| 摘要 | 第1-10页 |
| Abstract | 第10-12页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第12-18页 |
| ·Rationale of the Research | 第12-13页 |
| ·Achievements and Remaining Problems | 第13-15页 |
| ·Objectives of the present Study | 第15-16页 |
| ·Structure of the present Thesis | 第16-18页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第18-31页 |
| ·Categorization of Quotations | 第18-23页 |
| ·Quirk's approach | 第18-20页 |
| ·Leech and Short's Approach | 第20-22页 |
| ·The practical definition and classification of quotations | 第22-23页 |
| ·Components of Quotations in News Reports | 第23-28页 |
| ·Attribution | 第24-25页 |
| ·Reporting Verbs | 第25-27页 |
| ·Modifiers | 第27-28页 |
| ·Previous Studies on Quotations | 第28-31页 |
| ·Development of Quotation Studies | 第28-29页 |
| ·Previous Studies of Quotations in News Reports | 第29-31页 |
| Chapter 3 Theoretical Basis for the Present Study | 第31-37页 |
| ·A working Definition of Quotation in the Present Thesis | 第31-33页 |
| ·Speech Act Theory | 第33-34页 |
| ·The Communicative and Informative Functions of Quotations | 第34-37页 |
| ·Informative functions | 第34-35页 |
| ·Communicative Functions | 第35-37页 |
| Chapter 4 Research Methodology and Research Design | 第37-57页 |
| ·Methodology for the Present Research | 第37-38页 |
| ·Data Collection | 第38-41页 |
| ·Classification of News | 第38-39页 |
| ·Why chose China Daily and The New York Times | 第39-40页 |
| ·Collection of the news in China Daily and The New York Times | 第40-41页 |
| ·Data Coding | 第41-42页 |
| ·Data Analysis | 第42-55页 |
| ·Limitation due to Methodology and Research Design | 第55-57页 |
| Chapter 5 Results from Data Analysis | 第57-60页 |
| Chapter 6 The Communicative and Informative Functions in Quotations | 第60-79页 |
| ·How is the Speech Act activated by Quotations? | 第60-64页 |
| ·Why Does Direct Quotations are preferred by the Writers | 第64-72页 |
| ·Why Dose Indirect Quotations are more Frequently Used | 第72-76页 |
| ·The Communicative and Informative Functions in Direct and Indirect quotations | 第76-79页 |
| Chapter 7 Conclusion | 第79-81页 |
| ·Major Findings | 第79-80页 |
| ·Limitations and Recommendations | 第80-81页 |
| References | 第81-84页 |
| Appendix 1 | 第84-98页 |
| Appendix 2 | 第98-104页 |
| Publication | 第104-105页 |
| Acknowledgement | 第105页 |
