| 摘要 | 第4-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5页 |
| 1 Introduction | 第8-11页 |
| 1.1 Research background | 第8-9页 |
| 1.2 Research methods | 第9页 |
| 1.3 Significance of the research | 第9-10页 |
| 1.4 The purposes of the study | 第10页 |
| 1.5 The layout of this thesis | 第10-11页 |
| 2 Literature Review | 第11-18页 |
| 2.1 Previous studies on the interpersonal function abroad | 第11-15页 |
| 2.1.1 Theoretical research on interpersonal function | 第12-13页 |
| 2.1.2 Applied research on interpersonal function | 第13-15页 |
| 2.2 Previous Studies on English News | 第15-18页 |
| 2.2.1 Researches on English news abroad | 第15-16页 |
| 2.2.2 Researches on English news at home | 第16-18页 |
| 3 Theoretical Foundation | 第18-25页 |
| 3.1 Modal adjunct | 第18-20页 |
| 3.2 Mood system | 第20-23页 |
| 3.3 Modality system | 第23-25页 |
| 4 Realizations of Interpersonal Function in Billboard | 第25-43页 |
| 4.1 Realization of interpersonal function by modal adjuncts | 第25-32页 |
| 4.1.1 Adjuncts of temporality and their interpersonal functions | 第26-27页 |
| 4.1.2 Adjuncts of modality and their interpersonal functions | 第27-29页 |
| 4.1.3 Adjuncts of mood and their interpersonal functions | 第29-30页 |
| 4.1.4 Comment adjuncts and their interpersonal functions | 第30-32页 |
| 4.2 Realization of interpersonal function by mood | 第32-36页 |
| 4.2.1 Declaratives and their interpersonal functions | 第33-34页 |
| 4.2.2 Interrogatives and their interpersonal functions | 第34-35页 |
| 4.2.3 Imperatives and their interpersonal functions | 第35-36页 |
| 4.3 Realization of interpersonal function by modality | 第36-43页 |
| 4.3.1 Modal operators with high value and their personal functions | 第38-39页 |
| 4.3.2 Modal operators with median value and their interpersonal functions | 第39-41页 |
| 4.3.3 Modal operators with low value and their interpersonal functions | 第41-42页 |
| 4.3.4 Modality metaphor and their interpersonal functions | 第42-43页 |
| 5 Conclusion | 第43-46页 |
| 5.1 A brief summary of findings | 第43-44页 |
| 5.2 Limitations of the research | 第44-45页 |
| 5.3 Suggestions for the further study | 第45-46页 |
| Bibliograghy | 第46-49页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第49页 |
