| Chinese Abstract | 第1-5页 |
| English Abstract | 第5-9页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第9-14页 |
| ·Background of the Study | 第9-11页 |
| ·Significance of the Study | 第11-12页 |
| ·Organization of the Thesis | 第12-14页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第14-22页 |
| ·Grammatical Approach to Language Reports | 第14-15页 |
| ·The Systemic-Functional Approach to Language Reports | 第15-18页 |
| ·Pragmatic Approach to Language Reports | 第18-20页 |
| ·Remaining Problems | 第20-22页 |
| Chapter 3 A Data-based Quantitative Study on Language Reports in News Discourses | 第22-37页 |
| ·Reporting Levels to be Analyzed | 第22-27页 |
| ·Reporting Modes | 第23-24页 |
| ·Reporting Verbs | 第24-26页 |
| ·That-Clauses | 第26-27页 |
| ·Methodology | 第27-28页 |
| ·Target Data Collection | 第28-29页 |
| ·Findings and Data Analysis | 第29-37页 |
| ·The Number and Frequency of Reporting Modes | 第29-32页 |
| ·The Occurrence of Reporting Verbs | 第32-34页 |
| ·That-clauses | 第34-37页 |
| Chapter 4 A Cognitive Analysis of Language Reports in News Discourses | 第37-64页 |
| ·Introduction | 第37-38页 |
| ·Figure-ground Theory and Reporting Modes | 第38-50页 |
| ·A Brief Introduction to Figure-ground Theory | 第39-41页 |
| ·The Characteristics of Figure and Ground | 第41-43页 |
| ·Realization of Figure and Ground in Language Reports. | 第43-47页 |
| ·Degree of Conceptual Prominence | 第47-50页 |
| ·Cognitive Category and Reporting Verbs | 第50-58页 |
| ·Cognitive Categorization | 第50-54页 |
| ·Action Category | 第54-55页 |
| ·The Application of Basic-level Category to Reporting Verb “Say” | 第55-58页 |
| ·Iconic View of That-clauses | 第58-63页 |
| ·Iconicity | 第58-60页 |
| ·N on-deictic “That”in That-clauses | 第60-63页 |
| ·Summary | 第63-64页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第64-68页 |
| ·Major Conclusions | 第64-67页 |
| ·Limitations and Further Research Suggestions | 第67-68页 |
| References | 第68-73页 |
| Appendix | 第73-76页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第76页 |
