| ABSTRACT | 第1-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-9页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第9-13页 |
| ·Introduction | 第9-10页 |
| ·Rationale of the research | 第10-11页 |
| ·Data collection and methodology | 第11-12页 |
| ·Outline of the research | 第12-13页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第13-33页 |
| ·Relevant Studies of Hedges | 第13-19页 |
| ·Definitions of Hedges | 第13-15页 |
| ·Classifications of Hedges | 第15-19页 |
| ·Relevant Studies of Hedges at Home and Abroad | 第19-24页 |
| ·Relevant Studies of Hedges Abroad | 第19-23页 |
| ·Relevant Studies of Hedges at Home | 第23-24页 |
| ·Study of Doctor-patient Conversation at Home and Abroad | 第24-31页 |
| ·Relevant Study on Doctor-patient Conversation Abroad | 第25-28页 |
| ·Relevant Study on Doctor-patient Conversation at Home | 第28-31页 |
| ·Researches of Hedges in the Medical Setting | 第31-33页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Framework | 第33-41页 |
| ·Adaptation Theory | 第33-34页 |
| ·Making Choices | 第34-35页 |
| ·Three Key Notions of Language Use | 第35-36页 |
| ·Four Angles of Adaptability | 第36-39页 |
| ·Contextual Correlates | 第36-37页 |
| ·Structural Objects | 第37-38页 |
| ·Dynamics of Adaptability | 第38页 |
| ·Salience of the Adaptation Process | 第38-39页 |
| ·Study of Hedges within the Framework of Adaptation Theory | 第39-41页 |
| ·Using Hedges as a Process of Making Choice | 第39-40页 |
| ·Using Hedges as Realization of Adaptation | 第40-41页 |
| Chapter Four Pragmatic Adaptation Analysis of Hedges inDoctor-Patient Conversation | 第41-61页 |
| ·Hedges in Doctor-Patient Conversation as Adaptation to Context | 第41-51页 |
| ·Hedges as Adaptation to the Mental World | 第42-46页 |
| ·Hedges as Adaptation to the Social World | 第46-47页 |
| ·Hedges as Adaptation to the Physical World | 第47-51页 |
| ·Analysis of the Pragmatic Effects of Hedges in Doctor-patient Conversation | 第51-58页 |
| ·Pragmatic Effects of Hedges by Doctors | 第52-56页 |
| ·Pragmatic Effects of Hedges by Patients | 第56-58页 |
| ·Summary | 第58-61页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第61-65页 |
| ·Major Finding of the Research | 第61-62页 |
| ·Significance of the research | 第62页 |
| ·Limitation of the Research | 第62-63页 |
| ·Further Suggestion of the Research | 第63-65页 |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | 第65-71页 |
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第71-73页 |
| PUBLISHED PAPERS | 第73页 |
