| Abstract | 第4页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-7页 |
| Contents | 第7-9页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第9-12页 |
| 1.1 Research background and problems to be researched | 第9页 |
| 1.2 Significance of the study | 第9-10页 |
| 1.3 Data collection and approaches to data analysis | 第10-11页 |
| 1.4 Structure of the thesis | 第11-12页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第12-23页 |
| 2.1 Overview | 第12页 |
| 2.2 The concepts of Interpersonal meaning | 第12-13页 |
| 2.3. Different approaches to interpersonal meaning | 第13-16页 |
| 2.3.1 In the field of rhetoric | 第13-14页 |
| 2.3.2. In Philosophy | 第14页 |
| 2.3.3. In Pragmatics | 第14-15页 |
| 2.3.4. In Sociolinguistics | 第15页 |
| 2.3.5. In discourse analysis | 第15-16页 |
| 2.4 The studies on interpersonal meaning in the framework of Halliday’s Systemic Functional Grammar | 第16-19页 |
| 2.5 The studies on interpersonal relationships in “suffering” between God and human beings | 第19-23页 |
| 2.5.1. “Suffering” is the way to “Love”(God) | 第19-23页 |
| 2.5.1.1. The studies of the“ love” in “suffering” in religion | 第20-21页 |
| 2.5.1.2 The biblical studies in literature | 第21-22页 |
| 2.5.1.3 The understanding of suffering in psychology | 第22-23页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Framework | 第23-36页 |
| 3.1 An overview of Halliday’s Functional Grammar | 第23-24页 |
| 3.2 Mood System | 第24-29页 |
| 3.2.1 The components of Mood | 第24-27页 |
| 3.2.1.1 The meaning of Subject | 第24-26页 |
| 3.2.1.2 The meaning of Finite | 第26-27页 |
| 3.2.2 The basic linguistic functions and mood types | 第27-29页 |
| 3.3 Other elements of Mood structure | 第29-30页 |
| 3.3.1 Residue | 第29页 |
| 3.3.2 Mood Adjunct | 第29-30页 |
| 3.4 Modality system | 第30-33页 |
| 3.4.1 Types of Modality | 第30-31页 |
| 3.4.2. Value, orientation and modal responsibility | 第31-33页 |
| 3.5 The related theory about “turn-taking | 第33-36页 |
| 3.5.1 Turn-taking system, Turn Constructional Units, and adjacency pair | 第33-34页 |
| 3.5.2. The relationships between “turns”, “moves”, “clause” and “sentence” | 第34-36页 |
| Chapter Four Deteriorated Friendship and Dynamic Emotions Revealed in the Book of Job | 第36-68页 |
| 4.1. Deteriorated friendship and dynamic emotions realized by Mood components | 第37-50页 |
| 4.1.1. Irreconcilable conflicts and dynamic emotions revealed by the Subject in the narrative prose | 第37-42页 |
| 4.1.2. Deteriorated friendship and dynamic emotions revealed by the Subject in the poetic dialogue | 第42-47页 |
| 4.1.3. Deteriorated friendship and dynamic emotions revealed by the Finite | 第47-50页 |
| 4.2. Deteriorated friendship and dynamic emotions realized by mood choices | 第50-56页 |
| 4.3. Deteriorated friendship and dynamic emotions realized by Modality | 第56-65页 |
| 4.3.1. Deteriorated friendship and dynamic emotions revealed by modal operators | 第57-60页 |
| 4.3.2. Deteriorated friendship and dynamic emotions revealed by Interpersonal Adjuncts | 第60-63页 |
| 4.3.3. Deteriorated friendship and dynamic emotions revealed in Modal metaphor | 第63-65页 |
| 4.4. Deteriorated friendship and dynamic emotions implied in turn taking | 第65-67页 |
| 4.5 Summary | 第67-68页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第68-72页 |
| 5.1 Major Findings and Discussions | 第69-71页 |
| 5.2 Limitations and suggestions for further study | 第71-72页 |
| Bibliography | 第72-75页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第75-76页 |
| 在读期间公开发表论文（著）及科研情况 | 第76页 |
