| Synopsis (Chinese) | 第1-5页 |
| Synopsis (English) | 第5-9页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第9-12页 |
| ·Research Background | 第9-10页 |
| ·Research Purpose and Significance | 第10页 |
| ·Organization of the Thesis | 第10-12页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第12-22页 |
| ·The Concept of Hedging/Hedges | 第12-15页 |
| ·Different Definitions of Hedges/Hedging by Linguists | 第12-14页 |
| ·Definitions of Hedges/Hedging Related to Interpersonal Meaning | 第14-15页 |
| ·Studies of Hedging | 第15-20页 |
| ·Lakoff’s Study on Hedging | 第15-17页 |
| ·Post-Lakoff Study on Hedging | 第17-18页 |
| ·Hedging Study in China | 第18-20页 |
| ·Studies of Academic Discourses | 第20-22页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Framework | 第22-35页 |
| ·Prince et al's Taxonomy of Hedges | 第22-26页 |
| ·Brown& Levinson’s Face Theory | 第26-28页 |
| ·Framework of Modality in Systemic Functional Linguistics | 第28-35页 |
| ·Definition of Modality | 第28-29页 |
| ·Types of Modality | 第29-31页 |
| ·Subjective and Objective Modality | 第31-33页 |
| ·Values of Modality | 第33-35页 |
| Chapter Four Methodology | 第35-37页 |
| ·D ata Collection | 第35页 |
| ·Data Processing | 第35-37页 |
| Chapter Five Analysis of Interpersonal Meanings of Hedging in Academic Discourse | 第37-75页 |
| ·Interpersonal Meanings of Lexical Hedges | 第37-64页 |
| ·Interpersonal Meanings of modal auxiliaries | 第37-48页 |
| ·Interpersonal Meanings of Epistemic Lexical Verbs | 第48-58页 |
| ·Interpersonal Meanings of Epistemic Adverbs | 第58-61页 |
| ·Interpersonal Meanings of Epistemic Adjectives | 第61-63页 |
| ·Interpersonal Meanings of Epistemic Nouns | 第63-64页 |
| ·Interpersonal Meanings of Non-lexical Hedges | 第64-68页 |
| ·Interpersonal Meanings of Phrasal Hedges | 第64-66页 |
| ·Interpersonal Meanings of Clausal Hedges | 第66-68页 |
| ·Interpersonal Meanings of Numerical Hedges | 第68-69页 |
| ·Findings | 第69-75页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusions | 第75-78页 |
| ·Implications | 第75-77页 |
| ·Implication for Academic Writing | 第75-76页 |
| ·Implication for Teaching of Academic Reading and Writing | 第76-77页 |
| ·Limitations and Suggestions for Further Study | 第77-78页 |
| Bibliography | 第78-83页 |
| Abstract (Chinese) | 第83-87页 |
| Abstract (English) | 第87-91页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第91页 |
