| Acknowledgements | 第4-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-10页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第10-13页 |
| 1.1 Significance and Rational of the Study | 第10页 |
| 1.2 Research Questions | 第10-11页 |
| 1.3 Data Collection and Research Methodology | 第11页 |
| 1.4 Layout of the Thesis | 第11-13页 |
| Chapter 2 Research Background: The Paradoxical Phenomenon Concerningthe Use of Shall in Legislative Texts | 第13-28页 |
| 2.1 Foreign Scholars’ Views on the Use of Shall in Legislative Texts | 第13-19页 |
| 2.1.1 Opinions in Favor of the Frequent Use of Shall in Legislative Texts | 第13-15页 |
| 2.1.2 The Criticism on Abusing Shall in Legislative Texts | 第15-19页 |
| 2.2 The Status Quo of the Use of Shall in C-E Translation of LegislativeTexts | 第19-24页 |
| 2.2.1 Using Shall frequently in Translating Contemporary Legislative Texts | 第19-20页 |
| 2.2.2 The Criticism on the Abuse of Shall in C-E Legislative TextsTranslation | 第20-24页 |
| 2.3 Reasons Causing the Paradox in Using Shall | 第24-28页 |
| 2.3.1 Difficulty of Comprehending Shall in legal English | 第24-26页 |
| 2.3.2 Changes of Meaning of Shall with the Passage of Time | 第26-28页 |
| Chapter 3 Literature Reviews Concerning Shall | 第28-38页 |
| 3.1 Previous Studies of Shall From Perspective of Speech Acts | 第28-31页 |
| 3.1.1 Speech Act Theory | 第28-30页 |
| 3.1.2 The study on Shall as One Main Realization Method of Speech Acts inLegislative Texts | 第30-31页 |
| 3.2 Studying Shall According to F. R. Palmer’ s Classifications of ModalVerbs | 第31-33页 |
| 3.2.1 F. R. Palmer’ s Classifications of Modal Verbs | 第31-32页 |
| 3.2.2 Shall Used as A Deontic Modal Verb | 第32-33页 |
| 3.3 Plain Legal English Movement and Its Effects on the Criticism of UsingShall | 第33-37页 |
| 3.3.1 Plain English Movement and Plain Legal English | 第33-35页 |
| 3.3.2 Effects of Plain Legal English Movement on the Use of Shall | 第35-37页 |
| 3.4 Findings from the Reviews | 第37-38页 |
| Chapter 4 A Diachronic Study on Shall in Legislative Texts | 第38-46页 |
| 4.1 Diachronic Linguistics | 第38页 |
| 4.2 A Comparative Study of Deontic Modals in Legislative Texts Before and Afterthe Plain English Movement | 第38-46页 |
| 4.2.1 The Classification of Modal Verbs in Legislative Texts | 第38-40页 |
| 4.2.2 Shall as An Absolutely Main Deontic Modal Verb in The Constitution ofthe United States | 第40-41页 |
| 4.2.3 Shall No Longer as The Main Body of Deontic Modal Verbs inLegislative Texts | 第41-46页 |
| Chapter 5 Six Conclusion | 第46-48页 |
| 5.1 Summary of This Study | 第46页 |
| 5.2 Contributions of This Study | 第46-47页 |
| 5.3 Limitation of This Study and Recommendations for Further Study | 第47-48页 |
| References | 第48-52页 |
