| Abstract | 第1-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-12页 |
| Part Ⅰ Introduction | 第12-15页 |
| ·Objectives of the study | 第13页 |
| ·Significance of the study | 第13-14页 |
| ·Organization of this thesis | 第14-15页 |
| Part Ⅱ Literature Review | 第15-31页 |
| ·Previous studies on news discourse | 第15-19页 |
| ·Approaches to ideological research | 第19-27页 |
| ·Critical discourse analysis | 第20-23页 |
| ·Positive discourse analysis | 第23-25页 |
| ·Systemic functional grammar and ideological research | 第25-27页 |
| ·Previous studies on social responsibility | 第27-28页 |
| ·Previous studies on discursive construction | 第28-30页 |
| ·Summary | 第30-31页 |
| Part Ⅲ Theoretical Foundations of the Present Analysis | 第31-41页 |
| ·Sub-systems in SFG | 第31-35页 |
| ·Transitivity | 第31-33页 |
| ·Modality | 第33-35页 |
| ·Attitude in appraisal theory | 第35-39页 |
| ·Affect | 第37-38页 |
| ·Judgment | 第38-39页 |
| ·Appreciation | 第39页 |
| ·A proposed model for analysis of social responsibility construction in news discourse | 第39-41页 |
| Part Ⅳ Methodology | 第41-45页 |
| ·Research questions | 第41页 |
| ·Method of data collection | 第41-43页 |
| ·Data analysis procedures | 第43-45页 |
| Part Ⅴ Patterns of Social Responsibility Construction | 第45-74页 |
| ·Image construction of social role models through transitivity | 第45-54页 |
| ·Image construction through material processes | 第47-48页 |
| ·Image construction through relational processes | 第48-50页 |
| ·Image construction through mental processes | 第50-52页 |
| ·Image construction through verbal processes | 第52-54页 |
| ·Establishment of interpersonal relationships between writers and readers through modality | 第54-63页 |
| ·Establishment of interpersonal relationships through modal verbs | 第54-59页 |
| ·Establishment of interpersonal relationships through modal adjuncts | 第59-63页 |
| ·Embedment of writers’ attitudes towards social responsibility through appraisal resources | 第63-72页 |
| ·Embedment of writers’ attitudes supplemented by interviewees’ attitudes | 第63-68页 |
| ·Embedment of writers’ attitudes via affect, judgment and appreciation | 第68-72页 |
| ·Embedment of emotional feelings through the affect system | 第69-70页 |
| ·Embedment of ethical evaluations through the judgment system | 第70-71页 |
| ·Embedment of aesthetical evaluations through the appreciation system | 第71-72页 |
| ·Discussion | 第72-74页 |
| Part Ⅵ Conclusion | 第74-77页 |
| ·Summary of major findings | 第74-75页 |
| ·Limitations of the present research | 第75-76页 |
| ·Suggestions for further research | 第76-77页 |
| References | 第77-83页 |
| Appendix | 第83-119页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第119页 |
