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三峡大学硕士学位论文 三 峡 大 学 硕 士 学 位 论 文 万方数据 万方数据 Abstract “Shuolai”and “laishuo”as discourse markers are frequently used in modern Chinese language.This paper gives a comprehensive description of the history of “shuolai”and “laishuo”. We explore the semantic and pragmatic functions,and analyse the similarities and differences between “shuolai”and“laishuo”. The first chapter of the paper respectively explores the forming of “shuolai” and “laishuo”. “Laishuoi” firstly appeared in Tang Dynasty, but the discourse marker “shuolai” grew slowly. “Shuolai” with prepositions, with pronouns or without any modifications emerged one after another in Ming Dynasty and Qing Dynasty, but the “shuolai” which means subjective judgments didn’t appear until the period of the republic of China. “Laishuo” firstly appeared in the six-dynasty. “Laishuo” with prepositions or with pronouns, as well as “shuolai”, emerged in Ming Dynasty and Qing Dynasty. The discourse marker “laishuo” was used more in the period of the republic of China. The semantic functions and features are analyzed in chapter two. According to the examples with “shuolai”and“laishuo”, there are mainly four kind of “shuolai” and three kinds of “laishuo”. “Shuolai” and “laishuo” with prepositions, adjectives, adverbs and nouns are analyzed from their semantic features. It is found that the semantic features in “Xshuolai” and“Xlaishuo” are reflected by “X”. In modern Chinese, the discourse marker “shuolai” is mainly used with adjectives and adverbs, however, the discourse marker “laishuo” is mainly used with prepositions. The pragmatic functions are analyzed in chapter three. Both “shuolai”and“laishuo” have the function of topic markers when they are used with prepositions. “shuolai” can also be summary markers and it mainly links up passages when it appears at the very beginning. “Laishuo” is usually used with prepositions that means particularizations and used with adverbs to contrast discourses. We hope the paper is useful for the