| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-10页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第10-16页 |
| ·Rationale of the present study | 第11-12页 |
| ·Objectives and research questions of the present study | 第12-13页 |
| ·Definitions | 第13-14页 |
| ·Notes on data and methodology | 第14页 |
| ·Layout of this thesis | 第14-16页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第16-20页 |
| ·Previous studies on Chinese lawyers'statements | 第16页 |
| ·Previous studies on evidentiality | 第16-17页 |
| ·Previous studies from the perspective of Adaptation Theory | 第17-18页 |
| ·Conclusion | 第18-20页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Framework | 第20-32页 |
| ·Introduction | 第20页 |
| ·Theoretical background of the present study | 第20-24页 |
| ·Wallace Chafe's theory of evidentiality | 第20-22页 |
| ·Adaptation Theory | 第22-24页 |
| ·Description of the conceptual framework | 第24-29页 |
| ·Utterer, interpreter, and physical world | 第25-26页 |
| ·Social world | 第26-27页 |
| ·Mental world | 第27-28页 |
| ·The four semantic categories of evidentiality | 第28-29页 |
| ·Summary | 第29-32页 |
| Chapter Four Variability of Evidentials | 第32-45页 |
| ·Introduction | 第32页 |
| ·Prevalence of evidentials in Chinese lawyers'statements | 第32-34页 |
| ·Definition of the analysis unit | 第32-33页 |
| ·Proportion of the use of evidentials | 第33-34页 |
| ·Variability of evidentials in the approach of Chinese syntax | 第34-44页 |
| ·Morpheme | 第35-36页 |
| ·Word and phrase | 第36-39页 |
| ·Word(s) | 第37-38页 |
| ·Phrase | 第38-39页 |
| ·Clause | 第39-40页 |
| ·Sentence(s) | 第40-41页 |
| ·Summary | 第41-44页 |
| ·Conclusion | 第44-45页 |
| Chapter Five Evidentiality in Chinese lawyers' statements | 第45-55页 |
| ·Introduction | 第45-47页 |
| ·Analysis of Evidentiality in the sample corpus | 第47-54页 |
| ·Proposition with one kind of evidential meaning | 第48-50页 |
| ·Proposition with two kinds of evidential meaning | 第50-51页 |
| ·Proposition with three kinds of evidential meaning | 第51-53页 |
| ·Proposition with four kinds of evidential meaning | 第53-54页 |
| ·Conclusion | 第54-55页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第55-60页 |
| ·Introduction | 第55页 |
| ·Findings of the present study | 第55-57页 |
| ·Implications of the present study | 第57-58页 |
| ·Limitations of the present study | 第58-59页 |
| ·Suggestions for further study | 第59-60页 |
| References | 第60-62页 |
| Appendix Ⅰ (Civil cases) | 第62-63页 |
| Appendix Ⅱ (Criminal cases) | 第63页 |
