| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第9-10页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第10-11页 |
| 摘要 | 第12-19页 |
| CHAPTER Ⅰ INTRODUCTION | 第19-24页 |
| 1.1 Research Background | 第19-20页 |
| 1.2 Research Focus | 第20-21页 |
| 1.3 Research Significance | 第21-22页 |
| 1.4 Layout of the Thesis | 第22-24页 |
| CHAPTER Ⅱ LITERATURE REVIEW | 第24-36页 |
| 2.1 Introduction to Reported Speech | 第24页 |
| 2.2 Previous Studies on Reported Speech | 第24-30页 |
| 2.2.1 Stylistic Approach | 第24-26页 |
| 2.2.2 Systemic Functional Approach | 第26-27页 |
| 2.2.3 Pragmatic Approach | 第27-28页 |
| 2.2.4 Critical Discourse Analysis Approach | 第28-30页 |
| 2.3 Previous Studies on Reported Speech in News Discourse | 第30-34页 |
| 2.3.1 Previous Studies on News Source in News Discourse | 第31-32页 |
| 2.3.2 Previous Studies on Reporting Modes in News Discourse | 第32-34页 |
| 2.3.3 Previous Studies on Reporting Verbs in News Discourse | 第34页 |
| 2.4 Summary | 第34-36页 |
| CHAPTER Ⅲ THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK | 第36-47页 |
| 3.1 Critical Discourse Analysis | 第36-41页 |
| 3.1.1 Key Notions in Critical Discourse Analysis | 第37-39页 |
| 3.1.2 Fairclough’s Three-Dimensional Model | 第39-41页 |
| 3.2 Attitude System | 第41-44页 |
| 3.2.1 Affect | 第42-43页 |
| 3.2.2 Judgment | 第43-44页 |
| 3.2.3 Appreciation | 第44页 |
| 3.3 A Proposed Framework for the Present Study | 第44-47页 |
| 3.3.1 Linguistic Description of Reported Speech | 第45页 |
| 3.3.2 Content Interpretation of Reported Speech | 第45-46页 |
| 3.3.3 Sociocultural Explanation of Reported Speech | 第46-47页 |
| CHAPTER Ⅳ COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF REPORTED SPEECH IN CHINESE AND AMERICAN NEWS REPORTS | 第47-92页 |
| 4.1 Research Methods | 第47-52页 |
| 4.1.1 Research Questions | 第47-48页 |
| 4.1.2 Background Information of the Data | 第48页 |
| 4.1.3 Data Collection | 第48-49页 |
| 4.1.4 Data Annotation | 第49-52页 |
| 4.2 Linguistic Description of Reported Speech in Chinese and American News Reports | 第52-72页 |
| 4.2.1 Reporting Modes | 第52-62页 |
| 4.2.1.1 Classification of Reporting Modes in This Thesis | 第52-58页 |
| 4.2.1.2 Comparative Analysis of Reporting Modes | 第58-62页 |
| 4.2.2 News Source | 第62-72页 |
| 4.2.2.1 Classification of News Source in This Thesis | 第62-66页 |
| 4.2.2.2 Comparative Analysis of News Source | 第66-72页 |
| 4.3 Content Interpretation of Reported Speech in Chinese and American News Reports | 第72-88页 |
| 4.3.1 Overall Analysis of Attitudinal Resources | 第72-74页 |
| 4.3.2 Analysis of Affect | 第74-79页 |
| 4.3.3 Analysis of Judgment | 第79-85页 |
| 4.3.4 Analysis of Appreciation | 第85-88页 |
| 4.4 Sociocultural Explanation of Reported Speech in Chinese and American News Reports | 第88-92页 |
| 4.4.1 Cultural Background | 第89-90页 |
| 4.4.2 Social Institutional Background | 第90-92页 |
| CHAPTER Ⅴ CONCLUSION | 第92-97页 |
| 5.1 Findings | 第92-94页 |
| 5.2 Implications | 第94-95页 |
| 5.3 Limitations and Suggestions for Further Research | 第95-97页 |
| REFERENCES | 第97-100页 |
| APPENDIX Ⅰ | 第100-105页 |
| APPENDIX Ⅱ | 第105-109页 |
