| Abstract | 第1-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-8页 |
| Contents | 第8-10页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第10-13页 |
| ·Purpose and Significance of the Research | 第10-11页 |
| ·Methodology of the Research | 第11页 |
| ·Organization of the Thesis | 第11-13页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第13-22页 |
| ·A General Introduction to American Legal Drama | 第13-15页 |
| ·An Overview of Legal Drama | 第13-14页 |
| ·History of Legal Drama | 第14-15页 |
| ·Research on Critical Discourse Analysis Abroad | 第15-19页 |
| ·Van Dijk's Social Cognition Perspective | 第17页 |
| ·Wodak's Historical Perspective | 第17-18页 |
| ·Fairclough's Social-cultural Perspective | 第18-19页 |
| ·Research on Critical Discourse Analysis at Home | 第19-22页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Framework | 第22-33页 |
| ·Key Concepts of Critical Discourse Analysis | 第22-26页 |
| ·Power | 第23-24页 |
| ·Ideology | 第24-25页 |
| ·The Relationship among Language, Power and Ideology | 第25-26页 |
| ·Fairclough's Three-dimensional Theory | 第26-29页 |
| ·Systemic Functional Grammar | 第29-31页 |
| ·The Relationship between Critical Discourse Analysis and Systemic Functional Grammar | 第31-33页 |
| Chapter Four Critical Analysis of Discourses in Boston Legal | 第33-59页 |
| ·Description | 第33-48页 |
| ·Classification | 第33-38页 |
| ·Application of Legal Core Vocabulary | 第34-36页 |
| ·Application of Lexical Choice | 第36-38页 |
| ·Transformation | 第38-41页 |
| ·Transitivity | 第41-48页 |
| ·Data Collection | 第41页 |
| ·Data Analysis | 第41-48页 |
| ·Interpretation | 第48-53页 |
| ·Content and Arrangement of Boston Legal | 第49-50页 |
| ·Participants and Relationship between Participants in Boston Legal | 第50-51页 |
| ·The Role language Plays in the Discourse of Boston Legal | 第51页 |
| ·Sample Analysis | 第51-53页 |
| ·Explanation | 第53-59页 |
| ·Violation of Symmetrical Power Relations in Legal Discourses | 第53-55页 |
| ·Ideology Reflected in Asymmetrical Social Position | 第55-59页 |
| Chapter five Conclusion | 第59-62页 |
| ·Findings | 第59-60页 |
| ·Limitations | 第60页 |
| ·Suggestions for further study | 第60-62页 |
| Bibliography | 第62-64页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第64页 |
