| 摘要 | 第1-6页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第6-7页 |
| List of AbbreViations | 第7-8页 |
| List of Tables and Figures | 第8-11页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第11-15页 |
| ·Research Background | 第11-12页 |
| ·Objectives and Research Questions | 第12页 |
| ·Significance of the Study | 第12-13页 |
| ·Layout of the Thesis | 第13-15页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review and Theoretical Framework | 第15-28页 |
| ·Modality | 第15-16页 |
| ·Semantics Approach of Modality | 第16-22页 |
| ·Epistemic Modality and Evidential Modality | 第16-18页 |
| ·Deontic Modality and Dynamic Modality | 第18-22页 |
| ·Previous Translation Study of Modal Verbs | 第22-28页 |
| ·The Translation Study Based on the Dictionary | 第22-26页 |
| ·Previous corpus-based Studies on Modal Verb Translation | 第26-28页 |
| Chapter 3 Research Methodology | 第28-36页 |
| ·Brief introduction of the Corpus-based translation studies | 第28-31页 |
| ·The development of Corpus linguistics | 第28-30页 |
| ·Corpus-based Translation Study | 第30-31页 |
| ·The Corpora Used | 第31-32页 |
| ·Tools for Data Collection | 第32-33页 |
| ·Procedures for Data Collection and Analysis | 第33-36页 |
| ·Data Collection | 第33-34页 |
| ·Data Analysis | 第34-36页 |
| Chapter 4 Analysis and Discussion | 第36-64页 |
| ·Distribution of English Modality in the U.N.A.R Corpus | 第36-37页 |
| ·Analysis of English—Chinese Modal verb Can | 第37-43页 |
| ·Classifications of Can by Palme's Theory | 第37-40页 |
| ·Classifications of Can from U.N.A.R. Corpus | 第37-38页 |
| ·Classifications of Can from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English | 第38-40页 |
| ·Contractive Analysis of Modal Verb Can | 第40-43页 |
| ·Analysis of English—Chinese Modal verb May | 第43-50页 |
| ·Classifications of May by Palme's Theory | 第43-46页 |
| ·Classifications of May from U.N.A.R. Corpus | 第44-45页 |
| ·Classifications of May from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English | 第45-46页 |
| ·Contractive Analysis of Modal Verb May | 第46-50页 |
| ·Analysis of English—Chinese Modal verb Shall | 第50-54页 |
| ·Classifications of May by Palme's Theory | 第50-52页 |
| ·Classifications of Shall from U.N.A.R. Corpus | 第50-51页 |
| ·Classifications of Shall from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English | 第51-52页 |
| ·Contractive Analysis of Modal Verb Shall | 第52-54页 |
| ·Analysis of English—Chinese Modal verb Should | 第54-58页 |
| ·Classifications of Should by Palme's Theory | 第54-57页 |
| ·Classifications of Should from U.N.A.R. Corpus | 第54-55页 |
| ·Classifications of Should from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English | 第55-57页 |
| ·Contractive Analysis of Modal Verb Should | 第57-58页 |
| ·Analysis of English—Chinese Modal verb Will | 第58-63页 |
| ·Classifications of Will by Palme's Theory | 第58-60页 |
| ·Classifications of Will from U.N.A.R. Corpus | 第58-59页 |
| ·Classifications of Will from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English | 第59-60页 |
| ·Contractive Analysis of Modal Verb Will | 第60-63页 |
| ·Summary | 第63-64页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusions | 第64-67页 |
| ·Major Findings | 第64-65页 |
| ·Limitation of the Study | 第65页 |
| ·Directions for Further Studies | 第65-67页 |
| Reference | 第67-70页 |
| Apendix | 第70-78页 |
| Acknowledgement | 第78-79页 |
| Resume | 第79页 |
