Forward Abstract(內(nèi)容簡介) Chapter One Introduction 1.0 Introductory Remarks 1.1 General Aims 1.2 Target Data and Analysis 1.3 Theoretical Guidance 1.3.1 Theory of Evidentiality 1.3.2 Theoretical Framework of Cognitive Grammar 1.4 Notes on Key Terms Used 1.5 Composition Chapter Two Literature Review 2.0 Introduction 2.1 Study of Interrogatives in General 2.1.1 Study of Interrogatives in English 2.1.2 Study of Interrogatives in Chinese 2.2 Study of Tag Questions in Particular 2.2.1 Study of Tag Questions in English 2.2.2 Study of Tag Questions in Chinese 2.3 Comments on Preveous Studies 2.3.1 Summary 2.3.2 Comments 2.4 Summary Chapter Three Features of Tag Questions 3.0 Introducrion 3.1 A Sketchy Anslysis of the Syntactic,Semantic and Pragmatic Features of Tag Questions 3.1.1 Syntactic Dimensions of Tag Questions in English 3.1.1.1 Definition 3.1.1.2 Formation of Tag Questions in English 3.1.1.3 Formation of Tag Questions in Chinese 3.1.1.4 Summary 3.1.2 Semaneic Dimensions of Tag Questions in English 3.1.2.1 Semantic Structure of Tag Questions in English 3.1.2.2 Semsntic Function of Tag Questions in Chinese 3.1.2.3 Semantic Function of Tag Questions in Chinese 3.1.2.4 Summary 3.1.3 Pragmatic Dimensions of Tag Questions in English 3.1.3.1 Pragmatic Function of Tag Questions in English 3.1.3.2 Pragmatic Function of Tag Questions Chapter Four Analysis of Speaker's Epistemological State Related to Tag Questions Chapter five Pragmatization of the Epistemological State Related to Tag Questions Chapter Six Grammaticalixation of the Epistemological State Related to Tag Questions Chapter Seven Extensions of the BDHs Chapter Eight Concluding Remarks Bibliography Appendix1 Appendix2 Appendix3 Index