| Abstract (in English) | 第1-8页 |
| Abstract (in Chinese) | 第8-10页 |
| INTRODUCTION | 第10-13页 |
| Chapter One Literature | 第13-32页 |
| ·Interpersonal Meaning in Systemic-functional Grammar | 第13-25页 |
| ·The notion of interpersonal meaning | 第13-14页 |
| ·Main aspects of interpersonal meaning | 第14-25页 |
| ·Studies on Sales Correspondence | 第25-31页 |
| ·Different approaches to sales correspondence | 第27-30页 |
| ·The significance of studying interpersonal meanings in sales correspondence | 第30-31页 |
| ·The Goal of the Thesis | 第31-32页 |
| Chapter two Theoretical Foundations | 第32-41页 |
| ·The Context Theory | 第32-34页 |
| ·The Register Theory | 第34-37页 |
| ·Register theory in functional grammar | 第34-35页 |
| ·Tenor of discourse | 第35-37页 |
| ·Text and Contextual Variables | 第37-38页 |
| ·Tenor in Sales Correspondence | 第38-41页 |
| Chapter Three An Analysis of Interpersonal Meanings in Sales Correspondence | 第41-73页 |
| ·Data Collection and Methods | 第41-43页 |
| ·Interpersonal Meanings of Person | 第43-51页 |
| ·Interpersonal meanings of I/me | 第45-48页 |
| ·Interpersonal meanings of we/us | 第48-50页 |
| ·Interpersonal meanings of you | 第50-51页 |
| ·Interpersonal Meanings of Mood Class | 第51-61页 |
| ·Interpersonal meanings of imperatives | 第53-56页 |
| ·Interpersonal meanings of if-clauses | 第56-57页 |
| ·Interpersonal meanings of interrogatives | 第57-60页 |
| ·Interpersonal meanings of elliptical clauses | 第60-61页 |
| ·Interpersonal Meanings of Modality | 第61-73页 |
| ·Interpersonal meanings of modal operators | 第63-71页 |
| ·Interpersonal meanings of subjective metaphors of modality | 第71-73页 |
| Chapter Four Practical Implications | 第73-81页 |
| ·Implications for Sales Correspondence Writing | 第73-76页 |
| ·Implications for Sales Correspondence Teaching | 第76-81页 |
| CONCLUSION | 第81-83页 |
| Appendix | 第83-93页 |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | 第93-97页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第97-98页 |
| Thesis Published | 第98页 |
