| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-10页 |
| 摘要 | 第10-15页 |
| Content | 第15-17页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第17-31页 |
| ·Research Background | 第17-20页 |
| ·The Migrant Worker | 第20-25页 |
| ·The Definition and Features of Migrant Worker | 第20-23页 |
| ·The Formation and Development of Migrant Workers | 第23-25页 |
| ·Research Purpose and Research Question | 第25-28页 |
| ·The Organization of the Dissertation | 第28-30页 |
| ·Summary | 第30-31页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第31-78页 |
| ·Introduction | 第31页 |
| ·The Studies on Migrant Workers | 第31-35页 |
| ·Critical Approaches to Discourse Analysis | 第35-58页 |
| ·Discourse,Society,Critical and Ideology | 第35-41页 |
| ·Analyzing News as Discourse | 第41-49页 |
| ·The Methodological Profile of(Critical)Discourse Analysis | 第49-54页 |
| ·(Critical)Discourse Analysis in China | 第54-58页 |
| ·Corpus-based Approaches to Discourse Analysis | 第58-63页 |
| ·Cognitive Approaches to Discourse Analysis | 第63-76页 |
| ·Missing Links in Mainstream(Critical)Discourse Analysis | 第64-68页 |
| ·Regained Missing Links | 第68-76页 |
| ·Summary | 第76-78页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Framework and Research Methodology | 第78-97页 |
| ·Introduction | 第78页 |
| ·The Theoretical Underpinnings | 第78-92页 |
| ·Van Dijk's Socio-cognitive Approach | 第78-83页 |
| ·Lakoffian Cognitive Metaphor Theory | 第83-85页 |
| ·Fauconnier's Conceptual Blending Theory | 第85-87页 |
| ·Van Leeuwen's Analytical Tools:The Representation of Social Actors and Social Action in Discourse | 第87-92页 |
| ·The Analytical Framework and Method for the Diachronic Discursive Representation of Migrant Workers in the People's Daily | 第92-93页 |
| ·Data | 第93-96页 |
| ·The People's Daily | 第93-94页 |
| ·Data Selection and Classification | 第94-96页 |
| ·Summary | 第96-97页 |
| Chapter Four Diachronic Analysis of News about Migrant Workers in the People'sDaily | 第97-123页 |
| ·Introduction | 第97页 |
| ·Textual Macro Level Analysis | 第97-101页 |
| ·Genres | 第97-98页 |
| ·Topics | 第98-101页 |
| ·Textual Micro Level Analysis | 第101-122页 |
| ·Referential Strategies for Migrant Worker | 第101-106页 |
| ·US-group and THEM-group | 第106-108页 |
| ·Concordance Analysis and Collocation Analysis | 第108-122页 |
| ·Summary | 第122-123页 |
| Chapter Five The Analysis of Cognitive Metaphors in the People's Daily(1987-2007) | 第123-144页 |
| ·Introduction | 第123页 |
| ·Metaphor,Thought and Ideology | 第123-126页 |
| ·Charteris-Black's Critical Metaphor Approach | 第126-127页 |
| ·Data Analysis and Discussion | 第127-142页 |
| ·Summary | 第142-144页 |
| Chapter Six Actor Description | 第144-156页 |
| ·Introduction | 第144页 |
| ·The Representation of Migrant Workers in the Headlines(1987-2007) | 第144-149页 |
| ·Inclusion and Exclusion | 第145-146页 |
| ·Nomination and Categorization | 第146-148页 |
| ·Activation and Passivation | 第148-149页 |
| ·The Representation of Migrant Workers and their Social Action in the Sample Texts | 第149-154页 |
| ·The Representation of Migrant Workers in the Sample Texts | 第149-152页 |
| ·The Representation of Social Action of Migrant Workers in the Sample Texts | 第152-154页 |
| ·Summary | 第154-156页 |
| Chapter Seven Conclusion | 第156-164页 |
| ·Introduction | 第156页 |
| ·Major Findings of the Study | 第156-159页 |
| ·Contributions of the Study | 第159-160页 |
| ·Implications of the Study | 第160-161页 |
| ·Limitations of the Study | 第161-162页 |
| ·Suggestions for Future Research | 第162-164页 |
| Notes | 第164-166页 |
| Bibliography | 第166-184页 |
| Appendices | 第184-238页 |
