| Acknowledgements | 第1-8页 |
| Abstract(English version) | 第8-13页 |
| Abstract (Chinese version) | 第13-16页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第16-26页 |
| ·A survey of the existing studies on language reports | 第16-18页 |
| ·Research objectives of the present study | 第18-20页 |
| ·A brief description of methodology | 第20-23页 |
| ·General organization of the dissertation | 第23-26页 |
| Chapter 2 Review of the Previous Research | 第26-44页 |
| ·Introduction | 第26页 |
| ·Different perspectives on language reports | 第26-43页 |
| ·Summary | 第43-44页 |
| Chapter 3 The Working Definition of Language Reports | 第44-77页 |
| ·Introduction | 第44页 |
| ·Studies on language reports: revisited | 第44-48页 |
| ·Functional interpretation of language reports | 第48-53页 |
| ·Problems unsolved in Thompson's study | 第53-61页 |
| ·Redefining language reports from a cognitive perspective | 第61-68页 |
| ·A conceptual framework for the reporting of language events | 第68-71页 |
| ·More on another voice | 第71-75页 |
| ·Summary | 第75-77页 |
| Chapter 4 Cognitive Analysis of Language Reports | 第77-104页 |
| ·Introduction | 第77-78页 |
| ·Pragmatic grammaticalization and reportive evidentials | 第78-80页 |
| ·Cognitive motivation for reportive passive constructions | 第80-83页 |
| ·Iconic view of reported speech | 第83-89页 |
| ·Perspective-taking in syntactic construction of language reports | 第89-93页 |
| ·Relevance-theoretical view of reported Speech | 第93-96页 |
| ·Schematic representation of language events | 第96-98页 |
| ·Economical principle in coding | 第98-102页 |
| ·Summary | 第102-104页 |
| Chapter 5 On Implicit Modes of Language Reporting | 第104-129页 |
| ·Introduction | 第104-105页 |
| ·Allusion as implicit quotation | 第105-118页 |
| ·Script-evoked another voice | 第118-120页 |
| ·Impersonal voice: unspecified, but identifiable | 第120-121页 |
| ·Metaphorical reference | 第121-123页 |
| ·Irrupted voice | 第123-125页 |
| ·Another voice as mouthpiece | 第125-128页 |
| ·Summary | 第128-129页 |
| Chapter 6 Functions of Language Reports | 第129-164页 |
| ·Introduction | 第129页 |
| ·Expressing evaluation | 第129-135页 |
| ·Creating vividness and expressivity | 第135-138页 |
| ·Signaling solidarity | 第138-139页 |
| ·Building alliances | 第139-141页 |
| ·Using evidentiality to suggest degrees of epistemic certainty | 第141-144页 |
| ·Conveying ridicule or irony | 第144-146页 |
| ·Representing perspectives | 第146-148页 |
| ·Expressing indirect speech act | 第148-150页 |
| ·Highlighting | 第150-152页 |
| ·Incorporating different voices | 第152-154页 |
| ·Recontextualizing utterances | 第154-157页 |
| ·Indicating persuasive act or enhancing Persuasiveness | 第157-160页 |
| ·Reducing cognitive costs | 第160-163页 |
| ·Summary | 第163-164页 |
| Chapter 7 Language Reports in Discourse | 第164-201页 |
| ·Introduction | 第164页 |
| ·Report practices in academic discourse | 第164-172页 |
| ·Reports in news discourse | 第172-181页 |
| ·Reports in advertising: evidence from mandarin Chinese | 第181-199页 |
| ·Summary | 第199-201页 |
| Chapter 8 Conclusion and Implications for Further Study | 第201-211页 |
| ·Conclusion | 第201-202页 |
| ·Implications for further discussions | 第202-208页 |
| ·Limitations of this research | 第208-211页 |
| Bibliography | 第211-227页 |
