| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-9页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第9-15页 |
| ·Introductory remarks | 第9-10页 |
| ·Research questions and hypothesis | 第10页 |
| ·Research method and data collection | 第10-11页 |
| ·A brief introduction to The Age of Innocence | 第11-12页 |
| ·Significance of this study | 第12页 |
| ·The organization of the thesis | 第12-15页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第15-21页 |
| ·Previous studies on gender relations | 第15-16页 |
| ·Previous studies on language and gender relations from a power-related perspective | 第16-18页 |
| ·Previous studies on gender relations in The Age of Innocence | 第18-19页 |
| ·A brief comment on the previous studies | 第19-21页 |
| Chapter 3 Theoretical Framework | 第21-27页 |
| ·Critical Discourse Analysis | 第21-24页 |
| ·A survey of Critical Discourse Analysis | 第21-22页 |
| ·Language, power and ideology | 第22-24页 |
| ·Some important concepts in Halliday’s SFG | 第24-25页 |
| ·The relationship between CDA and SFG | 第25-27页 |
| Chapter 4 The Analytical Framework | 第27-33页 |
| ·Transitivity system | 第27-29页 |
| ·Mood system | 第29-31页 |
| ·Modality system | 第31-33页 |
| Chapter 5 Analyzing the Gender Relations in The Age of Innocence | 第33-61页 |
| ·The Social historical background of The Age of Innocence | 第33-35页 |
| ·Semantic realization and power | 第35-38页 |
| ·Transitivity and power | 第35-37页 |
| ·Mood and power | 第37-38页 |
| ·Modality and power | 第38页 |
| ·Lexico-grammatical forms and the gender relations | 第38-61页 |
| ·Transitivity analysis | 第39-45页 |
| ·Mood analysis | 第45-53页 |
| ·Modality analysis | 第53-61页 |
| Chapter 6 Major Findings and Implications | 第61-65页 |
| ·Major findings of the analysis | 第61-64页 |
| ·Linguistic differences between the male and female roles | 第61-62页 |
| ·The hidden gender relations in language | 第62-64页 |
| ·The implications of the study | 第64-65页 |
| Chapter 7 Conclusion | 第65-69页 |
| ·Summary of this thesis | 第65-67页 |
| ·Limitations of this analysis and suggestions for future study | 第67-69页 |
| Bibliography | 第69-72页 |
