description of s DMs | 第43-44页 |
| ·A Summary on Verschueren's Description | 第44-46页 |
| ·Discourse Markers in Linguistic Adaptation | 第46-54页 |
| ·Discourse Markers: the Result of Linguistic Choice-making | 第46页 |
| ·Why do Discourse Marker Occur in Utterance ? | 第46-50页 |
| ·How do They Function in Utterance Production? | 第50-52页 |
| ·What Roles do They Play in Utterance Interpretation? | 第52-54页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第54-56页 |
| ·The Significance of the Present Study | 第54页 |
| ·Remaining Problems and Topics for Further Study | 第54-56页 |
| Bibliography | 第56-59页 |
