| 中文摘要 | 第1-3页 |
| Abstract | 第3-4页 |
| List of Figures and Tables | 第4-8页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第8-13页 |
| ·Research Background | 第8-9页 |
| ·Research Purpose | 第9-10页 |
| ·Research Methodology | 第10-11页 |
| ·General Organization of the Thesis | 第11-13页 |
| Chapter 2 Previous Studies on Coherence | 第13-28页 |
| ·Cohesion and Coherence | 第13-15页 |
| ·Cohesion as a relevant component for coherence | 第14页 |
| ·Cohesion as an entirely separate part of coherence | 第14页 |
| ·Cohesion as a means for coherence | 第14-15页 |
| ·Theories of Previous Coherence Studies | 第15-25页 |
| ·Van Dijk and Kintch's macrostructure theory | 第15-17页 |
| ·Widdowson's pragmatic interpretation on coherence | 第17-18页 |
| ·Brown and Yule's cognitive frame theory | 第18-19页 |
| ·Danes and Fries' thematic progression theory | 第19-20页 |
| ·De Beaugrande and Dressler's textuality model | 第20-21页 |
| ·Halliday and Hasan's register and cohesion theory | 第21-25页 |
| ·Summary | 第25-28页 |
| Chapter 3 Interpersonal Coherence in Discourse | 第28-50页 |
| ·Theoretical Foundations of Interpersonal Coherence Model | 第28-42页 |
| ·Halliday's Mood and modality system | 第28-32页 |
| ·Hu Zhuanlin's muliti-division of cohesion and coherence | 第32-33页 |
| ·Martin's Appraisal system | 第33-37页 |
| ·The developed theory of interpersonal coherence by Zhang Delu and other scholars | 第37-40页 |
| ·Systemic-functional interpretation of register coherence | 第40-42页 |
| ·The Model of Interpersonal Coherence | 第42-48页 |
| ·Ideational coherence and interpersonal coherence | 第42-43页 |
| ·The framework of interpersonal coherence in journalistic discourse | 第43-48页 |
| ·Summary | 第48-50页 |
| Chapter 4 The Interpersonal Coherence of Journalistic Discourse | 第50-87页 |
| ·The Interpersonal Cohesive Devices | 第50-72页 |
| ·Clause as communication: Mood Cohesion | 第50-60页 |
| ·Adjacency pairs | 第51-54页 |
| ·Parallels of Mood | 第54-56页 |
| ·Subject chain | 第56-58页 |
| ·Time progression | 第58-60页 |
| ·Modality cohesion | 第60-66页 |
| ·Modal verbs functioning as cohesive devices | 第60-62页 |
| ·Modal adjuncts functioning as cohesive devices | 第62-64页 |
| ·Modal cohesive chain | 第64-66页 |
| ·Appraisal cohesion | 第66-72页 |
| ·Heteroglossia in the role of coherence | 第66-70页 |
| ·Attitudinal repetition and contrast in a cohesive discourse | 第70-72页 |
| ·Register consistency and interpersonal coherence | 第72-83页 |
| ·Tenor consistency in journalistic discourse | 第73-81页 |
| ·Communicative roles and interpersonal coherence | 第73-78页 |
| ·Knowledge or value presupposition and interpersonal coherence | 第78-81页 |
| ·Mode consistency in journalistic discourse | 第81-83页 |
| ·Summary | 第83-87页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusions | 第87-90页 |
| ·Major Findings of the Present Study | 第87页 |
| ·Major Contributions of the Present Study | 第87-88页 |
| ·Limitations of the Present Study | 第88-89页 |
| ·Suggestions for Future Study | 第89-90页 |
| Bibliography | 第90-94页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第94-95页 |
