| 摘要 | 第1-6页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第6-9页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第9-12页 |
| ·Hedges in EAST | 第9页 |
| ·Research objective | 第9-10页 |
| ·Research significance | 第10-11页 |
| ·Theoretical significance | 第10页 |
| ·Practical significance | 第10-11页 |
| ·Research method | 第11页 |
| ·Organization of this thesis | 第11-12页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第12-18页 |
| ·Definitions of related terms | 第12-13页 |
| ·Related study abroad | 第13-15页 |
| ·Related study at home | 第15-18页 |
| Chapter Three Classfications and Linguistic Forms of Hedges in EAST | 第18-26页 |
| ·Classifications of hedges | 第18-23页 |
| ·Grammatical classification | 第18页 |
| ·Semantic classification | 第18-19页 |
| ·Pragmatic classification | 第19-23页 |
| ·Linguistic forms of hedges | 第23-25页 |
| ·Hedges at lexical level | 第23页 |
| ·Hedges at syntactic level | 第23-24页 |
| ·Hedges at discourse level | 第24-25页 |
| ·Discussion | 第25-26页 |
| Chapter Four Pragmatic Functions of Hedges in EAST | 第26-38页 |
| ·Study of Hedges under Cooperative Principle | 第26-29页 |
| ·Brief introduction to Cooperative Principle | 第26-27页 |
| ·Hedges and Cooperative Principle | 第27-29页 |
| ·Study of Hedges under Politeness Principle | 第29-31页 |
| ·Brief introduction to Politeness Principle | 第29-30页 |
| ·Hedges and Politeness Principle | 第30-31页 |
| ·Functions of hedges in EAST from the pragmatic perspective | 第31-38页 |
| ·Expressing the findings in an objective and precise way | 第32-34页 |
| ·Protecting the speaker from shouldering responsibility | 第34-36页 |
| ·Showing the speaker’s respect to the readers | 第36-38页 |
| Chapter Five Translation of Hedges in EAST | 第38-47页 |
| ·Peter Newmark’s translation theory as the basis for present study | 第38-40页 |
| ·Working criteria for evaluating the translation versions in this thesis | 第40页 |
| ·Specific translation methods for hedges in EAST | 第40-45页 |
| ·Replacement | 第40-42页 |
| ·Making slight changes | 第42-44页 |
| ·Addition | 第44-45页 |
| ·Ellipsis | 第45页 |
| ·Discussion | 第45-47页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第47-49页 |
| ·Main findings | 第47页 |
| ·Limitations of the current study | 第47-48页 |
| ·Suggestions for further study | 第48-49页 |
| Bibliography | 第49-51页 |
| List for Abbreviations in This Thesis | 第51-52页 |
| Acknowledgement | 第52-53页 |
| 作者简介 | 第53页 |
