| 摘要 | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-7页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第7-10页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第10-14页 |
| ·A Brief Introduction to News and Political News | 第10-12页 |
| ·Definition of News | 第10-11页 |
| ·Definition of Political News | 第11-12页 |
| ·Significance of the Research | 第12页 |
| ·The Framework of the Thesis | 第12-14页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第14-24页 |
| ·A Review of Previous Studies of Functional Grammar | 第14页 |
| ·A Review of Previous Studies of Interpersonal Function | 第14-22页 |
| ·Different Approaches to Interpersonal Function | 第14-17页 |
| ·Mood System | 第17-18页 |
| ·Residue | 第18-19页 |
| ·Modality System | 第19-20页 |
| ·Person System | 第20-21页 |
| ·Appraisal Theory | 第21-22页 |
| ·Evaluation System | 第22页 |
| ·Study of Political News Discourse | 第22-24页 |
| Chapter 3 Research Design | 第24-27页 |
| ·Purpose of the Research | 第24页 |
| ·Data Collection | 第24-26页 |
| ·Research Method | 第26-27页 |
| Chapter 4 Interpersonal Function in Political News Discourse | 第27-42页 |
| ·Contrastive Analysis of Mood in Chinese and English International Political News | 第27-28页 |
| ·Contrastive Analysis of Tense of the Finite in Chinese and English International Political News | 第28-30页 |
| ·Contrastive Analysis of Modality in Chinese and English International Political News | 第30-37页 |
| ·Interpersonal Meaning of Modality in International Political News Reports | 第30页 |
| ·Ways of Expressing Modality | 第30-37页 |
| ·Interpersonal Function of Person System in Chinese and English International Political News | 第37-42页 |
| ·Interpersonal Function of the First Person | 第37-39页 |
| ·Interpersonal Function of Other Person Pronouns | 第39页 |
| ·Interpersonal Function of Proper Names | 第39-42页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第42-45页 |
| ·Summary of the Study | 第42-44页 |
| ·Limitation of the Study and Suggestion for Further Study | 第44-45页 |
| Works Cited | 第45-46页 |
| Bibliography | 第46-49页 |
| Appendix | 第49-66页 |
