Chapter 1 Introduction
1.1 Background of the Study and Definition of IPC
1.2 Rationale for the Study
1.3 Objectives of the Study
Chapter 2 Literature Review
2.1 Traditional Descriptive Approaches
2.1.2 Quirk et al.(1972;1985)and Quirk Greenbaum(1973)
2.2.1 Hunston Francis(1999)and Charles(2006a)
2.3 Frequency-Driven Register-Oriented Approaches
2.4 Cognitive Linguistic Approaches
2.4.1 Langacker(19912004)
2.4.2 Diessel Tomasello(2001),Thompson(2002)and
(2005Verhagen)
2.5 Rhetoric and Stylistic Approaches
2.5.1 Simpson (1993)
2.5.2 Werth(1999b)and Gavins(2007)
2.6 Pragmatic Approaches
2.6.1 Ptince et al.(1982),Holmes(1984),Myers(1989) and
Skelton(2007)
2.6.2 Stubbs (1986),Meyers(1997),Namsaraev(1997)and
Givon(1995)
2.6.3 Vande Kopple(1985),Crismore et al.(1993)and Hyland
(2005a)
2.7 Structural-Functional Linguistic Approaches
2.7.1 Dik(1997)
2.7.2 Nuyts(2000)
2.8.1 Hudson(1972)
2.8.2 Halliday Matthiessen(2004)
2.9.1 Hyland(2000)and Tse Hyland(2006)
2.9.2 Belcher(1995)and Motta-Roth(1998)
2.10 Comments on Previous Studies
2.1l Summary
Chapter 3 TheoreticaIFramework
3.1 The Framework for IPC Analysis
3.1.1 IPC as an Intersubjectivity Booster
3.1.2 Categories of IPC and the Analysis Framework
3.2 Metafunctions and Metafunctional Complementarity
3.2.1 Metafunctions of Language
3.2.2 Metafunctional Complementarity
3.3 Projection Manifestation Across Metafunctions
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Chapter 4 Genre of ELBR
Chapter 5 I-IPCs and we-IPCs in ELBR
Chapter 6 No-interactant and Non-interactant IPCs in ELBR
Chapter 7 Conclusion
Appendix l Data sources
Appendix 2 Data samples
Appendix 3 A list of some IPCs in ELBR and ELJE
Appendix 4 Concordance ofIPCs(part)in ELBR and ELJE