现代汉语语气助词汉译英研究——以六个常用句末语气助词为例-a study on the chinese - english translation of modern chinese modal auxiliary words - taking six common modal auxiliary words at the end of sentences as examples.docxVIP

Acknowledgements Acknowledgements Holding my thesis in hands as if I were holding my baby, I would like to express my deep gratitude and great appreciation to all those that have contributed to and are still contributing to the production and consummation of this thesis. My sincere and heart-felt thanks go first and foremost to my respected supervisor, Professor Lü Jun, for his great kindness, never-ending patience, valuable suggestions, meticulous corrections and constant encouragement. He is not only the tutor of academic research but also the tutor of happy life. I will never forget his warm words and helpful advice when I was trapped in emotional problems. Without his academic guidance and spiritual support, I would not have been able to complete my dissertation. I am also greatly indebted to other teachers in the School of Foreign Languages and Cultures, Nanjing Normal University, especially Prof. Xin Bin and Prof. Zhang Jie, whose instructions have benefited me a lot during my postgraduate life. My particular thanks also go to the school counselor, Xu Dan. She is always robust and considerate, no matter how busy she is. I also owe my deep gratitude to my friends and classmates supervised by the same tutor, namely Jiang Qian, Wu Wenjuan, Wang Qin, Zuo Suwan and Long Xun, from whom I can get more information and advice. There are still two friends whom I have never met up till now but have benefited a lot from; their names are Lin Ling and Yang Xiaoling. Thanks to their dissertations on the similar topic, I am able to fulfill my task. The last thanks go to my family and my boyfriend, for their selfless love and considerate care and attention. To me, they are the whole world. I Introd Introduction PAGE PAGE 1 Introduction Reason for and Value of the Research Mood is the grammatical category shared by both Chinese and English, but in terms of its definition, connotation and expressing ways, there exist some differences, the most prominent one of which is that C