| Abstract | 第5-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-12页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第12-16页 |
| 1.1 Background of the Research | 第12页 |
| 1.2 Purpose and Significance of the Research | 第12-13页 |
| 1.3 Corpora Involved and Research Methods | 第13-14页 |
| 1.3.1 Literature Research Method | 第13-14页 |
| 1.3.2 Comparative Method from the Perspective of Functional Linguistics | 第14页 |
| 1.3.3 Corpus-based Analytical Method | 第14页 |
| 1.4 Layout of the Thesis | 第14-16页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第16-33页 |
| 2.1 Previous Studies of Adverbial Conjunctions | 第16-19页 |
| 2.1.1 The Definition of Adverbial Conjunctions | 第16-18页 |
| 2.1.2 Range of Adverbial Conjunctions in Chinese and English | 第18页 |
| 2.1.3 Classification of Adverbial Conjunctions in Chinese and English | 第18-19页 |
| 2.2 Previous Studies of Dique (的确),Queshi(确实) in Chinese and Certainly,Definitely in English | 第19-23页 |
| 2.2.1 Researches on Dique (的确) and Queshi (确实) | 第20-21页 |
| 2.2.2 Researches on Certainly and Definitely | 第21-23页 |
| 2.3 Related Theories | 第23-33页 |
| 2.3.1 Metafunctional Theory | 第23-30页 |
| 2.3.2 Grammatical Metaphor Theory | 第30-33页 |
| Chapter 3 Syntactic Functions of ACs of Certainty | 第33-55页 |
| 3.1 Syntactic Structure and Distribution | 第33-45页 |
| 3.1.1 Features of ACs of Certainty on Initial Position | 第34-40页 |
| 3.1.2 Features of ACs of Certainty on Medial Position | 第40-42页 |
| 3.1.3 Features of ACs of Certainty on Final Position | 第42-44页 |
| 3.1.4 Features of ACs of Certainty Occurring Alone | 第44-45页 |
| 3.2 Collocations and Co-occurrence | 第45-47页 |
| 3.2.1 Common Patterns and Collocations of Dique (的确) and Queshi (确实) | 第46页 |
| 3.2.2 Common Patterns and Collocations of Certainly and Definitely | 第46-47页 |
| 3.2.3 The Co-occurrence of ACs of Certainty | 第47页 |
| 3.3 Functional Illustration of Syntactic Structure and Distribution | 第47-52页 |
| 3.3.1 Interpersonal Function | 第48-49页 |
| 3.3.2 Textual Function | 第49-52页 |
| 3.4 Shared Similarities and Differences of ACs in Terms of Syntactic Functions | 第52-53页 |
| 3.5 Summary | 第53-55页 |
| Chapter 4 Semantic Functions of ACs of Certainty | 第55-67页 |
| 4.1 Semantic Configurations | 第55-61页 |
| 4.1.1 Semantic Configuration of Dique (的确) and Queshi (确实) | 第56-58页 |
| 4.1.2 Semantic Configuration of Certainly and Definitely | 第58-61页 |
| 4.2 Logico-semantic Relations of Adverbial Conjunctions of Certainty | 第61-65页 |
| 4.2.1 Elaboration | 第62-64页 |
| 4.2.2 Extension | 第64-65页 |
| 4.3 Shared Similarities and Differences of ACs in Terms of Semantic Functions | 第65-66页 |
| 4.4 Summary | 第66-67页 |
| Chapter 5 Pragmatic Functions of ACs of Certainty | 第67-73页 |
| 5.1 Information Focus Function | 第67-68页 |
| 5.2 Subjectivity Function | 第68-70页 |
| 5.3 Evidentiality Function | 第70-71页 |
| 5.4 Shared Similarities and Differences of ACs in Terms of Pragmatic Functions | 第71页 |
| 5.5 Summary | 第71-73页 |
| Chapter 6 Interpersonal Metaphor Functions of ACs of Certainty | 第73-81页 |
| 6.1 The System of Modality | 第73-78页 |
| 6.1.1 Modalization of ACs of Certainty | 第74-75页 |
| 6.1.2 The System of Orientations in Modality of ACs of Certainty | 第75-76页 |
| 6.1.3 The Values of Modality of ACs of Certainty | 第76-78页 |
| 6.2 Shared Similarities and Differences of ACs in Terms of InterpersonalMetaphor Functions | 第78-79页 |
| 6.3 Summary | 第79-81页 |
| Chapter 7 Conclusion | 第81-84页 |
| 7.1 Major Findings and Implications | 第81-83页 |
| 7.2 Limitations and Suggestions for Further Study | 第83-84页 |
| Bibliography | 第84-87页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第87-88页 |
| 攻读学位期间取得的研究成果 | 第88页 |
