| Acknowledgements | 第1-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-9页 |
| 摘要 | 第9-13页 |
| List of Tables | 第13-14页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第14-17页 |
| ·Background of the Study | 第14-15页 |
| ·Significance of the Study | 第15-16页 |
| ·Overall Structure of the Thesis | 第16-17页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第17-31页 |
| ·Aesthetic Attributes of Language | 第17-24页 |
| ·The Working Definition of Aesthetic Attributes | 第17页 |
| ·Previous Studies of Aesthetic Attributes of Language | 第17-24页 |
| ·Meta-functions | 第24-28页 |
| ·Studies of Meta-functions abroad | 第24-26页 |
| ·Studies of Meta-functions in China | 第26-28页 |
| ·Studies of English Documentary Commentary | 第28-31页 |
| ·Previous Studies of English Documentary Commentary abroad | 第28-29页 |
| ·Previous Studies of English Documentary Commentary in China | 第29-31页 |
| Chapter 3 Theoretical Framework and Methodology | 第31-47页 |
| ·Systemic-Functional Grammar | 第31-32页 |
| ·Three Meta-functions | 第32-42页 |
| ·Ideational Function | 第32-38页 |
| ·Interpersonal Function | 第38-40页 |
| ·Textual Function | 第40-42页 |
| ·The Realization of Aesthetic Attributes in Meta-functions | 第42-44页 |
| ·Form Beauty of Language | 第43-44页 |
| ·Content Beauty of Language | 第44页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第44-45页 |
| ·Data Collection | 第45页 |
| ·Data Presentation | 第45-47页 |
| Chapter 4 Meta-functional Analysis of Aesthetic Attributes in EDCs | 第47-68页 |
| ·The Relationship between Meta-functional and Aesthetic Attributes | 第47-48页 |
| ·Realization of Content Beauty by Way of Ideational Function in EDCs | 第48-53页 |
| ·Conciseness Embodied in Transitivity | 第48-52页 |
| ·Realization of the Beauty of Conciseness | 第52-53页 |
| ·Realization of Content Beauty by Way of Interpersonal Function in EDCs | 第53-57页 |
| ·Feelings and Thoughts Embodied in Mood | 第53-56页 |
| ·Realization of the Beauty of Feelings and Thoughts | 第56-57页 |
| ·Realization of Form Beauty by Way of Textual Function in EDCs | 第57-68页 |
| ·Regularity Embodied in Thematic Progression | 第57-63页 |
| ·Unity Embodied in Cohesion | 第63-67页 |
| ·Realization of the Beauty of Regularity and the Beauty of Unity | 第67-68页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第68-71页 |
| ·Major Research Findings | 第68-69页 |
| ·Limitations of the Study | 第69-70页 |
| ·Suggestions for Further Study | 第70-71页 |
| References | 第71-75页 |
