| 内容提要 | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-6页 |
| 详细摘要 | 第6-15页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第15-18页 |
| ·Significance of the Study | 第15-16页 |
| ·Outline of the Study | 第16-18页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第18-38页 |
| ·Evidentiality | 第18-32页 |
| ·What is Evidentiality | 第18-23页 |
| ·Classifications of Evidentiality | 第23-32页 |
| ·English Political News | 第32-38页 |
| ·Nature of Political News | 第32-33页 |
| ·Previous Studies of Political News from Various Perspectives | 第33-36页 |
| ·Linguistic Characteristics of Political News | 第36-38页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Foundation and Methodology | 第38-40页 |
| ·Theories of Evidentiality as Theoretical Foundation | 第38页 |
| ·Data Collection | 第38-39页 |
| ·Methods | 第39页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第39-40页 |
| Chapter Four Analysis of Evidentiality in English Political News | 第40-68页 |
| ·Lexical Coding of Evidentiality in English Political news | 第40-43页 |
| ·Words | 第40-41页 |
| ·Phrases | 第41-43页 |
| ·Types of Evidentials in English Political News | 第43-55页 |
| ·Hearsay Evidential | 第43-46页 |
| ·Quotative Evidential | 第46-47页 |
| ·Deduction Evidential | 第47-48页 |
| ·Expectation Evidential | 第48-50页 |
| ·Reliability Evidential | 第50-53页 |
| ·Induction Evidential | 第53-54页 |
| ·Verbal Resource Evidential | 第54-55页 |
| ·Belief Evidential | 第55页 |
| ·Frequencies of Evidential Types | 第55-58页 |
| ·Metafunctions of Evidentiality in English Political News | 第58-64页 |
| ·Ideational Function of Evidentiality | 第59-60页 |
| ·Interpersonal Function of Evidentiality | 第60-62页 |
| ·Textual Function of Evidentiality | 第62-64页 |
| ·Political Functions of Evidentiality | 第64-68页 |
| ·Political Stance and Evidentiality | 第65-66页 |
| ·Political Fuzziness and Evidentiality | 第66-67页 |
| ·Political Correctness and Evidentiality | 第67-68页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第68-70页 |
| ·Findings in Present Study | 第68页 |
| ·Limitations in Present Study | 第68-70页 |
| References | 第70-73页 |
| Appendix | 第73-74页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第74页 |
