文档介绍：A PRAGMATIC ACQUISITONAL STUDY ON THE
PLIMENT RESPONSE BY
CHINESE LEARNERS AND ITS
OPTIMALITY-THEORETICAL ANALYSIS

By
Bi Jing

Under the supervision of
Prof. Zhu Yue

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 2008
Acknowledgements

First of all, I would like to express my deep gratitude to my supervisor Professor
Zhu Yue for his valuable and timely feedback about my thesis, and also for his
encouraging words and useful advice throughout the three-year duration of my study
at Anhui University. His courses on Semantics, Pragmatics and linguistic theories &
practices make me gain a better understanding of the frontier linguistic studies. After I
have finished my draft, he has read it through painstakingly over and over again,
making lots of corrections and offering many constructive suggestions, without which
this thesis would not e out. Furthermore, his strict attitude towards academic
research will be of immense value to my future study.
Furthermore, I am sincerely grateful to all the teachers in the School of Foreign
Studies for their instructions in the past years, especially to Prof. Zhou Fangzhu, Prof.
Zhang Ming, Prof. Zhu Xiaomei, Prof. Tian Debei, Dr. Hu Jian, Dr. Zhang Hongxia
and Dr. Yang Ling. Their earnest teaching and enlightening are of great help to my
study.
I would also like to acknowledge the efforts of the people who have made it
possible for me to conduct this investigation. My friend Yin Jian, doctoral candidate
in Missouri University, was very helpful in collecting the native speaker data. I am
grateful to my classmates, Ding Junxiu, Gao Lingling, Yuan Yanghua and Zhang Rui,
as well as my aunt Zhou Zhengcong, who consented to let me use their classes for the
investigation. ,
Lastly, I would like to offer my great thanks to my parents for