| Declaration | 第1-4页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第4-5页 |
| Abstract (English) | 第5-6页 |
| Abstract (Chinese) | 第6-10页 |
| List of Figures and Tables | 第10-11页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第11-16页 |
| ·Introduction | 第11-12页 |
| ·Rationale of the Present Study | 第12-13页 |
| ·Objective and Research Questions of the Study | 第13页 |
| ·Data and Methodology | 第13-15页 |
| ·Organization of the Thesis | 第15-16页 |
| Chapter 2 Review of the Relevant Literature | 第16-35页 |
| ·Introduction | 第16页 |
| ·Studies on Lawyers' Courtroom Discourse in China | 第16-20页 |
| ·Studies on Language Reports | 第20-34页 |
| ·Studies on the theoretical exploration of language reports | 第20-30页 |
| ·Grammatical perspective | 第21-22页 |
| ·Leech and Short's Stylistic perspective | 第22-23页 |
| ·Hallidayan Systematic-functional perspective | 第23-25页 |
| ·Thompson's discourse perspective | 第25-27页 |
| ·Pragmatic perspective | 第27-28页 |
| ·Cognitive perspective | 第28-29页 |
| ·Critique of the studies on the theoretical exploration of language reports | 第29-30页 |
| ·Studies on the practical use of language reports | 第30-34页 |
| ·Practical studies of language reports in non-legal fields | 第31-32页 |
| ·The Status quo of researches on language reports in the legal field | 第32-34页 |
| ·Summary | 第34-35页 |
| Chapter 3 Theoretical Framework | 第35-49页 |
| ·Introduction | 第35页 |
| ·The Analytical Framework for the Present Study | 第35-37页 |
| ·Description of the Analytical Framework for the Present Study | 第37-48页 |
| ·Description of the theoretical framework | 第37-45页 |
| ·Voice | 第37-39页 |
| ·Message | 第39-43页 |
| ·Attitude | 第43-45页 |
| ·Eclaircissement of effective presentation of facts and opinions | 第45-48页 |
| ·Challenging evidence | 第45-46页 |
| ·Constructing crime | 第46-47页 |
| ·Conducting arguing | 第47-48页 |
| ·Summary | 第48-49页 |
| Chapter 4 Language Reports in Lawyers' Courtroom Discourse | 第49-73页 |
| ·Introduction | 第49页 |
| ·Identification and Categorization of Language Reports | 第49-72页 |
| ·Language Reports in Voice | 第49-58页 |
| ·Self report | 第51-53页 |
| ·Specified other(s)' report | 第53-54页 |
| ·Unspecified other(s)' report | 第54-57页 |
| ·Community report | 第57-58页 |
| ·Language Reports in Message | 第58-69页 |
| ·Quote | 第59-62页 |
| ·Echo | 第62-64页 |
| ·Paraphrase | 第64-66页 |
| ·Summary | 第66-67页 |
| ·Omission | 第67-69页 |
| ·Language Reports in Attitude | 第69-72页 |
| ·Summary of the Present Chapter | 第72-73页 |
| Chapter 5 Effective Presentation of Facts and Opinions Through Language Reports | 第73-85页 |
| ·Introduction | 第73页 |
| ·Effective Presentation of Facts and Opinions Through Language Reports | 第73-83页 |
| ·Presenting facts and opinions in challenging evidence | 第74-77页 |
| ·Presenting facts and opinions in challenging objectivity | 第74-75页 |
| ·Presenting facts and opinions in challenging consistency | 第75-77页 |
| ·Presenting facts and opinions in constructing crime | 第77-80页 |
| ·Presenting facts and opinions in conducting arguing | 第80-83页 |
| ·Some Matching Relations between Reporting Categories and Presented Facts and Opinions | 第83-84页 |
| ·Summary | 第84-85页 |
| Chapter 6 Conclusion | 第85-90页 |
| ·Summary of the Present Study | 第85页 |
| ·Major Findings | 第85-86页 |
| ·Conclusions | 第86-87页 |
| ·Implications | 第87-88页 |
| ·Limitations | 第88-89页 |
| ·Suggestions for Future Research | 第89-90页 |
| References | 第90-93页 |
