| Acknowledgements | 第3-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-10页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第10-13页 |
| 1.1 Research background | 第10页 |
| 1.2 Research questions | 第10-11页 |
| 1.3 Significance of the study | 第11页 |
| 1.4 Data and methodology | 第11页 |
| 1.5 Organization of the study | 第11-13页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第13-22页 |
| 2.1 Previous studies on CDA theory | 第13-18页 |
| 2.1.1 Origin and development of CDA | 第13-16页 |
| 2.1.2 Basic concepts in CDA | 第16-17页 |
| 2.1.3 Principles of CDA | 第17-18页 |
| 2.2 Previous studies on CDA application | 第18-19页 |
| 2.3 Previous studies on news discourse | 第19-21页 |
| 2.4 Summary | 第21-22页 |
| Chapter 3 Theoretical Foundation | 第22-28页 |
| 3.1 Fairclough’s three-dimensional model | 第22-23页 |
| 3.2 Halliday’s systemic functional grammar | 第23-27页 |
| 3.2.1 Meta-functions of language | 第24-25页 |
| 3.2.2 Transitivity system | 第25-26页 |
| 3.2.3 Mood and modality | 第26-27页 |
| 3.3 Summary | 第27-28页 |
| Chapter 4 A Transitivity Analysis of Chinese and American Political News Reports | 第28-41页 |
| 4.1 Background information of victory of War Against Japanese Aggression | 第28-31页 |
| 4.2 Identifying processes in Chinese and American political news reports | 第31-40页 |
| 4.2.1 Distribution and functions of material processes | 第34-36页 |
| 4.2.2 Distribution and functions of verbal processes | 第36-39页 |
| 4.2.3 Distribution and functions of relational processes | 第39-40页 |
| 4.3 Summary | 第40-41页 |
| Chapter 5 Mood and Modality in Chinese and American Political News Reports | 第41-49页 |
| 5.1 Mood analysis in Chinese and American political news reports | 第41-43页 |
| 5.1.1 Declarative mood | 第41-42页 |
| 5.1.2 Imperative mood | 第42页 |
| 5.1.3 Interrogative mood | 第42-43页 |
| 5.2 Modality analysis in Chinese and American political news reports | 第43-47页 |
| 5.2.1 Modalization | 第45-46页 |
| 5.2.2 Modulation | 第46-47页 |
| 5.3 Summary | 第47-49页 |
| Chapter 6 A Cross-cultural Perspective to Chinese and American Political NewsReports | 第49-54页 |
| 6.1 Different attitudes hidden in Chinese and American news reports | 第49-51页 |
| 6.2 Social and cultural analysis of the news reports | 第51-52页 |
| 6.2.1 Institutional context | 第51-52页 |
| 6.2.2 Social and cultural context | 第52页 |
| 6.3 Relationship of language and ideology revealed in the news reports | 第52页 |
| 6.4 Summary | 第52-54页 |
| Chapter 7 Conclusion | 第54-56页 |
| 7.1 Major findings | 第54-55页 |
| 7.2 Implications | 第55页 |
| 7.3 Limitations and suggestions | 第55-56页 |
| Bibliography | 第56-57页 |
