本站原创ABSTRACT4-5
摘要5-6
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS6-9
CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION9-15
1.1 A general description of the study9-11
1.2 The purpose and significance of the study11-12
1.3 Data collection and methodology12-13
1.4 Organization of the thesis13-15
CHAPTER TWO LITERATURE REVIEW15-28
2.1 Previous studies on discourse markers15-21
2.1.1 Studies abroad15-18
2.1.2 Studies in China18-19
2.1.3 Previous studies of discourse marker oh19-21
2.2 Four approaches to discourse markers21-25
2.2.1 The grammatical-pragmatic approach21-22
2.2.2 The coherence-based approach22-24
2.2.3 The cognitive-pragmatic approach24-25
2.2.4 The sociopnguistics approach25
2.3 Features and functions of discourse markers25-28
CHAPTER THREE THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK28-42
3.1 Relevance theory28-35
3.1.1 Cognitive environment and mutual manifestness28-29
3.1.2 Contextual effects29-30
3.1.3 Ostensive-inferential process30-31
3.1.4 The principle of relevance theory31-33
3.1.5 Conceptual and procedural meaning33-35
3.2 Relevance-theoretical framework of discourse markers35-42
3.2.1 Discourse markers and procedural encoding35-37
3.2.2 Cognitive motivations for using discourse markers37-39
3.2.3 Discourse markers and contextual effects39-42
CHAPTER FOUR A RELEVANCE-THEORETICAL ANALYSIS OF OH INLARRY KING LIVE42-82
4.1 An introduction to Larry King Live42-44
4.2 Relevance-theoretical account of the discourse marker oh44-49
4.2.1 Discourse marker oh conveying procedural meaning45
4.2.2 Discourse marker oh functioning in the ostensive-inferential process45-47
4.2.3 Discourse marker oh deriving the contextual effects47-48
4.2.4 Discourse marker oh in search of optimal relevance48-49
4.3 Distinct pragmatic functions of discourse marker oh in Larry King Live49-82
4.3.1 Oh as a cognitive state change marker51-59
4.3.2 Oh as an information reformulation marker59-63
4.3.2.1 Oh as a self-correcting marker60-61
4.3.2.2 Oh as an other-correcting marker61-63
4.3.3 Oh as a delay marker63-66
4.3.4 Oh as an inferential marker66-70
4.3.4.1 Oh as a self-inferential marker66-68
4.3.4.2 Oh as an other-inferential marker68-70
4.3.5 Oh as a face-threatening mitigating marker70-74
4.3.5.1 Oh as a positive-face threatening mitigating marker71-73
4.3.5.2 Oh as a negative-face threatening mitigating marker73-74
4.3.6 Oh as an initiating marker74-82
4.3.6.1 Oh as a topic and question initiating marker75-79
4.3.6.2 Oh as a response initiating marker79-82
CHAPTER FIVE CONCLUSION82-86
5.1 Major findings82-83
5.2 Imppcations of the present study83-85
5.3 Limitations and suggestions for further study85-86
REFERENCES86-92
APPENDIXES92-99