| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第5-6页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第6-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-13页 |
| Chapter One INTRODUCTION | 第13-18页 |
| 1.1 Background of the Research | 第13-15页 |
| 1.1.1 Background of Lao She’ works | 第13-14页 |
| 1.1.2 Significance of Mao Cheng Ji | 第14-15页 |
| 1.2 Purposes of the Research | 第15-16页 |
| 1.3 Overall Structure of the Thesis | 第16-18页 |
| Chapter Two LITERATURE REVIEW | 第18-28页 |
| 2.1 Relative Studies on Lao She’s Art of Language | 第18-22页 |
| 2.1.1 Relative Studies on Lao She’s Language Style | 第18-20页 |
| 2.1.2 Relevant Studies on Art of Dialogue in Lao She’s Works | 第20-22页 |
| 2.2 Previous Studies on Mao Cheng Ji and Its English Versions | 第22-25页 |
| 2.2.1 Previous Studies on Mao Cheng Ji | 第22-23页 |
| 2.2.2 Previous Studies on English versions of Mao Cheng Ji | 第23-25页 |
| 2.3 Relevant Studies on Interpersonal Meaning | 第25-27页 |
| 2.3.1 Relevant Studies on Expressions of Interpersonal Meaning | 第25-26页 |
| 2.3.2 Translation Studies on Interpersonal Meaning | 第26-27页 |
| 2.4 Summary | 第27-28页 |
| Chapter Three THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK AND METHODOLOGY | 第28-40页 |
| 3.1 Concept of Interpersonal Meaning | 第28页 |
| 3.2 Mood and Modality in English | 第28-32页 |
| 3.2.1 Mood in English | 第28-30页 |
| 3.2.2 Modality in English | 第30-32页 |
| 3.3 Mood (yuqi) and Modality (qingtai) in Chinese | 第32-35页 |
| 3.3.1 Relationship between Mood (yuqi) and Modality (qingtai) in Chinese | 第32-33页 |
| 3.3.2 Expressions of Mood (yuqi) and Modality (qingtai) in Chinese | 第33-35页 |
| 3.4 Methodology | 第35-40页 |
| 3.4.1 Research materials | 第35-37页 |
| 3.4.2 Procedures and tools | 第37-40页 |
| Chapter Four INTERPERSONAL MEANING OF DIALOGUES IN MAOCHENG JI AND ITS TWO ENGLISH VERSIONS | 第40-89页 |
| 4.1 Analysis of Mood | 第40-64页 |
| 4.1.1 Mood Choices in Mao Cheng Ji | 第40-53页 |
| 4.1.2 Comparison of Mood Choices in Mao Cheng Ji and the Two EnglishVersions | 第53-64页 |
| 4.2 Analysis of Modality | 第64-89页 |
| 4.2.1 Modal Verbs in Mao Cheng Ji | 第64-77页 |
| 4.2.2 Comparison of Modal Verbs in Mao Cheng Ji and the Two EnglishVersions | 第77-89页 |
| Chapter Five CONCLUSIONS | 第89-94页 |
| 5.1 Summary of Findings | 第89-91页 |
| 5.2 Implications of this Research | 第91-92页 |
| 5.3 Limitations and Suggestions for Further Research | 第92-94页 |
| REFERENCES | 第94-98页 |
| APPENDICES | 第98-109页 |
| Appendix Ⅰ | 第98-109页 |
| Appendix Ⅱ | 第109页 |
