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Chapter 1 Introduction
1.1 Research Background
1.2 Purpose and Significance of the Study
1.3 Research Design
1.3.1 Data Collection
1.3.2 Data Processing
Chapter 2 Literature Review
2.1 Previous Studies on DMs
2.1.1 Definition of DMs
2.1.2 Characteristics of DMs
2.1.3 Two Approaches to DMs
2.1.4 Some Foreign and Domestic Pragmatic Studies on DMs
2.1.5 Pragmatic Classification of DMs
2.2 Previous Studies on Mitigators
2.2.1 Studies on Mitigation
2.2.2 Mitigation and Politeness
2.2.3 The Studies of DMs as Mitigators
2.3 Mitigating Mechanism of Mitigators
Chapter 3 Descriptive Analysis of the Data
3.1 Mitigators in Selected Episodes of Friends
3.2 Mitigators in Selected Episodes of I Love My Family
3.3 Frequency and Distribution of Mitigators
3.3.1 Similarities of Mitigators in Macro-and micro-view
3.3.2 Differences of Mitigators in Macro-and micro-view
Chapter 4 Comparison of Functional Features of Mitigators in English and Chinese
4.1 Similarities in Functional Use of Mitigators
4.1.1 Similar‘-I-’Mitigators as‘Bushes’
4.1.2 Similar‘-You-’Mitigators as‘Hedges’
4.2 Differences in Functional use of Mitigators as‘Shields’
4.3 Preference in Choice of Mitigation Devices
Chapter 5 Conclusion
5.1Major Findings
5.2 Implications and Limitations
Acknowledgements
Bibliography
Appendix
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