| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第1-4页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第4-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-11页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第11-14页 |
| ·Research background | 第11-12页 |
| ·Rationale of the thesis | 第12页 |
| ·Organization of the thesis | 第12-14页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第14-26页 |
| ·Defining discourse and identity | 第14-18页 |
| ·Discourse | 第14-16页 |
| ·Identity | 第16-17页 |
| ·Discursive construction of identity | 第17-18页 |
| ·Previous critical discourse studies on identity | 第18-21页 |
| ·Previous studies on attitude system | 第21-23页 |
| ·Previous studies on "leftover women" | 第23-25页 |
| ·Summary | 第25-26页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Framework | 第26-35页 |
| ·Fairclough's three-dimensional framework | 第26-34页 |
| ·Textual practice | 第27-32页 |
| ·Affect | 第28-30页 |
| ·Judgment | 第30-31页 |
| ·Appreciation | 第31-32页 |
| ·Discursive practice | 第32-33页 |
| ·Social practice | 第33-34页 |
| ·Summary | 第34-35页 |
| Chapter Four Methodology | 第35-38页 |
| ·Research questions | 第35页 |
| ·Subject | 第35-36页 |
| ·Data collection | 第36-37页 |
| ·Data analysis | 第37-38页 |
| Chapter Five Results and Discussion | 第38-64页 |
| ·Text analysis:attitudinal resources employment | 第38-42页 |
| ·An overview of attitudinal resources employment | 第38-39页 |
| ·Distribution of affect resources employment | 第39-40页 |
| ·Distribution of judgment resources employment | 第40-41页 |
| ·Distribution of appreciation resources employment | 第41-42页 |
| ·Discursive practice: "leftover women" identity construction via attitudinal resources | 第42-61页 |
| ·Disapproval of "leftover women" | 第43-55页 |
| ·"Leftover women" as apeculiar group | 第43-48页 |
| ·"Leftover women" as a fastidious group | 第48-53页 |
| ·"Leftover women" as an overqualified group | 第53-55页 |
| ·Approval of "leftover women" | 第55-60页 |
| ·"Leftover women" as a misunderstood group | 第55-58页 |
| ·"Leftover women" as an independent group | 第58-60页 |
| ·"Leftover women" identity construction with the heteroglossia voices | 第60-61页 |
| ·Social practice:possible factors underlying "leftover women" discourse | 第61-64页 |
| ·Influence of media discourse | 第61-62页 |
| ·Social and cultural context | 第62-64页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第64-68页 |
| ·Major findings | 第64-65页 |
| ·Implications | 第65-66页 |
| ·Limitations and suggestions for further study | 第66-68页 |
| REFERENCES | 第68-73页 |
| APPENDIX | 第73-75页 |
| 攻读学位期间发表的学术论文 | 第75-76页 |
| 浙江师范大学学位论文诚信承诺书 | 第76-77页 |
