文档介绍：PARATIVE STUDY OF
DISCOURSE MARKERS IN CHINESE
AND ENGLISH JUDICIAL JUDGMENTS

By
Zhu Min

Under the Supervision of
Dr. Zhang Hongxia

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

My deepest gratitude first goes to my respected supervisor Hongxia,.
Without her ments and constructive suggestions, pletion of this
thesis would not have been possible.
I am also sincerely grateful to all the other professors from the School of Foreign
Studies of Anhui University, for their illuminating lectures and guidance prove to be
of great help and will be beneficial to my academic study of English. They are Prof.
Zhu Yue, Prof. Chen Zhengfa, Prof. Zhou Fangzhu, Prof. Hua Quankun, Prof. Zhu
Xiaomei, Prof. Zhang Ming, Dr. Hu Jian, Dr. Yang Ling and Dr. Zhan Quanwang.
Special thanks go to all my friends, colleagues and classmates who have offered
me generous help and invaluable suggestions. Among these, I especially appreciate
the kind help and encouragement of Zhang Jing, Huang Ling, Ding Houqin and Sun
Bo.
Finally, I‟d like to dedicate this thesis to my family for having given me
continuous support and encouragement through all these years of graduate study. My
parents help me take good care of my little baby son during the whole process of
writing. The selfless love and continual support from my husband makes the process
of my study pleasant and filled with happiness. In addition, my lovely son and his
smile has always been the source of power and inspiration for me to e any
difficulties in my study and life.
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Abstract

Since Halliday and Hasan‟s Cohesion in English (1976) and Schiffrin‟s Discourse
Markers (1987) were published, interest in textual linguistics and discourse markers
has turned into a growing concern in linguistic field. Up