| Abstract(in English) | 第1-7页 |
| Abstract(in Chinese) | 第7-9页 |
| Contents | 第9-12页 |
| List of Tables and Figures | 第12-13页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第13-19页 |
| ·Aims and objectives of the current research | 第13-14页 |
| ·Rationales for the current research | 第14-17页 |
| ·Linguistic rationale | 第14-16页 |
| ·Practical rationale | 第16-17页 |
| ·Scope and structure of the thesis | 第17-19页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第19-30页 |
| ·Prominent studies on projection structures | 第19-21页 |
| ·Major approaches to projection study | 第21-28页 |
| ·Stylistic approach | 第22-23页 |
| ·Syntactic approach | 第23-24页 |
| ·Systemic-functional approach | 第24-28页 |
| ·Halliday's account of projection | 第24-25页 |
| ·Thompson's discourse perspective on projection | 第25-26页 |
| ·Zeng Lei's interpretation of projection | 第26-28页 |
| ·Major studies on the use of projection in academic texts | 第28-29页 |
| ·Summary | 第29-30页 |
| Chapter 3 A functional approach to the interpretation of projection in AAs | 第30-46页 |
| ·Theoretical foundation for the analysis of interpersonal meanings of projection in AAs | 第30-38页 |
| ·Bakhtin's dialogical theory | 第30-32页 |
| ·Engagement network | 第32-37页 |
| ·Engagement as a subcategory within appraisal | 第32-33页 |
| ·Monoglossia versus Heteroglossia | 第33-34页 |
| ·Dialogic expansion | 第34-36页 |
| ·Dialogic contraction | 第36-37页 |
| ·Politeness strategy | 第37-38页 |
| ·A suggested model for the analysis of interpersonal meanings of projection in AAs | 第38-45页 |
| ·Summary | 第45-46页 |
| Chapter 4 Promoting heteroglossic diversity via extra-vocalisation in AAs | 第46-56页 |
| ·The classification of projecting verbs in this study | 第46-48页 |
| ·Seeking external support and aligning the projected authors and potential readers via endorsement | 第48-51页 |
| ·Acknowledgement signaling apparent neutrality | 第51-54页 |
| ·Explicit distance from the projected voice | 第54-55页 |
| ·Summary | 第55-56页 |
| Chapter 5 Engaging with dialogic diversity via intra-vocalisation in AAs | 第56-76页 |
| ·Explicit authorial interpolation via pronouncement | 第56-60页 |
| ·Contracting dialogic space | 第56-57页 |
| ·Creating a sense of intimacy with potential readers as a positive politeness strategy | 第57-58页 |
| ·Establishing authorial identity and originality to gain reader's credence | 第58-60页 |
| ·Objectifying the writer's explicit subjectivity to non-negotiability | 第60-63页 |
| ·Conforming to the academic community via Concurrence | 第63-66页 |
| ·Entertaining dialogic alternatives | 第66-71页 |
| ·'In my view type':beyond stating explicit subjective opinion | 第66-68页 |
| ·Acknowledging readers'role via modals of probability in projection | 第68-69页 |
| ·Dialogic expansiveness through evidential in projection | 第69-71页 |
| ·Establishing control over readers and claiming authority via directives in projection | 第71-75页 |
| ·Summary | 第75-76页 |
| Chapter 6 Conclusion | 第76-80页 |
| ·Summary of the present study | 第76-77页 |
| ·Implications of the present study | 第77-78页 |
| ·Limitations of the study and suggestions for further study | 第78-80页 |
| Bibliography | 第80-85页 |
| Appendix | 第85-89页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第89-90页 |
| Articles published during graduate study | 第90页 |
