| 摘要 | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-9页 |
| Introduction | 第9-12页 |
| ·The Rationale of the Research | 第9-10页 |
| ·Methodology and Data Collection | 第10页 |
| ·The Overall Structure of the Thesis | 第10-12页 |
| Chapter 1 Literature Review and Theoretical Framework | 第12-24页 |
| ·Overview of News Headlines | 第12-16页 |
| ·Definition of News Headlines | 第12页 |
| ·Classification of News Headlines | 第12-13页 |
| ·Function of News Headlines | 第13页 |
| ·Previous Studies of News Headlines | 第13-16页 |
| ·Verschueren’s Linguistic Adaptation Theory | 第16-21页 |
| ·Making Linguistic Choices | 第17-18页 |
| ·Three Key Notions of Language Use | 第18页 |
| ·Four Angles of Adaptability | 第18-21页 |
| ·The Framework of the Present Study | 第21-24页 |
| Chapter 2 Adaptation to Linguistic Context | 第24-33页 |
| ·Introduction | 第24页 |
| ·Adaptation at the Lexical Level | 第24-29页 |
| ·Lexical Features of English Headlines | 第24-27页 |
| ·Lexical Features of Chinese Headlines | 第27-29页 |
| ·Adaptation at the Grammatical Level | 第29-32页 |
| ·Grammatical Features of English Headlines | 第29-30页 |
| ·Grammatical Features of Chinese Headlines | 第30-32页 |
| ·Summary | 第32-33页 |
| Chapter 3 Adaptation to the Mental World | 第33-44页 |
| ·Introduction | 第33页 |
| ·Readers’Psychological Need and News Value | 第33-34页 |
| ·The Relationship of Readers’Need, Motivation and Target | 第34-35页 |
| ·Adaptation to Readers’Psychological Needs | 第35-42页 |
| ·Adaptation to Need for Freshness | 第36-37页 |
| ·Adaptation to Need for Truth | 第37-39页 |
| ·Adaptation to Need for Proximity | 第39-41页 |
| ·Adaptation to Need for Human Interest | 第41-42页 |
| ·Summary | 第42-44页 |
| Chapter 4 Adaptation to the Social World | 第44-53页 |
| ·Introduction | 第44页 |
| ·Adaptation to Social Settings | 第44-46页 |
| ·Adaptation to Social Political Background | 第44-45页 |
| ·Adaptation to Social Economic Background | 第45页 |
| ·Adaptation to Religious Belief | 第45-46页 |
| ·Adaptation to Culture | 第46-52页 |
| ·Adaptation to Individualism/Collectivism | 第46-48页 |
| ·Adaptation to Low Power Distance/High Power Distance | 第48-49页 |
| ·Adaptation to Weak Uncertainty Avoidance/Strong Uncertainty Avoidance | 第49-50页 |
| ·Adaptation to Low Context/High Context | 第50-52页 |
| ·Summary | 第52-53页 |
| Chapter 5 Adaptation to the Physical World | 第53-58页 |
| ·Introduction | 第53页 |
| ·Adaptation to Time | 第53-54页 |
| ·Adaptation to Space | 第54-56页 |
| ·Adaptation to Material Conditions | 第56页 |
| ·Summary | 第56-58页 |
| Conclusion | 第58-60页 |
| References | 第60-64页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第64-65页 |
| Appendix | 第65-66页 |
| Informative Chinese Abstract | 第66-69页 |
| Résuméand Publications since Entering the Program | 第69页 |
