| 摘要 | 第4-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5页 |
| A List of Figures and Tables | 第9-10页 |
| Abbreviations | 第10-11页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第11-15页 |
| 1.1 Research Background | 第11-12页 |
| 1.2 Research Purpose and Significance | 第12-13页 |
| 1.3 Layout of the Thesis | 第13-15页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第15-24页 |
| 2.1 Studies on Critical Discourse Analysis(CDA) | 第15-18页 |
| 2.1.1 Studies on CDAAbroad | 第15-17页 |
| 2.1.2 Studies on CDA at Home | 第17-18页 |
| 2.2 Studies on News Discourse | 第18-20页 |
| 2.2.1 Definition of News Discourse | 第19页 |
| 2.2.2 Features of News Discourse | 第19-20页 |
| 2.3 Studies on Speech Reporting | 第20-22页 |
| 2.3.1 Traditional Accounts of Speech Reporting | 第21页 |
| 2.3.2 Discourse-pragmatic Accounts of Speech Reporting | 第21-22页 |
| 2.4 Studies on Modes of Reported Speech | 第22-24页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Framework and Research Methodology | 第24-32页 |
| 3.1 Critical Discourse Analysis | 第24-27页 |
| 3.1.1 Concept of CDA | 第24-26页 |
| 3.1.2 Key Notions of CDA:Language,Ideology and Power | 第26-27页 |
| 3.2 Fairclough's Three-dimensional Framework | 第27-28页 |
| 3.3 Data Collection | 第28-32页 |
| 3.3.1 News Agencies | 第28-30页 |
| 3.3.2 Research Design | 第30-31页 |
| 3.3.3 Data Collection from a Diachronic View | 第31页 |
| 3.3.4 Data Collection from a Synchronic View | 第31-32页 |
| Chapter Four Data Analysis | 第32-48页 |
| 4.1 Modes of Reported Speech for Analysis | 第32-33页 |
| 4.2 Direct Reporting(DR) | 第33-38页 |
| 4.2.1 Direct Speech(DS) | 第33-35页 |
| 4.2.2 Preset Direct Speech(PDS) | 第35-38页 |
| 4.3 Indirect Reporting(IR) | 第38-43页 |
| 4.3.1 Indirect Speech(IS) | 第38-40页 |
| 4.3.2 Scare Indirect Speech(scare-IS) | 第40-43页 |
| 4.4 Free Direct Reporting(FDR) | 第43-45页 |
| 4.5 Free Indirect Reporting(FIR) | 第45-46页 |
| 4.6 Narrative Report of Speech Acts(NRSA) | 第46-48页 |
| Chapter Five Results and Discussion | 第48-66页 |
| 5.1 Results from a Diachronic View | 第48-52页 |
| 5.2 Results from a Synchronic View | 第52-56页 |
| 5.3 Similarities of Modes of Reported Speech in Chinese and American Newspapers | 第56-58页 |
| 5.4 Differences of Modes of Reported Speech in Chinese and American Newspapers | 第58-61页 |
| 5.5 Explanation for the Different Choices of Modes | 第61-66页 |
| 5.5.1 Explanation from an Institutional and Political Perspective | 第62-64页 |
| 5.5.2 Explanation from a CuItural and Social Perspective | 第64-66页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第66-69页 |
| 6.1 A Summary of the Present Study | 第66-67页 |
| 6.2 Implications | 第67页 |
| 6.3 Limitations and Suggestions for Further studies | 第67-69页 |
| References | 第69-71页 |
| Appendix Titles of the News Reports | 第71-73页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第73页 |
