| Chapter One Introduction | 第1-14页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第14-32页 |
| ·Hedges vs. Hedging | 第14-16页 |
| ·Classifications of Hedges | 第16-18页 |
| ·Studies of Hedges abroad and in China | 第18-25页 |
| ·Hedges, Vagueness and Fuzziness | 第25-32页 |
| Chapter Three Features of Journalistic English and Hedges in English News Reporting | 第32-43页 |
| ·General Characteristics of Journalistic English | 第32-35页 |
| ·Lexical Features | 第32-34页 |
| ·Syntactical Features | 第34-35页 |
| ·Functions of Hedges in English News Reporting | 第35-43页 |
| ·Textual Functions of Hedges | 第36-37页 |
| ·Interpersonal Functions of Hedges | 第37-43页 |
| ·Hedges as Politeness Strategies | 第37-39页 |
| ·Hedges as Strategies of Self-Protection | 第39-40页 |
| ·Hedges as Strategies to Appeal to the Audience | 第40-43页 |
| Chapter Four Design of the Research | 第43-46页 |
| ·Data Selection | 第43-44页 |
| ·Methodology | 第44-46页 |
| Chapter Five Analysis of Hedges Based on Selected English News | 第46-82页 |
| ·Hedging Devices in English News | 第46-69页 |
| ·Lexical Hedges | 第47-58页 |
| ·Non-lexical Hedges | 第58-66页 |
| ·Frequency of Hedges in Different News | 第66-69页 |
| ·Pragmatic Analysis of Hedges in English News | 第69-76页 |
| ·Hedges and Cooperative Principle | 第70-72页 |
| ·Hedges and Politeness Principle | 第72-74页 |
| ·Hedges and Speech Act Theory | 第74-76页 |
| ·A Proposed Analysis by Conversational Implicature Model | 第76-82页 |
| ·Conversational Implicature | 第76-78页 |
| ·Hedges under the Model of Conversational Implicature | 第78-79页 |
| ·Textual Functions of Hedges under the Model | 第79-82页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusions | 第82-86页 |
| ·Results and Implications of the Study | 第82-84页 |
| ·Issues for Further Studies | 第84-86页 |
| References | 第86-90页 |
| Appendix Selected English News | 第90-99页 |
| Abstract (Chinese) | 第99-104页 |
| Abstract (English) | 第104-110页 |
| Acknowledgement | 第110-111页 |
| 导师及作者简介 | 第111页 |
