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1、.AnAdaptionistAccountofNumberExpressionsinDisasterNewsUndertheSupervisionofProfessorChenXinrenSubmittedinPartialFulfillmentoftheRequirementsfortheDegreeofMasterofArtsEnglishDepartmentSchoolofForeignStudiesNanjingUniversityDecember7,2008..Iherebydeclarethatthissubmissionismyownworkandthat,tothebe
2、stofmyknowledgeandbelief,itcontainsnomaterialpreviouslypublishedorwrittenbyanotherpersonormaterialwhichhastoasubstantialextentbeenacceptedfortheawardofanyotherdegreeordiplomaatanyuniversityorotherinstituteofhigherlearning,exceptwheredueacknowledgementhasbeenmadeinthetext.Signature:________Name:D
3、ate:Dec.7..ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSThepresentthesiscouldhardlybecompletedwithoutthehelpfrommanyindividualstowhomIowemysinceregratitude.Firstofall,IamgratefultoProfessorChenXinren,mysupervisor.Ithankhimforhispatienceandpersonalcharms.Heintroducedmetothefieldofpragmatics.Hislectureswerevivid,instructivean
4、dbeneficial.Healwayspatientlyguidedmeandassistedmeinlearningandstudyingpragmatics.ItwaswithhishelpthatIfinallydecidedontheresearchtopic,narroweditdownandrevisedtheoutlineanddraftsofthepresentthesis.Hesetanexcellentexampleformenotonlyasateacher,asascholar,butalsomoreimportantlyasaman.Mysinceretha
5、nksalsogotoProfessorTingYenren,Dr.WangWenyu,ProfessorZhangRenandProfessorDonSnow,whoseinstructionsintheircoursesprovidedmewithbasicexpertiseandresearchmethodsoflinguistics.Ialsothankmyclassmates,thedoctoralcandidatesandthevisitingscholarsintheThesisSeminarcoursebecausetheyofferedmanyconstructive
6、suggestionsonmythesisduringtheprocessofchoosingtheresearchtopic,modifyingtheresearchquestions,givingpresentations,etc.Foranyerrorsthatstillremain,Ipersonallyshoulderfullresponsibility...AbstractAnAdaptionistAccountofNumberExpressionsinDisasterNewsThepresentthesisreportsastudyonthenumberexpressio
7、ns(NEforshort)indisasternews.ItaimsatfindingouthowNEsareusedandwhethertheyareinfluencedbythenatureofdisasters.ThisstudyalsoseekstofindouthowreportersconveytheirinvolvementwithNEs.Finally,thestudyintendstoanalyzethesimilariti
