| Abstract in Chinese | 第3-4页 |
| Abstract in English | 第4-5页 |
| Abbreviations | 第10-13页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第13-26页 |
| 1.1 Research background | 第13-21页 |
| 1.2 The purpose, research questions and significance of the study | 第21-22页 |
| 1.3 Methodology and data collection | 第22-25页 |
| 1.3.1 Methodology | 第22页 |
| 1.3.2 Informants and collaborators | 第22-23页 |
| 1.3.3 Data collection | 第23-25页 |
| 1.4 Organization of the study | 第25页 |
| 1.5 Summary | 第25-26页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第26-33页 |
| 2.1 Mood and modality | 第26-29页 |
| 2.2 Domestic and foreign studies on modal particles | 第29-30页 |
| 2.3 Studies on the modal particles of Zhuang | 第30-32页 |
| 2.4 Summary | 第32-33页 |
| Chapter 3 The Sentence-final Modal Particle and Their Classification | 第33-76页 |
| 3.1 The sentence-final modal particles | 第33-36页 |
| 3.2 Their classification based on mood meanings | 第36-75页 |
| 3.2.1 Declarative sentence modal particles | 第37-49页 |
| 3.2.2 Imperative sentence modal particles | 第49-60页 |
| 3.2.3 Interrogative sentence modal particles | 第60-69页 |
| 3.2.4 Exclamatory sentence modal particles | 第69-75页 |
| 3.3 Summary | 第75-76页 |
| Chapter 4 Co-occurrence Order of the Modal Particles | 第76-91页 |
| 4.1 Modality classification and co-occurrence order | 第76-89页 |
| 4.1.1 Modality classification | 第76-78页 |
| 4.1.2 Co-occurrence order | 第78-89页 |
| 4.2 Factors affecting the co-occurrence order | 第89-90页 |
| 4.3 Summary | 第90-91页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusions | 第91-93页 |
| 5.1 Major Findings | 第91页 |
| 5.2 Limitations and suggestions for further study | 第91-92页 |
| 5.3 Summary | 第92-93页 |
| References | 第93-97页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第97-98页 |
