| 论文摘要 | 第1-4页 |
| Abstract | 第4-6页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第6-7页 |
| Table of Contents | 第7-9页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第9-12页 |
| ·Background of the Study | 第9-10页 |
| ·Organization of the Thesis | 第10-12页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第12-25页 |
| ·Categorization of Quotations | 第12-13页 |
| ·Components of Quotations in News Reports | 第13-14页 |
| ·Previous Studies on Quotations | 第14-16页 |
| ·Development of Quotation Studies | 第14-15页 |
| ·Previous Studies of Quotations in News Reports | 第15-16页 |
| ·Pragmatic Theories Involved | 第16-25页 |
| ·Speech Acts Theory | 第16-19页 |
| ·Three Kinds of Speech Acts | 第17-18页 |
| ·Classes of Illocutionary Acts | 第18-19页 |
| ·Conversational Implicature | 第19-21页 |
| ·Immediate Context | 第21页 |
| ·Presupposition | 第21-25页 |
| Chapter 3 Methodology and Data | 第25-29页 |
| ·Methodology | 第25页 |
| ·Data Collection | 第25-26页 |
| ·Findings and Data Analysis | 第26-29页 |
| Chapter 4 Pragmatic Functions of Quotations | 第29-61页 |
| ·Pragmatic Functions of Reported Speech | 第29-30页 |
| ·Pragmatic Functions of Reporting Speech | 第30-56页 |
| ·Attribution | 第32-40页 |
| ·Different Levels of Attribution | 第32-39页 |
| ·Conversational Implicature in Attribution | 第39-40页 |
| ·Reporting Verbs | 第40-50页 |
| ·Categorization of Reporting Verbs | 第41-47页 |
| ·Presuppositions in Reporting Verbs | 第47-49页 |
| ·Implications of Reporting Verbs | 第49-50页 |
| ·Modifiers | 第50-55页 |
| ·Reporting Speech and the Reporter’s Attitude | 第55-56页 |
| ·The Reasons Why Indirect Quotations are More Frequently Used | 第56-60页 |
| ·Summary of Chapter 4 | 第60-61页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第61-64页 |
| ·Summary of the Research | 第61页 |
| ·Research Significance | 第61-62页 |
| ·Limitations and Further Research Suggestions | 第62-64页 |
| Bibliography | 第64-67页 |
| Appendix | 第67-68页 |
