| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第8-9页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第9-10页 |
| 摘要 | 第11-15页 |
| ABBREVIATIONS | 第15-18页 |
| CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION | 第18-23页 |
| 1.1 Research Background | 第18-20页 |
| 1.2 Research Significance | 第20-21页 |
| 1.3 The Research Question of the Thesis | 第21-22页 |
| 1.4 Structure of the Thesis | 第22-23页 |
| CHAPTER II LITERATURE REVIEW | 第23-37页 |
| 2.1 Previous Study on Evidentiality | 第23-32页 |
| 2.1.1 Previous Study on Evidentiality Abroad | 第23-25页 |
| 2.1.2 Previous Study on Evidentiality at Home | 第25-32页 |
| 2.2 Previous Research on Evidentiality in News Discourses | 第32-36页 |
| 2.2.1 Definition of News Discourses | 第32-33页 |
| 2.2.2 Study of Evidentiality in News Discourses Abroad | 第33-36页 |
| 2.3 Summary | 第36-37页 |
| CHAPTER III THEORITICAL FREAMWORK | 第37-46页 |
| 3.1 Definition of Evidentiality | 第37-39页 |
| 3.2 Classification of Evidentiality | 第39-44页 |
| 3.3 Framework of the Present Study | 第44-46页 |
| CHAPTER IV A CONSTRATIVE STUDY OF EVIDENTIALITY ON THE NEWS DISCOURSES ABOUT THAAD ISSUE IN THE WASHINGTON POST AND CHINA DAILY | 第46-71页 |
| 4.1 Data Collection | 第46-47页 |
| 4.2 The Lexicogrammatical Realization of Evidentiality in English and Chinese News Discourses | 第47-60页 |
| 4.2.1 Hearsay | 第47-50页 |
| 4.2.2 Reliability | 第50-52页 |
| 4.2.3 Belief | 第52-54页 |
| 4.2.4 Induction | 第54-56页 |
| 4.2.5 Deduction | 第56-57页 |
| 4.2.6 Expectation | 第57-59页 |
| 4.2.7 Verbal Resource | 第59-60页 |
| 4.3 The Comparative Analysis of Evidentiality in English and Chinese News Discourses | 第60-68页 |
| 4.3.1 Distribution of Evidential Types | 第61-62页 |
| 4.3.2 Frequency of Evidenital | 第62-64页 |
| 4.3.3 The Lexicogrammatical Realizations of Evidentiality | 第64-68页 |
| 4.4 Similarities and Differences of Evidentiality in English and Chinese News Discourses | 第68-70页 |
| 4.4.1 Similarities of Evidentiality in English and Chinese News Discourses | 第68-69页 |
| 4.4.2 Differences of Evidentiality in English and Chinese News Discourses | 第69-70页 |
| 4.5 Summary | 第70-71页 |
| CHAPTER V CONCLUSION | 第71-74页 |
| 5.1 Major Findings | 第71-72页 |
| 5.2 Implications of the Current Research | 第72-73页 |
| 5.3 Limitations and Suggestions for Future Studies | 第73-74页 |
| REFERENCES | 第74-77页 |
| APPENDIX 1 The Titles of the News Reports about Thaad Issue in the China Daily | 第77-79页 |
| APPENDIX 2 The Titles of the News Reports about Thaad Issue in the Washington Post | 第79-80页 |
