| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第1-15页 |
| ·Registers of Language | 第10页 |
| ·Targeted Register --The Forensic Language | 第10页 |
| ·Research Approach, Significance and Purpose | 第10-11页 |
| ·Research Method | 第11-15页 |
| ·Selection of the data | 第11-12页 |
| ·Research focus | 第12页 |
| ·Procedure of analysis | 第12-15页 |
| Chapter 2 Approaches to Discourse Analysis | 第15-21页 |
| ·Research on Discourse Analysis | 第15-17页 |
| ·Definition of “discourse” | 第15页 |
| ·Approaches to DA | 第15-17页 |
| ·Research on the Trial Language | 第17-21页 |
| Chapter 3 Literature Review --Systemic-Functional Theories | 第21-25页 |
| ·Levels of Language | 第21-22页 |
| ·System and Function | 第22-25页 |
| ·Ideational function | 第23页 |
| ·Interpersonal function | 第23-24页 |
| ·Textural function | 第24-25页 |
| Chapter 4 Analysis of Verb Processes –Realization of the Ideational Function | 第25-38页 |
| ·Three Register Variables of Episode One | 第25-26页 |
| ·Verb Processes and Their Functions | 第26-32页 |
| ·Features of Clause Structures and Wording | 第32-38页 |
| ·Changes of clause structure and wording | 第33-34页 |
| ·Interruption of the current speaker’s words | 第34-36页 |
| ·Use of nominalization | 第36-38页 |
| Chapter 5 Analysis of Verb Processes of Episode Two –Realization of the Ideational Function | 第38-47页 |
| ·Three Register Variables of Episode Two | 第38-39页 |
| ·Verb Processes and Their Functions | 第39-43页 |
| ·Features of Clause Structures and Wordings | 第43-47页 |
| ·Change of clause structures and wordings | 第44-45页 |
| ·Interruption of the current speaker’s words | 第45页 |
| ·Frequent use of nominalization | 第45-47页 |
| Chapter 6 Analysis of Mood –Realization of the Interpersonal Function | 第47-65页 |
| ·Mood and Its Structures | 第47-48页 |
| ·Types of Mood | 第48-50页 |
| ·Characteristics and Functions of Mood in Episode One | 第50-53页 |
| ·Dominance of the declarative mood | 第50-52页 |
| ·Yes-no and Wh-interrogative clauses in the court debate | 第52-53页 |
| ·Features and Functions of Modality in Episode One | 第53-60页 |
| ·Concepts of Modalization and Modulation | 第54-56页 |
| ·Features and functions of Modalization and Modulation in Episode One | 第56-60页 |
| ·Characteristics of Mood and Modality in Episode Two | 第60-65页 |
| ·Characteristics of mood | 第60-62页 |
| ·Features and functions of Modality in Episode Two | 第62-64页 |
| ·Modal Adjuncts used to reinforce the speaker’s viewpoints | 第64-65页 |
| Chapter 7 Conclusion | 第65-69页 |
| Reference | 第69-73页 |
| Acknowledgement and Declaration | 第73-74页 |
| Appendix I | 第74-83页 |
| Appendix II | 第83-93页 |
| Biography | 第93页 |
