| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| 内容摘要 | 第5-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-10页 |
| 1.Introduction | 第10-15页 |
| ·Research background | 第10-12页 |
| ·Methodology and data source | 第12-13页 |
| ·Organization of the thesis | 第13-15页 |
| 2.Literature Review | 第15-31页 |
| ·Halliday's three metafunctions | 第15-17页 |
| ·Interpersonal meaning in systemic functional grammar and beyond | 第17-22页 |
| ·Interpersonal meaning from a functional perspective | 第17-20页 |
| ·Different approaches beyond systemic functional grammar to interpersonal meaning | 第20-22页 |
| ·Analytical tools | 第22-31页 |
| ·Mood system | 第22-23页 |
| ·Modality system | 第23-27页 |
| ·Transitivity system | 第27-29页 |
| ·Cohesion system | 第29-31页 |
| 3.Interpersonal Meaning in The Daughters of the Late Colonel | 第31-67页 |
| ·Mood system analysis | 第31-46页 |
| ·Mood features and choices | 第31-38页 |
| ·Interpreting mood features and choices | 第38-43页 |
| ·Mood analysis of thought presentation | 第43-46页 |
| ·Summary | 第46页 |
| ·Modality system analysis | 第46-52页 |
| ·Modal operators in speech | 第47-49页 |
| ·Modal operators in thought presentation | 第49-50页 |
| ·Metaphors of modality in speech | 第50-51页 |
| ·Summary | 第51-52页 |
| ·Transitivity system analysis | 第52-60页 |
| ·Personality analysis of heroines through transitivity system | 第52-54页 |
| ·Transitivity analysis between father and daughters | 第54-55页 |
| ·Transitivity analysis of the influence of father's bedroom on daughters | 第55-57页 |
| ·Transitivity analysis between the servant and daughters | 第57-59页 |
| ·Transitivity analysis between the nurse and daughters | 第59-60页 |
| ·Summary | 第60页 |
| ·Cohesion system analysis | 第60-67页 |
| ·Reference analysis | 第60-62页 |
| ·Ellipsis analysis | 第62-63页 |
| ·Lexical cohesion analysis | 第63-66页 |
| ·Summary | 第66-67页 |
| 4.Conclusion | 第67-70页 |
| Bibliography | 第70-73页 |
| Appendix 1 | 第73-74页 |
| Appendix 2 | 第74-75页 |
