| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-7页 |
| Chinese Synopsis | 第7-9页 |
| List of Abbreviations | 第9-13页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第13-15页 |
| ·Introducing the Issue | 第13-14页 |
| ·Approach Adopted and Preview of Major Contents | 第14-15页 |
| Chapter Two Earlier Linguistic Approaches to Discourse Analysis | 第15-26页 |
| ·Text Linguistics | 第15-16页 |
| ·Speech Act Theory | 第16-18页 |
| ·Interactional Sociolinguistics | 第18-19页 |
| ·Ethnography of Communication | 第19-21页 |
| ·Pragmatics | 第21-22页 |
| ·Conversation Analysis | 第22-23页 |
| ·Summary | 第23-26页 |
| Chapter Three Theory of CDA | 第26-41页 |
| ·Origin of CDA | 第26-33页 |
| ·Philosophical Roots | 第27-31页 |
| ·Linguistic Roots | 第31-33页 |
| ·Theoretical Framework of CDA | 第33-41页 |
| ·Gist of the Theory | 第33-34页 |
| ·Major Issues | 第34-36页 |
| ·Analytical Tools | 第36-41页 |
| Chapter Four Examining CDA with Case Studies | 第41-59页 |
| ·Rationale for Classification of Cases and Analyses | 第41页 |
| ·Analyses of Cases | 第41-59页 |
| ·Political Discourse | 第41-49页 |
| ·Case Study: President Bush's Address on Iraq on 18 March | 第41-46页 |
| ·Case Study: The Presidential debate between President Bush and Sen. John F. Kerry | 第46-49页 |
| ·Mass Communication | 第49-54页 |
| ·Case Study: Comparison of Two News Reports about Powell's Mission to the Middle East | 第49-52页 |
| ·Case Study: Eve Cigarette Advertisement | 第52-54页 |
| ·Discourse of Science and Technology | 第54-56页 |
| ·Case Study: An Article on the Latest Technology | 第54-55页 |
| ·Case Study: Java Trojan Discovered in the Wild | 第55-56页 |
| ·Discourse in Daily Life | 第56-59页 |
| ·Case Study: A Letter of Recommendation | 第56-57页 |
| ·Case Study: A Conversation between the Parent and the Son | 第57-59页 |
| Chapter Five Evaluation of the CDA Therory | 第59-66页 |
| ·Usefulness of CDA | 第59-61页 |
| ·Feasibility | 第59-60页 |
| ·Practical Significance | 第60-61页 |
| ·Criticism on CDA | 第61-66页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第66-68页 |
| ·Summarizing the Foregoing Chapters | 第66页 |
| ·Tentative Suggestions and Further Implication of This Research | 第66-68页 |
| Bibliography | 第68-72页 |
| Appendix ⅠCase One | 第72-77页 |
| Appendix Ⅱ Case Two | 第77-79页 |
| Appendix Ⅲ Case Three | 第79-81页 |
| Appendix Ⅳ Case Four | 第81-82页 |
| Appendix Ⅴ Case Five | 第82-83页 |
| Appendix Ⅵ Case Sir | 第83-84页 |
| Appendix Ⅶ Case Seven | 第84-85页 |
| Appendix Ⅷ Case Eight | 第85-86页 |