| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第5-6页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第6-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-11页 |
| LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS | 第11-12页 |
| CHAPTER ONE GENERAL INTRODUCTION | 第12-17页 |
| 1.1 Rationale | 第12-14页 |
| 1.2 Research questions | 第14-15页 |
| 1.3 Data collection and methodology | 第15页 |
| 1.4 Organization of the thesis | 第15-17页 |
| CHAPTER TWO LITERATURE REVIEW | 第17-21页 |
| 2.1 Previous studies on news discourse | 第17-18页 |
| 2.2 Previous studies on legal news reports | 第18-20页 |
| 2.3 Summary | 第20-21页 |
| CHAPTER THREE THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK | 第21-28页 |
| 3.1 Instantiation | 第21-22页 |
| 3.2 Instantiation and coupling | 第22-23页 |
| 3.3 Individuation and affiliation | 第23-24页 |
| 3.4 ATTITUDE in appraisal system | 第24-26页 |
| 3.5 Analytical framework | 第26-28页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR INSTANTIATION ANALYSES OF NEWS REPORTS ON INNOCENCE CASES | 第28-46页 |
| 4.1 Analysis of system pole in instantiation | 第28-31页 |
| 4.2 Coupling pattern along the cline of instantiation | 第31-41页 |
| 4.2.1 Coupling pattern of the discourse referring to ‘court’ | 第32-37页 |
| 4.2.2 Coupling pattern of the discourse referring to ‘victim’s family’ . | 第37-41页 |
| 4.3 A syndrome of legal credibility | 第41-44页 |
| 4.4 Summing up | 第44-46页 |
| CHAPTER FIVE INDIVIDUATION AND AFFILIATION ANALYSES OF NEWS REPORTS ON INNOCENCE CASES | 第46-62页 |
| 5.1 The construction of bonds in the discourse | 第46-52页 |
| 5.1.1 The bond of ‘active court’ in the discourse | 第48-49页 |
| 5.1.2 The bond of ‘weeping mother’ in the discourse | 第49-52页 |
| 5.2 Individuation and affiliation pattern of the discourse | 第52-55页 |
| 5.3 The individuation features of Chinese news reports on innocence cases | 第55-61页 |
| 5.3.1 The overall features of foreign news reports on innocence cases | 第56-59页 |
| 5.3.2 The differences between Chinese reports and foreign reports | 第59-61页 |
| 5.4 Summing up | 第61-62页 |
| CHAPTER SIX CONCLUSION | 第62-69页 |
| 6.1 Major findings from the study | 第62-66页 |
| 6.1.1 Findings in the analyses of instantiation and individuation | 第62-64页 |
| 6.1.2 Linguistic analyses and the construction of ‘seen justice’ in legal news reporting | 第64-66页 |
| 6.2 Implications | 第66-69页 |
| REFERENCE | 第69-72页 |
