| Acknowledgements | 第3-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-8页 |
| 摘要 | 第9-13页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第13-17页 |
| 1.1 Research background | 第13-14页 |
| 1.2 Research objectives and research questions | 第14页 |
| 1.3 Significance | 第14-15页 |
| 1.4 Organization of the thesis | 第15-17页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第17-23页 |
| 2.1 Previous studies on court verdicts | 第17-19页 |
| 2.1.1 The analysis in law field | 第18页 |
| 2.1.2 The analysis in linguistics | 第18-19页 |
| 2.2 Previous studies on coerciveness in texts | 第19-22页 |
| 2.3 Major problems in existing studies | 第22页 |
| 2.4 Summary | 第22-23页 |
| Chapter 3 Methodology | 第23-33页 |
| 3.1 Critical Discourse Analysis | 第23-26页 |
| 3.1.1 Text | 第25页 |
| 3.1.2 Discursive practice | 第25页 |
| 3.1.3 Social practice | 第25-26页 |
| 3.2 Systemic-Functional Grammar | 第26-28页 |
| 3.2.1 The ideational meaning | 第26页 |
| 3.2.2 The interpersonal meaning | 第26-28页 |
| 3.2.3 The textual meaning | 第28页 |
| 3.3 The analytical framework of the thesis | 第28-30页 |
| 3.4 Data collection | 第30-31页 |
| 3.5 Summary | 第31-33页 |
| Chapter 4 Linguistic Devices Regarding Coerciveness in Non-Government Court Verdicts | 第33-49页 |
| 4.1 An introduction to non-government court verdicts | 第33-34页 |
| 4.1.1 The civil judgment | 第33页 |
| 4.1.2 The criminal judgment | 第33-34页 |
| 4.2 The lexicon in non-government court verdicts | 第34-39页 |
| 4.2.1 Forms of address | 第34-37页 |
| 4.2.2 Rigid expressions | 第37-39页 |
| 4.3 The grammar in non-government court verdicts | 第39-46页 |
| 4.3.1 Transitivity | 第39-43页 |
| 4.3.2 Mood and modality | 第43-46页 |
| 4.4 The discourse structure in non-government court verdicts | 第46-48页 |
| 4.5 Summary | 第48-49页 |
| Chapter 5 Linguistic Devices Regarding Coerciveness in Government Court Verdicts | 第49-58页 |
| 5.1 An introduction to government court verdicts | 第49页 |
| 5.2 The lexicon in government court verdicts | 第49-51页 |
| 5.2.1 Forms of address | 第49-51页 |
| 5.2.2 Rigid expressions | 第51页 |
| 5.3 The grammar in government court verdicts | 第51-56页 |
| 5.3.1 Transitivity | 第51-53页 |
| 5.3.2 Mood and modality | 第53-56页 |
| 5.4 The discourse structure in government court verdicts | 第56-57页 |
| 5.5 Summary | 第57-58页 |
| Chapter 6 The Construction of Coerciveness in Court Verdicts | 第58-63页 |
| 6.1 The construction of coerciveness in legal sense | 第58-59页 |
| 6.2 The linguistic system of coerciveness in court verdicts | 第59-62页 |
| 6.3 Summary | 第62-63页 |
| Chapter 7 The Comparative Study of Coerciveness in Government and Non-Government Court Verdicts and its Social Reality | 第63-70页 |
| 7.1 The similarities and the differences of coerciveness | 第63-66页 |
| 7.2 The social reality concerning coerciveness in court verdicts | 第66-69页 |
| 7.3 Summary | 第69-70页 |
| Chapter 8 Conclusion | 第70-73页 |
| 8.1 Major findings | 第70-72页 |
| 8.2 Limitations | 第72页 |
| 8.3 Suggestions for future work | 第72-73页 |
| Bibliography | 第73-75页 |
| Appendix A The Data for Analysis: Civil Judgments | 第75-77页 |
| Appendix B The Data for Analysis: Criminal Judgments | 第77-79页 |
| Appendix C The Data for Analysis: Administrative Judgments | 第79-82页 |
| Appendix D The Data for Distribution of Transitivity in Civil Judgments | 第82-83页 |
| Appendix E The Data for Distribution of Transitivity in Criminal Judgments | 第83-84页 |
| Appendix F The Data for Distribution of Transitivity in Administrative Judgments | 第84-85页 |
