摘要 | 第5-7页 |
abstract | 第7-9页 |
CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION | 第14-21页 |
1.1 Research Background | 第14-18页 |
1.1.1 Hedges | 第15-16页 |
1.1.2 Public Speech | 第16-17页 |
1.1.3 Metafunctions | 第17-18页 |
1.2 Research Purpose of the Study | 第18页 |
1.3 Research Significance of the Study | 第18-19页 |
1.4 The Organization of the Study | 第19-21页 |
CHAPTER TWO LITERATURE REVIEW | 第21-41页 |
2.1 Studies on Hedges | 第21-29页 |
2.1.1 Definitions of Hedge | 第21-23页 |
2.1.2 Classification of Hedges | 第23-27页 |
2.1.3 Previous Studies of Hedges at Home and Abroad | 第27-29页 |
2.2 Studies on Public Speech | 第29-32页 |
2.3 Metafunction:Interpersonal Function and Textual Function | 第32-41页 |
2.3.1 Interpersonal Function | 第33-38页 |
2.3.2 Textual Function | 第38-41页 |
CHAPTER THREE METHODOLOGY | 第41-51页 |
3.1 Research Questions | 第41页 |
3.2 Corpora | 第41-42页 |
3.3 Research Procedures | 第42-51页 |
3.3.1 Data Collection | 第42-44页 |
3.3.2 Operational Definition of Hedges | 第44-47页 |
3.3.3 Data Processing | 第47-50页 |
3.3.4 Data Analysis | 第50-51页 |
CHAPTER FOUR RESULTS AND DISCUSSION | 第51-88页 |
4.1 General Characteristics of Hedges in Two Corpora | 第51-56页 |
4.1.1 Overall Frequency of Hedges in the Two Corpora | 第51-55页 |
4.1.2 Distribution of Hedges in the Two Corpora | 第55-56页 |
4.2 The Use of Hedges between the Two Corpora | 第56-59页 |
4.2.1 Similarities in the Use of Hedges | 第56-57页 |
4.2.2 Differences in the Use of Hedges | 第57-59页 |
4.3 Realization of Interpersonal Function through Hedges in the Two Corpora | 第59-79页 |
4.3.1 Interpersonal Function of Lexical Hedge | 第61-69页 |
4.3.2 Interpersonal Function of Non-lexical Hedge | 第69-74页 |
4.3.3 Similarities and Differences in the Realization of InterpersonalFunction between the Two Corpora | 第74-79页 |
4.4 Realization of Textual Function through Hedges in the Two Corpora | 第79-88页 |
4.4.1 Hedges for Conveying Information and Expressing Feelings | 第79-81页 |
4.4.2 Hedges for Affecting the Audience | 第81-82页 |
4.4.3 Hedges for Structural Mechanism | 第82-88页 |
CHAPTER FIVE CONCLUSION | 第88-92页 |
5.1 Major Findings | 第88-90页 |
5.2 Implications | 第90-91页 |
5.3 Limitations and Suggestions | 第91-92页 |
BIBLIOGRAPHY | 第92-98页 |
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第98-99页 |
APPENDICES | 第99-103页 |
Appendix A General Frequencies of Hedges in the Realization ofInterpersonal Function in EFL Learners’Corpus | 第99-101页 |
Appendix B General Frequencies of Hedges in the Realization ofInterpersonal Function in Native Speakers’Corpus | 第101-103页 |
PAPER PUBLISHED DURING MA STUDIES | 第103页 |