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1、ADESCRIPTIVESTUDYONTHEDIFFERINGRANKSOFDEFEASIBILITYOFSCALARIMPLICATURESByZhangZongjieUndertheSupervisionofProf.ZhuYueAthesisSubmittedinpartialfulfillmentoftherequirementsforthedegreeofMasterofArtstotheSchoolofForeignStudiesAnhuiUniversityApril2008AcknowledgementsInthecourseofco
2、mposingthisthesis,Iamextremelyindebtedtomysupervisor,ProfessorZhuYue.Itishisinsightfulideasthatinspirethecreationofthisthesis.Hiscriticalandcarefulreadingofmypaperhassavedmefromalotoferrors.Hiswarm-heartedencouragementandvaluablecommentsonmypaperhasimproveditsqualitygreatly.Wit
3、houthisguidanceandencouragement,mypaperwouldhavenevercomeoutinthepresentform.Specialthanksshouldalsogotootherprofessors,whoseenlighteninglectureshaveenrichedmyknowledgeinvariousfieldsduringthepastthreeyearsofmypostgraduatestudy.TheselecturesarefromProfessorZhouFangzhu,Professor
4、ZhangMing,ProfessorZhuXiaomei,ProfessorTianDebei,ProfessorChenZhengfa,ProfessorHuJian,andProfessorYangLing.IwouldalsoliketodedicatemygratitudetoProfessorWangXingming,InstructorFengFengandMissXuYupinfromAnhuiAgriculturalUniversity,whohavehelpedmecollectquestionnaires.Theirkindan
5、dselflesshelphassavedmemuchtime.Iamextremelygratefultoallthestudentswhohaveparticipatedintheresearchandofferedtheirkindcooperationandsupportduringthephaseofdatacollection.Finally,Iwouldliketothankmyparentsfortheirunconditionalsupportandencouragementthroughoutmygraduatestudy.Iam
6、alsoobligedtomyclassmates,whohaveaccompaniedmeduringtheyearsofgraduatestudy,givingmesinceresupportwhichIwillneverforgetinmylife.iAbstractScalarimplicaturesaregeneratedfromtheapplicationofHornscaleitemsinasentenceorutteranceform.Followingthederivationmechanismof“theuseofsemantic
7、allyweakeritemsmeansthedenialofsemanticallystrongerones”,theymainlyservetoregularizehumanconversationalbehaviors.Oneofthefeaturesofscalarimplicaturesistheirdefeasibilityorcancellability,whichstatesthatscalarimplicaturestendtobecancelledorpreventedfromarisinginspecificsentenceor
8、utteranceformsorsituationalcontexts.Havingreviewedrele
