| Acknowledgements | 第1-4页 |
| Abstract | 第4-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-8页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第8-12页 |
| ·Purpose of the study | 第8-9页 |
| ·Method and data | 第9-10页 |
| ·Organization of this thesis | 第10-12页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第12-18页 |
| ·Theoretical background of the study of interpersonal meaning | 第12-14页 |
| ·Applications of functional grammar in discourse analysis | 第14-15页 |
| ·Other theories concerning the study of interpersonal meaning | 第15-16页 |
| ·Previous studies of news | 第16-18页 |
| Chapter 3 Theoretical Base | 第18-35页 |
| ·A brief introduction to Halliday's Systemic-Functional Grammar | 第18-19页 |
| ·Mood | 第19-23页 |
| ·Roles of addressers and audience (the four basic speech roles) | 第20-22页 |
| ·The residue | 第22-23页 |
| ·Modality | 第23-27页 |
| ·Modality vs. Proposition | 第24页 |
| ·Halliday's viewpoints on modality | 第24-26页 |
| ·Ways of expressing modality | 第26-27页 |
| ·Appraisal | 第27-30页 |
| ·Interpersonal meaning at the clause level | 第30-32页 |
| ·Finite and non-finite clauses | 第30-31页 |
| ·The interpersonal function of finite and non-finite clauses | 第31-32页 |
| ·The theory of context | 第32-34页 |
| ·Multiple means to realize interpersonal meaning | 第34-35页 |
| Chapter 4 The Study of Interpersonal Meaning in Hard News. | 第35-71页 |
| ·The context of English newspaper hard news | 第35-36页 |
| ·Speech functions | 第36-41页 |
| ·Largely selection of declarative mood | 第36-38页 |
| ·The active and the passive | 第38-41页 |
| ·Summary | 第41页 |
| ·Interpersonal meaning of mood | 第41-47页 |
| ·Tense of the finite | 第42-43页 |
| ·Typical person reference in the subject | 第43-47页 |
| ·Summary | 第47页 |
| ·Interpersonal meaning of modality | 第47-53页 |
| ·Ways of expressing modality in hard news | 第48-51页 |
| ·Subjectivity and objectivity in modality | 第51-52页 |
| ·Summary | 第52-53页 |
| ·Interpersonal meaning of comment adjunct | 第53-61页 |
| ·Realized through adverbs or adverbial groups | 第54-55页 |
| ·Realized through conjunctions | 第55-56页 |
| ·Realized through appositives | 第56-59页 |
| ·Realized through parentheses | 第59页 |
| ·Realized through some other linguistic units | 第59-60页 |
| ·Summary | 第60-61页 |
| ·Appraisal | 第61-67页 |
| ·Judgment | 第62-64页 |
| ·Tokens of judgement | 第64-65页 |
| ·Core and non-core vocabulary | 第65-67页 |
| ·Summary | 第67页 |
| ·Context and grammatical metaphor | 第67-71页 |
| ·Judging the context | 第67-69页 |
| ·Judging the grammatical metaphor | 第69-70页 |
| ·Summary | 第70-71页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第71-75页 |
| ·Findings | 第71-74页 |
| ·Limitations and suggestions for further research | 第74-75页 |
| Bibliography | 第75-78页 |
| Appendix | 第78-80页 |
| 西北工业大学学位论文知识产权声明书 | 第80页 |
| 西北工业大学学位论文原创性声明 | 第80页 |
