| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第5-6页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第6-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-10页 |
| CONTENTS | 第10-13页 |
| LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS | 第13-14页 |
| LIST OF TABLES | 第14-15页 |
| LIST OF DIAGRAMS | 第15-16页 |
| CHAPTER ONE INRODUCTION | 第16-23页 |
| 1.1 Overview | 第16-17页 |
| 1.2 Rationale of This Study | 第17-19页 |
| 1.3 Significance of This Study | 第19-20页 |
| 1.4 Research Objectives and Research Questions to be Figured Out | 第20-21页 |
| 1.5 Methodology and Data Collection | 第21页 |
| 1.6 Organization of This Study | 第21-23页 |
| CHAPTER TWO LITERATURE REVIEW | 第23-39页 |
| 2.1 Previous Studies of Business Interpreting | 第23-27页 |
| 2.1.1 Studies of Business Interpreting in China | 第23-25页 |
| 2.1.2 Studies of Business Interpreting Abroad | 第25-27页 |
| 2.2 Previous Studies of Hedges | 第27-32页 |
| 2.2.1 Studies of Hedges in Business Interpreting | 第27-29页 |
| 2.2.2 Classifications of Hedges in Business Interpreting | 第29-32页 |
| 2.3 Previous Studies of Co-operative Principle | 第32-34页 |
| 2.3.1 Co-operative Principle Studies both at Home and Abroad | 第32-33页 |
| 2.3.2 Co-operative Principle in Business Interpreting | 第33-34页 |
| 2.4 Previous Study of Conversational Implicature | 第34-38页 |
| 2.4.1 Definitions of Conversational Implicature | 第34-36页 |
| 2.4.2 Characteristics of Conversational Implicature | 第36页 |
| 2.4.3 Conversational Implicature and Co-operative Principle | 第36-38页 |
| 2.5 Summary | 第38-39页 |
| CHAPTER THREE THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK | 第39-48页 |
| 3.1 Working Definition of Hedges in This Research | 第39-40页 |
| 3.1.1 Previous Definitions of Hedges | 第39-40页 |
| 3.1.2 Definition of Hedges in This Study | 第40页 |
| 3.2 Theoretical Basis of This Research | 第40-42页 |
| 3.2.1 Co-operative Principle | 第40-42页 |
| 3.2.2 Conversational Implicature | 第42页 |
| 3.3 Analysis of Hedges in BI under CP&CI | 第42-47页 |
| 3.3.1 General Analysis of Hedges in Business Interpreting | 第43-45页 |
| 3.3.2 Shields in Business Interpreting under Co-operative Principle | 第45-46页 |
| 3.3.3 Approximators in Business Interpreting under Conversational Implicature | 第46-47页 |
| 3.4 Summary | 第47-48页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR PRAGMATIC ANALYSIS OF HEDGES IN BUSINESS INTERPRETING | 第48-63页 |
| 4.1 Pragmatic Functions of Hedges in Business Interpreting | 第48-52页 |
| 4.1.1 Pragmatic Functions of Approximators | 第48-51页 |
| 4.1.2 Pragmatic Functions of Shields | 第51-52页 |
| 4.2 Applications of Co-operative Principle to Shields in Business Interpreting | 第52-57页 |
| 4.2.1 Adaption of M-Quantity | 第53-54页 |
| 4.2.2 Adaption of M-Quality | 第54-55页 |
| 4.2.3 Adaption of M-Relation | 第55-56页 |
| 4.2.4 Adaption of M-Manner | 第56-57页 |
| 4.3 Applications of Conversational Implicature to Approximators in Business Interpreting | 第57-61页 |
| 4.3.1 Violation of M-Quantity | 第57-58页 |
| 4.3.2 Violation of M-Quality | 第58-60页 |
| 4.3.3 Violation of M-Relation | 第60页 |
| 4.3.4 Violation of M-Manner | 第60-61页 |
| 4.4 Summary | 第61-63页 |
| CHAPTER FIVE CONCLUSION | 第63-67页 |
| 5.1 Major Findings of This Research | 第63-64页 |
| 5.2 Implications and Limitations of This Research | 第64-65页 |
| 5.3 Suggestions for Future Research | 第65-67页 |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | 第67-71页 |
| APPENDICES | 第71-79页 |
| Appendix A | 第71-76页 |
| Appendix B | 第76-79页 |
