| Acknowledgement | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-8页 |
| CONTENTS | 第8-11页 |
| LIST OF TABLES AND FIGURES | 第11-12页 |
| 1. INTRODUCTION | 第12-17页 |
| ·Rationale of the Study | 第12-13页 |
| ·Purpose of the Study | 第13页 |
| ·Significance of the Present Study | 第13-14页 |
| ·Hong Kong Bilingual Legislation | 第14-15页 |
| ·Overview of the Thesis | 第15-17页 |
| 2. LITERATURE REVIEW | 第17-29页 |
| ·The Theoretical Perspective of Speech Acts in General Context | 第17-21页 |
| ·Austin’s views on Speech Act Theory | 第18-20页 |
| ·Searle’s Typology of Speech Acts | 第20-21页 |
| ·The Theoretical Perspectives of Speech Acts in Legal Context | 第21-24页 |
| ·Law and language | 第21-23页 |
| ·Categorizations of Speech Acts in Legal Context | 第23-24页 |
| ·Previous Empirical Studies on Legislative Speech Acts | 第24-29页 |
| ·Previous Empirical Studies on Legislative Speech Acts in English Legislation | 第24-25页 |
| ·Previous Empirical Studies on Legislative Speech Acts in Chinese Legislation | 第25-27页 |
| ·Summary | 第27-29页 |
| 3. RESEARCH METHODOLOGY | 第29-38页 |
| ·Data Collection | 第29-30页 |
| ·Categorizing types of Legislative Speech Acts Indicators | 第30-36页 |
| ·The Existing Categories of Legislative Speech Acts and the Indicators | 第30-34页 |
| ·Categories of Legislative Speech Acts and the Indicators of the Present Study | 第34-36页 |
| ·Computational and Manual Analyses | 第36-38页 |
| 4. AN CASE STUDY: SPEECH ACTS IN BILINGUAL LEGISLATION OF HONG KONG | 第38-56页 |
| ·Speech Acts in the English Versions of Hong Kong Bilingual Legislative texts | 第38-42页 |
| ·Occurrence of Indicators in English Versions | 第38-40页 |
| ·Choices of Strategies for Issuing Legislative Speech Acts | 第40-41页 |
| ·Illocutionary Forces Distribution | 第41-42页 |
| ·Speech Acts in the Chinese Versions of Hong Kong Bilingual Legislative texts | 第42-46页 |
| ·Occurrence of Indicators in Chinese Versions | 第42-44页 |
| ·Choices of Strategies for Issuing Legislative Speech Acts | 第44-45页 |
| ·Illocutionary Forces Distribution | 第45-46页 |
| ·Discussion | 第46-49页 |
| ·The Similarities and Differences of the Speech Acts in the Two Versions | 第46-48页 |
| ·Problems occurring in the course of the contrastive study of the indicators in the English and Chinese versions | 第48-49页 |
| ·Problem-Solving and Supplement of the Existing Categories on Legislative Speech Acts Indicators | 第49-56页 |
| ·Illocutionary Forces for Ordering or Imposing Obligations in Bilingual Legislative texts of Hong Kong | 第50-53页 |
| ·Be Reliable to/on as Indicators for Empowering Obligations in Bilingual Legislative texts of Hong Kong | 第53-55页 |
| ·Summary | 第55-56页 |
| 5. CONCLUSION | 第56-58页 |
| ·Summary of the Present Study | 第56页 |
| ·Contributions of the Present Study | 第56-57页 |
| ·Limitations of the Current Research and Suggestions for Further Study | 第57-58页 |
| References | 第58-60页 |
