| 中文摘要 | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-10页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第10-14页 |
| ·Purpose of the Research | 第10页 |
| ·Significance of the Research | 第10-11页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第11-12页 |
| ·Structure of the Thesis | 第12-14页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第14-27页 |
| ·Critical Discourse Analysis | 第14-21页 |
| ·Theoretical Basis | 第14-15页 |
| ·Major Concepts of CDA | 第15-18页 |
| ·Language and Ideology | 第15-17页 |
| ·Language and Power | 第17-18页 |
| ·History and Development of CDA | 第18-19页 |
| ·Diverse Approaches in the Field of CDA | 第19-21页 |
| ·CDA and Systemic-functional Grammar | 第21-24页 |
| ·National Identity | 第24-26页 |
| ·Concepts of Nations | 第24页 |
| ·The Nation as an Imagined Community | 第24-25页 |
| ·The Nation as a System of Cultural Representation | 第25页 |
| ·National Identity and its Discursive Construction | 第25-26页 |
| ·Summary of Literature Review | 第26-27页 |
| Chapter 3 Methodology and Research Framework | 第27-40页 |
| ·Analytic Tools of Critical Discourse Analysis | 第27-31页 |
| ·Lexical Choice | 第27-28页 |
| ·Classification | 第28-29页 |
| ·Modality | 第29-31页 |
| ·Research Framework | 第31-36页 |
| ·Fairclough’s Three-dimensional Model | 第31-35页 |
| ·Research Methods to Conduct the Present Study | 第35-36页 |
| ·Data Collection | 第36-39页 |
| ·White Paper on National Defense | 第36-37页 |
| ·Process of data Collection and Data Introduction | 第37-39页 |
| ·Summary of Research Framework and Methods | 第39-40页 |
| Chapter 4 Comparative Analysis of China’s and U.S. National Defense White Paper | 第40-70页 |
| ·Micro-linguistic Analysis of Two Texts | 第40-54页 |
| ·Lexical Choice Analysis | 第40-48页 |
| ·Lexical Choice in China’s 2006 Defense White Paper | 第41-44页 |
| ·Lexical Choice in U.S. 2005 Annual Defense Report | 第44-48页 |
| ·Summary of the Lexical Choice Analysis in Two Texts | 第48页 |
| ·Classification Analysis of Two Texts | 第48-51页 |
| ·Classification Analysis in Chinese 2006 Text | 第48-50页 |
| ·Classification in U.S. 2005 Annual Defense Report | 第50-51页 |
| ·Summary of Classification Analysis in these two texts | 第51页 |
| ·Modality Analysis in the two Texts | 第51-54页 |
| ·Modality Analysis in the Chinese Text | 第51-52页 |
| ·Modality Analysis in the American Text | 第52-54页 |
| ·Summary of the Modality Analysis in the two Texts | 第54页 |
| ·Discursive Practice Analysis | 第54-61页 |
| ·Policy on China’s Defense White Paper | 第54-55页 |
| ·Policy on U.S. Annual Defense Report | 第55页 |
| ·Intertextuality Analysis of the Chinese Text | 第55-59页 |
| ·Intertextuality Analysis of the American Text | 第59-61页 |
| ·Macro Social Cultural Analysis | 第61-70页 |
| ·Social Cultural Analysis of the Chinese Text | 第62-65页 |
| ·Harmony and Cooperation Culture | 第62-63页 |
| ·Ancient China’s Agricultural Civilization | 第63-64页 |
| ·Inter-state Relation Ethics of the Confucius Thought | 第64-65页 |
| ·Relationship between Morality and Interest | 第64页 |
| ·War and Peace Question | 第64页 |
| ·The Golden Mean Thought | 第64-65页 |
| ·Social Cultural Analysis of the American Text | 第65-68页 |
| ·The Myth of American Mission | 第65-66页 |
| ·American Exceptionalism and Racial Superiority | 第66-67页 |
| ·American Individualism | 第67页 |
| ·Strong and Pronounced Business Mentality | 第67-68页 |
| ·Summary of the Social Cultural Analysis | 第68-70页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusions | 第70-74页 |
| ·Summary of the Present Study | 第70-72页 |
| ·Research Limitations | 第72-74页 |
| Bibliography | 第74-76页 |
