| 摘要 | 第1-8页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第8-10页 |
| CONTENTS | 第10-14页 |
| CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION | 第14-24页 |
| ·A BRIEF LITERATURE REVIEW | 第14-16页 |
| ·THEORY OF THE INTERPERSONAL SYSTEM IN SFG | 第16-17页 |
| ·HALLIDAY'S THEORY OF MODALITY | 第17-21页 |
| ·Types of Modality | 第17-18页 |
| ·Functional Categorizations of Modal Expressions | 第18-19页 |
| ·Orientation of Modal Expressions | 第18-19页 |
| ·Value of Modal Expressions | 第19页 |
| ·Linguistic Realizations of Modality | 第19-21页 |
| ·DATA COLLECTION AND RESEARCH METHOD | 第21-22页 |
| ·PURPOSE AND SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY | 第22页 |
| ·LAYOUT OF THE THESIS | 第22-24页 |
| CHAPTER 2 INTERPERSONAL MEANINGS REVEALED BY MODAL OPERATORSIN U.S. PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE 2008 | 第24-36页 |
| ·INTRODUCTION | 第24-26页 |
| ·INTERPERSONAL MEANINGS REVEALED BY Low VALUE MODAL OPERATORS | 第26-30页 |
| ·Low Value Operator Can | 第27-28页 |
| ·Low Value Operator May | 第28-30页 |
| ·INTERPERSONAL MEANINGS REVEALED BY MEDIAN VALUE MODAL OPERATORS | 第30-32页 |
| ·Median Value Modal Operator Should/Shouldn't | 第30-31页 |
| ·Median Value Modal Operator Will/Won't | 第31-32页 |
| ·INTERPERSONAL MEANINGS REVEALED BY HIGH VALUE MODAL OPERATORS | 第32-35页 |
| ·High Value Operator have to | 第33-34页 |
| ·High Value Operator can't (cannot) | 第34-35页 |
| ·SUMMARY | 第35-36页 |
| CHAPTER 3 INTERPERSONAL MEANINGS REVEALED BY MODAL ADJUNCTS INU.S. PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE 2008 | 第36-48页 |
| ·INTRODUCTION | 第36-39页 |
| ·INTERPERSONAL MEANINGS REVEALED BY ADJUNCTS OF MODALITY | 第39-45页 |
| ·Modalization | 第39-43页 |
| ·Adjunct of Probability Certainly | 第39-41页 |
| ·Adjunct of Usuality Never | 第41-43页 |
| ·Modulation | 第43-45页 |
| ·Adjunct of Readiness Willing to | 第43-44页 |
| ·Adjunct of Obligation Absolutely | 第44-45页 |
| ·INTERPERSONAL MEANINGS REVEALED BY ADJUNCTS OF MOOD | 第45-47页 |
| ·Adjunct of Obviousness Of course | 第46页 |
| ·Adjunct of Intensity Actually/In fact | 第46-47页 |
| ·SUMMARY | 第47-48页 |
| CHAPTER 4 INTERPERSONAL MEANINGS REVEALED BY METAPHORS OFMODALITY IN U.S. PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE 2008 | 第48-54页 |
| ·INTRODUCTION | 第48-49页 |
| ·INTERPERSONAL MEANINGS REVEALED BY SUBJECTIVE EXPLICIT MODAL EXPRESSIONS | 第49-52页 |
| ·Interpersonal Meanings Revealed by I(don't) think (thought) | 第50-51页 |
| ·Interpersonal Meanings Revealed by I know | 第51-52页 |
| ·SUMMARY | 第52-54页 |
| CHAPTER 5 CONCLUSION | 第54-56页 |
| ·MAJOR FINDINGS OF THE RESEARCH | 第54-55页 |
| ·LIMITATIONS OF THE CURRENT STUDY | 第55页 |
| ·POSSIBLE FUTURE EFFORTS | 第55-56页 |
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第56-57页 |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | 第57-61页 |
| PAPERS PUBLISHED DURING MA STUDY | 第61-62页 |
