| 摘要 | 第1-6页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第6-7页 |
| List of Tables and Figures | 第7-8页 |
| Contents | 第8-10页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第10-14页 |
| ·Brief Introduction | 第10-11页 |
| ·Purpose and Significance | 第11-12页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第12页 |
| ·Layout of the Thesis | 第12-14页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第14-27页 |
| ·Definition of Modality | 第14-15页 |
| ·Types of Modality | 第15-19页 |
| ·Epistemic Modality | 第15-16页 |
| ·Participant-internal Modality | 第16-17页 |
| ·Participant-external Modality | 第17-18页 |
| ·Indeterminate Modality | 第18-19页 |
| ·Values of Modality | 第19-20页 |
| ·Realizations of Modality | 第20-23页 |
| ·Realizations of Modality in English | 第20-22页 |
| ·Realizations of Modality in Chinese | 第22-23页 |
| ·Can and Could | 第23-25页 |
| ·Previous Studies on Chinese Translation of Modality by Modals | 第25-26页 |
| ·Summary | 第26-27页 |
| Chapter 3 Methodology | 第27-32页 |
| ·Corpora | 第27-28页 |
| ·Corpus and Corpus Linguistics | 第27-28页 |
| ·Corpus Used in This Thesis | 第28页 |
| ·Pride and Prejudice | 第28-29页 |
| ·Instruments | 第29-30页 |
| ·Procedures of Data Collection and Analysis | 第30-32页 |
| Chapter 4 Data Analysis and Discussion | 第32-64页 |
| ·Modality Type Distributions of Can and Could | 第32-34页 |
| ·Epistemic Can and Could | 第34-44页 |
| ·Basic Information of Epistemic Can and Could | 第34-37页 |
| ·Translation of Epistemic Can and Could | 第37-44页 |
| ·Translation by Chinese modal verbs | 第38-39页 |
| ·Translation by Chinese Adverbs or Adverb Phrases | 第39-40页 |
| ·Translation by Omission Strategy | 第40-41页 |
| ·Free Translation | 第41-42页 |
| ·Other Realizations in Translation | 第42-44页 |
| ·Summary | 第44页 |
| ·Participant-internal Can and Could | 第44-51页 |
| ·Basic Information of Participant-internal Can and Could | 第44-45页 |
| ·Translation of Participant-internal Can and Could | 第45-50页 |
| ·Free Translation | 第46-48页 |
| ·Translation by Chinese Modal Verbs | 第48-49页 |
| ·Realization by Omission Strategy | 第49页 |
| ·Other Realizations in Translation | 第49-50页 |
| ·Summary | 第50-51页 |
| ·Participant-external Can and Could | 第51-57页 |
| ·Basic Information of Participant-external Can and Could | 第51页 |
| ·Translation of the Participant-external Can and Could | 第51-57页 |
| ·Translation of Deontic Can and Could | 第51-53页 |
| ·Translation of Non-deontic Can and Could | 第53-57页 |
| ·Indeterminate Can and Could | 第57-59页 |
| ·Basic Information of Indeterminate Can and Could | 第57页 |
| ·Translation of Indeterminate Can and Could | 第57-59页 |
| ·Translation of Can and Could in Ambiguity | 第57-58页 |
| ·Translation of Can and Could in Merger | 第58页 |
| ·Translation of Can and Could in Gradience | 第58-59页 |
| ·Translation of Modality Values Conveyed by Can and Could | 第59-61页 |
| ·Summary | 第61-64页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第64-67页 |
| ·Findings | 第64-65页 |
| ·Implications | 第65页 |
| ·Limitations | 第65-67页 |
| References | 第67-70页 |
| Appendix Ⅰ Summary of Realizations of Can in Different Modality Types | 第70-71页 |
| Appendix Ⅱ Summary of Realizations of Could in Different Modality Types | 第71-72页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第72-73页 |
| Resume | 第73页 |
