| Abstract | 第4-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-10页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第10-15页 |
| 1.1 Research Background | 第10-11页 |
| 1.2 Research Objectives and Questions | 第11-12页 |
| 1.3 Research Significance | 第12-13页 |
| 1.4 Organization of the Thesis | 第13-15页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第15-28页 |
| 2.1 Previous studies on Evidentiality | 第15-23页 |
| 2.1.1 Theoretical Perspectives on Evidentiality | 第15-19页 |
| 2.1.2 Studies on Evidentiality in Academic Discourse | 第19-23页 |
| 2.2 Previous Studies on Identity Construction in Academic Discourse | 第23-27页 |
| 2.3 Comments on the Previous Studies | 第27-28页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Foundation | 第28-33页 |
| 3.1 Classification of Evidentiality | 第28-31页 |
| 3.2 Authorial Identity Construction Theory | 第31-33页 |
| Chapter Four Research Methodology | 第33-38页 |
| 4.1 Data Collection | 第33-34页 |
| 4.2 Research Procedure | 第34-38页 |
| Chapter Five Evidentiality in MA Degree Theses of English Linguistics | 第38-51页 |
| 5.1 Distribution of Evidentiality across Generic Structures | 第38-48页 |
| 5.1.1 General Distribution of Evidentiality | 第38-39页 |
| 5.1.2 Distribution of Inferring Evidentials | 第39-41页 |
| 5.1.3 Distribution of Belief Evidentials | 第41-43页 |
| 5.1.4 Distribution of Sensory Evidentials | 第43-45页 |
| 5.1.5 Distribution of Reporting Evidentials | 第45-48页 |
| 5.2 Distribution of Evidentiality in Differnt Generic Structures | 第48-51页 |
| Chapter Six Evidentiality and Construction of Authorial Identity | 第51-60页 |
| 6.1 Evidentiality and Authorial Identity | 第51-52页 |
| 6.2 Evidentiality and Author's Construction of Credibility | 第52-56页 |
| 6.2.1 Source of Information and Credibility | 第52-54页 |
| 6.2.2 Author's Commitment and Credibility | 第54-56页 |
| 6.3 Evidentiality and Balance Between Author's Authority and Solidarity | 第56-60页 |
| 6.3.1 Evidentiality and Author's Solidarity | 第56-57页 |
| 6.3.2 Evidentiality and Author's Authority | 第57-60页 |
| Chapter Seven Conclusion | 第60-63页 |
| 7.1 Major Findings | 第60-62页 |
| 7.2 Implications of the Study | 第62页 |
| 7.3 Limitations and Suggestions | 第62-63页 |
| References | 第63-69页 |
| Appendix Ⅰ Samples of data retrieval | 第69-73页 |
| Appendix Ⅱ The Chi-square result of evidentiality and generic structure | 第73-76页 |
| Acknowledgement | 第76-77页 |
