| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Contents | 第5-8页 |
| Abstract | 第8-11页 |
| 内容摘要 | 第11-13页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第13-17页 |
| ·The Research Background | 第13-14页 |
| ·The Objective of the Study | 第14-15页 |
| ·The Significance of the Study | 第15页 |
| ·The Organization of the Thesis | 第15-17页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第17-29页 |
| ·Defining Adjuncts | 第17页 |
| ·Previous Studies on Adjuncts | 第17-27页 |
| ·Traditional Approach to Adjuncts | 第18-20页 |
| ·Structural Approach to Adjuncts | 第20-21页 |
| ·Syntactic Approach to Adjuncts | 第21-24页 |
| ·Quirk and Others' View on Adjuncts | 第24-26页 |
| ·Systemic Functional Approach to Adjuncts | 第26-27页 |
| ·Previous Studies on The Teahouse | 第27-29页 |
| ·About the Play | 第27页 |
| ·Studies on the Play | 第27-29页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Framework | 第29-46页 |
| ·Key Concepts on SFL | 第29-35页 |
| ·Metafunctions of Language | 第29-30页 |
| ·Language Stratification | 第30-32页 |
| ·Expansion and Projection | 第32-33页 |
| ·Thematic Structure and Information Structure | 第33-34页 |
| ·Location of Adjuncts in the Overall System | 第34-35页 |
| ·Towards a Framework for Analyzing Adjunct System | 第35-42页 |
| ·Circumstantial Adjuncts and Transitivity | 第35-36页 |
| ·Circumstantial Adjuncts with Expansion and Projection | 第36-37页 |
| ·Modal Adjuncts:Mood and Comment Adjuncts | 第37-41页 |
| ·Conjunctive Adjuncts with Thematic Structure and Information Structure | 第41-42页 |
| ·The Descriptive Framework for the Study | 第42-46页 |
| Chapter Four Research Questions and Methodology | 第46-49页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第46页 |
| ·Methodology | 第46-48页 |
| ·Data collection | 第46-47页 |
| ·Procedures | 第47-48页 |
| ·Labeling of Adjuncts:A Sample Analysis of Adjuncts | 第48-49页 |
| Chapter Five Results and Discussion | 第49-74页 |
| ·Types of Adjuncts in The Teahouse | 第49-50页 |
| ·Analyses of Circumstantial Adjuncts in The Teahouse | 第50-65页 |
| ·Distribution of Circumstantial Adjuncts | 第50-51页 |
| ·Realization of Circumstantial Adjuncts | 第51-52页 |
| ·Circumstantial Adjuncts as Experiential Meaning | 第52-59页 |
| ·Circumstantial Adjuncts and Material Process | 第53-55页 |
| ·Circumstantial Adjuncts and Mental Process | 第55-56页 |
| ·Circumstantial Adjuncts and Relational Process | 第56-57页 |
| ·Circumstantial Adjuncts and Behavioral Process | 第57-58页 |
| ·Circumstantial Adjuncts and Verbal Process | 第58-59页 |
| ·Circumstantial Adjuncts and Existential Process | 第59页 |
| ·Expansion and Projection:Circumstantial Adjuncts | 第59-65页 |
| ·Expansion:Circumstantial Adjuncts | 第60-64页 |
| ·Projection:Circumstantial Adjuncts | 第64-65页 |
| ·Analyses of Modal Adjuncts in The Teahouse | 第65-68页 |
| ·Distribution of Modal Adjuncts | 第65页 |
| ·Realization of Modal Adjuncts | 第65-67页 |
| ·Modal Adjuncts as Interpersonal Meaning | 第67-68页 |
| ·Mood Adjuncts | 第67-68页 |
| ·Comment Adjuncts | 第68页 |
| ·Analyses of Conjunctive Adjuncts in The Teahouse | 第68-74页 |
| ·Distribution of Conjunctive Adjuncts | 第68-70页 |
| ·Realization of Conjunctive Adjuncts | 第70-71页 |
| ·Conjunctive Adjuncts as Textual Meaning | 第71-74页 |
| ·Conjunctive Adjuncts and Thematic Structure | 第71-72页 |
| ·Conjunctive Adjuncts and Information Structure | 第72-74页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusions | 第74-77页 |
| ·Findings of the Study | 第74-75页 |
| ·Implications of the Study | 第75-76页 |
| ·Limitations of the Study | 第76-77页 |
| References | 第77-80页 |
