| Acknowledgements | 第1-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-9页 |
| 内容摘要 | 第9-10页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第10-17页 |
| ·Overview | 第10-11页 |
| ·Rationale for the present research | 第11-15页 |
| ·Significance of the present research | 第15页 |
| ·Organizations of the thesis | 第15-17页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第17-29页 |
| ·Overview | 第17页 |
| ·Appraisal theory and its application to the present study | 第17-20页 |
| ·Studies of interpersonal meaning on the basis of Systemic Functional Grammar | 第20-26页 |
| ·Different approaches to interpersonal meaning | 第21-23页 |
| ·Studies abroad | 第23-25页 |
| ·Studies at home | 第25-26页 |
| ·Studies on Lin Yutang and Moment in Peking | 第26-29页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Framework | 第29-51页 |
| ·Main aspects of Halliday's interpersonal meaning | 第29-31页 |
| ·Mood elements | 第31-33页 |
| ·Definition of mood | 第31页 |
| ·Primary categories of the Mood system | 第31-32页 |
| ·Mood types | 第32-33页 |
| ·Modality | 第33-37页 |
| ·Definition of Modality | 第33-35页 |
| ·Two sub-categories of modality | 第35-36页 |
| ·Evaluation of systemic functional approach towards modality | 第36-37页 |
| ·Metaphor | 第37-43页 |
| ·Studies of metaphor in the general sense | 第37-39页 |
| ·Halliday's View of GM | 第39-43页 |
| ·Halliday's interpersonal metaphors | 第43-51页 |
| ·Metaphors of mood and its realization | 第44-46页 |
| ·Metaphors of modality and its realization | 第46-51页 |
| Chapter Four Analysis of Yao Mulan's Speech in the English Version | 第51-70页 |
| ·A brief introduction to Lin Yutang and Moment in Peking | 第51-56页 |
| ·Mood types and its analysis of Mulan's speech | 第56-60页 |
| ·Modal operators and its analysis of Mulan's speech | 第60-62页 |
| ·Mood metaphor and its analysis of Mulan's speech | 第62-64页 |
| ·Modality metaphors and its analysis of Mulan's speech | 第64-70页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第70-73页 |
| ·Overview | 第70页 |
| ·Major findings of the research | 第70-71页 |
| ·Some suggestions for the future researches | 第71页 |
| ·Limitations of the present research | 第71-73页 |
| Bibliography | 第73-75页 |
