声明
摘要
ABSTRACT
Contents
Chapter 1 Introduction
1．1 Research Background
1．2 Research Objectives
1．3 Significance of the Study
1．4 Layout of the Thesis
Chapter 2 Literature Review
2．1 Theoretical Studies of DMs
2．1．1 Definitions of DMs
2．1．2 Classifications of DMs
2．1．3 Characteristics of DMs
2．1．4 Discourse Markers and Discourse Coherence
2．1．5 Discourse Markers and Pragmatics
2．1．6 Discourse Markers and Relevance Theory
2．2 Empirical Studies on the Uses of Discourse Markers
2．3 Summary
Chapter 3 Research Methodology
3．1 Corpus-based Approach
3．2 Corpus Used
3．3 Procedures for Data Collection and Analysis
Chapter 4 Results and Discussion
4．1 Gender and DMs Variation
4．2 Age and DMs Variation
4．3 Interaction Effects of Age and Gender on DMs Uses
4．4 Social Class and DMs Variation
4．5 Interaction Effects of Social Class and Age on DMs Uses
4．6 Region and DMs Variation
4．7 Occupation and DMs Variation
4．8 Discussion
Chapter 5 Conclusion
5．1 Major Findings of the Study
5．2 Implications
5．3 Limitations and Suggestions
References
Appendices
Acknowledgments
Resume
