| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-8页 |
| 1. Introduction | 第8-11页 |
| ·Aim | 第8-9页 |
| ·Research questions | 第9页 |
| ·Research method | 第9-10页 |
| ·Organization of the thesis | 第10-11页 |
| 2. Theoretical Basis | 第11-21页 |
| ·Halliday’s interpersonal function | 第11-13页 |
| ·Modality system | 第13-19页 |
| ·The previous studies of interpersonal meanings | 第19-20页 |
| ·The theoretical model of the present thesis | 第20-21页 |
| 3. The Interpersonal Meanings of Modal Adjuncts and Finite Modal Operators in Lily and Lawrence’s Attitude to Marriage | 第21-27页 |
| ·The interpersonal meanings of modal adjuncts and finite modal operators in Lily‘s attitude to marriage | 第21-24页 |
| ·The interpersonal meanings of modal adjuncts and finite modal operators in Lawrence‘s attitude to marriage | 第24-27页 |
| 4. The Interpersonal Meanings of Modal Adjuncts and Finite Modal Operators in Wharton's Attitude to Lily | 第27-36页 |
| 5. The Interpersonal Meanings of Modal Adjuncts and Finite Modal Operators in the Changes of Lily‘s Attitude to Simon and Lawrence‘s Attitude to Lily | 第36-47页 |
| ·The interpersonal meanings of modal adjuncts and finite modal operators in the changes of Lily‘s Attitude to Simon | 第36-40页 |
| ·The interpersonal meanings of modal adjuncts and finite modal operators in the changes of Lawrence‘s attitude to Lily | 第40-47页 |
| 6. Conclusions | 第47-49页 |
| References | 第49-50页 |
