| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract (English Version) | 第5-7页 |
| Abstract (Chinese Version) | 第7-11页 |
| List of Tables | 第11-12页 |
| 1 Introduction | 第12-17页 |
| ·Origin of the Study | 第12-13页 |
| ·Necessity and Significance of the Study | 第13-15页 |
| ·Objectives of the Study | 第15-16页 |
| ·Organization of the Thesis | 第16-17页 |
| 2 Literature Review | 第17-31页 |
| ·Definitions of Discourse Markers | 第17-22页 |
| ·Terminological Diversity | 第18-19页 |
| ·Different Definitions and Features of Discourse Markers | 第19-22页 |
| ·Classification of Discourse markers | 第22-25页 |
| ·Other Relevant Researches on Discourse Markers | 第25-31页 |
| ·Foreign Researches on Discourse Markers | 第25-28页 |
| ·Domestic Researches on Discourse Markers | 第28-31页 |
| 3 Methodology | 第31-39页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第31-32页 |
| ·The Corpora to be Studied | 第32-34页 |
| ·Instruments | 第34-35页 |
| ·Data Collection Procedures | 第35-37页 |
| ·Data Analysis | 第37-39页 |
| 4 Results and Discussion | 第39-68页 |
| ·The Relationship between Language Proficiency and the Use of Discourse Markers among Chinese EFL Learners | 第39-51页 |
| ·The Total Frequency of Discourse Markers | 第39-40页 |
| ·The Category Distribution of Discourse Markers | 第40-43页 |
| ·The Most and Least Frequently Used Discourse Markers | 第43-51页 |
| ·The Most Frequently Used Discourse Markers | 第43-47页 |
| ·The Least Frequently Used Discourse markers | 第47-51页 |
| ·The Differences in the Use of Discourse Markers between Chinese College Students and Native Speakers | 第51-68页 |
| ·The Total Frequency of Discourse Markers | 第52-53页 |
| ·The Category Distribution of Discourse Markers | 第53-56页 |
| ·The Most and Least Frequently Used Discourse Markers | 第56-61页 |
| ·The Most Frequently Used Discourse Markers | 第56-58页 |
| ·The Least Frequently Used Discourse Markers | 第58-61页 |
| ·The Use of Discourse Marker "and": a Case Study | 第61-68页 |
| ·The Classification of the Semantic Relations of "and" | 第61-64页 |
| ·The Semantic Relations Distribution of "and":a Comparative Study | 第64-68页 |
| 5 Conclusion | 第68-75页 |
| ·Major Findings of the Study | 第68-69页 |
| ·Implications of the Study | 第69-72页 |
| ·Coherence Analysis from Multiple Angles | 第69-70页 |
| ·Illumination on the Foreign Language Teaching | 第70-72页 |
| ·Limitations of the Study and Suggestions for Further Research | 第72-75页 |
| Bibliography | 第75-79页 |
| Publications | 第79页 |
