| 摘要 | 第5-6页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第6页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第11-17页 |
| 1.1 Background Information | 第11-12页 |
| 1.2 Purpose and Significance of the Study | 第12-15页 |
| 1.3 Research Questions | 第15页 |
| 1.4 Layout of the Thesis | 第15-17页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第17-35页 |
| 2.1 Modality | 第17-25页 |
| 2.1.1 Definitions of Modality | 第17-19页 |
| 2.1.2 Classification of Modality | 第19-23页 |
| 2.1.3 Scales of Modality | 第23-25页 |
| 2.2 Modality of Shall | 第25-30页 |
| 2.2.1 Mood of Shall | 第25-27页 |
| 2.2.2 Modal Scale of Shall | 第27-28页 |
| 2.2.3 trinsic Modality of Shall in Constitutional English | 第28-30页 |
| 2.3 Brief Introduction to Constitutional English | 第30-32页 |
| 2.4 Overview on Previous Studies | 第32-33页 |
| 2.5 Summary | 第33-35页 |
| Chapter 3 Research Methodology | 第35-44页 |
| 3.1 Cprpus | 第35-39页 |
| 3.1.1 Corpus Linguistics | 第35-36页 |
| 3.1.2 Advantages of Corpus Linguistics | 第36-38页 |
| 3.1.3 Corpora Used in This Thesis | 第38-39页 |
| 3.2 Instruments Used in This Thesis | 第39-41页 |
| 3.2.1 AntConc | 第39-40页 |
| 3.2.2 MonoConc Pro 2.2 | 第40页 |
| 3.2.3 SPSS 16.0 | 第40-41页 |
| 3.3 Chi-square Statistical Test | 第41-42页 |
| 3.4 Procedure | 第42-44页 |
| Chapter 4 Analysis and Discussion | 第44-62页 |
| 4.1 Distribution of Shall in Constitutional English | 第44-48页 |
| 4.1.1 Differences in Distributions of Shall between Constitutional English andGeneral English | 第44-45页 |
| 4.1.2 Differences in Distributions between Shall and Other Modal Verbs in Constitutional English | 第45-48页 |
| 4.2 Modality Presented by Shall in Constitutional English | 第48-58页 |
| 4.2.1 Mood of Shall in Constitutional English | 第48-50页 |
| 4.2.2 Modal Constraints of Shall on Verbs Following Shall in ConstitutionalEnglish | 第50-57页 |
| 4.2.3 Modal Scale of Shall in Constitutional English | 第57-58页 |
| 4.3 Modality of Shall in Translation in Constitutional English | 第58-62页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第62-67页 |
| 5.1 Major Findings | 第62-64页 |
| 5.1.1 Distributions of Shall in Constitutional English and General English | 第62页 |
| 5.1.2 Modality of Shall Presented in Constitutional English | 第62-63页 |
| 5.1.3 Modality of Shall in Translation in Constitutional English | 第63-64页 |
| 5.2 Implications | 第64-65页 |
| 5.3 Limitations and Suggestions | 第65-67页 |
| References | 第67-71页 |
| Acknowledgement | 第71-72页 |
| Resume | 第72页 |
