| Declaration | 第1-4页 |
| Acknowledgement | 第4-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-7页 |
| Contents | 第7-9页 |
| Chaoter 1. Introduction | 第9-19页 |
| ·Research topic | 第9-10页 |
| ·Rationale and significanoe | 第10-12页 |
| ·Research questions | 第12-13页 |
| ·Definition of descriptive legal texts | 第13-16页 |
| ·Data and methodology | 第16-17页 |
| ·Research methodology | 第16-17页 |
| ·Data Collection | 第17页 |
| ·Organization of the thesis | 第17-19页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature review | 第19-38页 |
| ·Introduction | 第19-21页 |
| ·Interpersonal meanings | 第21-33页 |
| ·The general picture of interpersonal meanings | 第21-24页 |
| ·Speech roles and projected roles | 第24-26页 |
| ·Evaluation | 第26-33页 |
| ·Modality | 第26-29页 |
| ·Evaluation | 第29-33页 |
| ·Other studies on the interpersonal meanings in texts | 第33-35页 |
| ·Summary | 第35-38页 |
| Chapter 3 Theoretical framework | 第38-44页 |
| ·Introduction | 第38-39页 |
| ·Description of the theoretical framework | 第39-43页 |
| ·Summary | 第43-44页 |
| Chapter 4 Contrastive analysis | 第44-74页 |
| ·Introduction | 第44页 |
| ·Contrastive analysis | 第44-73页 |
| ·Analysis of the selected texts on the privilege against self-incrimination | 第44-51页 |
| ·Analysis of the selected texts on the Trademark Law of the PRC | 第51-55页 |
| ·Analysis of the selected texts on the Copyright Law of the PRC | 第55-58页 |
| ·Analysis of the selected texts on the gender requirement for marriage | 第58-62页 |
| ·Analysis of the selected texts on the antenuptial agreement | 第62-65页 |
| ·Analysis of the selected texts on the marital testimonial privilege | 第65-68页 |
| ·Analysis of the selected texts on searches without Warrants | 第68-70页 |
| ·Analysis of the selected texts on the Miranda rule | 第70-73页 |
| ·Summary | 第73-74页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第74-80页 |
| ·Conclusion drawn from the present study | 第74-77页 |
| ·Implications of the present study | 第77-78页 |
| ·Limitations and suggestions | 第78-80页 |
| References | 第80-83页 |
