中国大学生英语学习者对比性话语标记语的使用情况--基于语料库的研究.pdf

A CORPUS-BASED STUDY ON
CHINESE COLLEGE EFL LEARNERS’ USE OF
CONTRASTIVE DISCOURSE MARKERS

By
Duan Qingqing
Under the Supervision of
Dr. Hujian

A thesis
submitted in partial fulfillment
of the requirements for the degree of
Master of Arts to the School of Foreign Studies
Anhui University

April 2009
Acknowledgements
I would like to take this opportunity to express my heartfelt thanks to those who
have assisted me in the process posing this thesis. Without their care and
consideration, this thesis would not have been pleted.
First and foremost, my deep gratitude and appreciation goes to my supervisor Dr.
Hujian, who has generously helped and constantly encouraged me during my study in
School of Foreign Studies of Anhui University. Throughout the thesis writing, she
gave me valuable insights and enlightenment, and kindly offered me corpora and tools
as well. Her scholarly guidance, careful revision and valuable inspiration have drawn
my attention to a number of deficiencies and have made many points clearer for me. I
do wish to dedicate this thesis to her, with most of the merits due to her but any
ings my own.
In addition, I am indebted to all the respectable teachers who have taught and
helped me during my . study in Anhui University, especially to Professor Zhu
Yue, Professor Zhou Fangzhu, Professor Zhu Xiaomei, Professor Zhang Ming, Dr.
Yang Ling, Dr. Zhang Hongxia, Dr. Zhan Quanwang, Professor Chen Zhengfa and
Professor Hong Zengliu. Their excellent teaching and enlightening have helped me in
writing this thesis, too.
Last but not least, I am also grateful to my classmates and friends for their
valuable suggestions and constant support and my family for their unfailing love and
understanding.






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Abstract

Discourse markers (DMs), mon linguistic phenomena in daily
communication, can facilitate the anization, arouse the hearer‟s attention,
expres