| 摘要 | 第1-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-11页 |
| Abbreviations | 第11-12页 |
| List of Tables | 第12-13页 |
| List of Figures | 第13-14页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第14-19页 |
| ·Research background | 第14-17页 |
| ·Research significance and questions | 第17-18页 |
| ·Organization of the thesis | 第18-19页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第19-33页 |
| ·Studies on evidentiality | 第19-25页 |
| ·Chafe’s model of evidentiality | 第19-21页 |
| ·Willett’s model of evidentiality | 第21-22页 |
| ·Aikhenvald’s views on evidentiality | 第22-23页 |
| ·Hu’s model of evidentiality | 第23-24页 |
| ·The classification of evidentiality in this thesis | 第24-25页 |
| ·The study of evidentiality abroad | 第25-28页 |
| ·The study of evidentiality in China | 第28-29页 |
| ·The study of genre analysis abroad | 第29-31页 |
| ·The study of genre analysis in China | 第31-33页 |
| Chapter 3 Methodology | 第33-35页 |
| ·Research method | 第33-34页 |
| ·Data collection | 第34-35页 |
| Chapter 4 Analysis of Evidentiality in Each Genre | 第35-68页 |
| ·Evidentiality in presidential debate | 第35-41页 |
| ·Background information about presidential debate | 第35-36页 |
| ·Corpus analysis of evidentiality in presidential debate | 第36-39页 |
| ·The distribution of evidentiality across the moves of presidential debates | 第39-41页 |
| ·Evidentiality in interview | 第41-48页 |
| ·Background information about interviews | 第41-42页 |
| ·Corpus analysis of evidentiality in interview | 第42-46页 |
| ·The distribution of evidentials across the moves of interviews | 第46-48页 |
| ·Evidentiality in editorial | 第48-55页 |
| ·Background information about editorials | 第48-49页 |
| ·Corpus analysis of evidentiality in editorials | 第49-53页 |
| ·The distribution of evidentials across the moves of editorials | 第53-55页 |
| ·Evidentiality in research article | 第55-66页 |
| ·Background information about research articles | 第55-56页 |
| ·Corpus analysis of evidentiality in research articles | 第56-60页 |
| ·The distribution of evidentials across the moves of research articles | 第60-63页 |
| ·A comparative study of evidentiality between social science research articles and natural science research articles | 第63-66页 |
| ·Summary | 第66-68页 |
| Chapter 5 A Comparative Study of Evidentiality in the Four Genres | 第68-84页 |
| ·A general analysis of evidentiality in the four genres | 第68-72页 |
| ·The distribution of evidentials in the main body of the four genres | 第72-74页 |
| ·The comparison of evidential distribution in spoken texts and written texts | 第74-79页 |
| ·A comparison between spoken texts and written texts | 第74-76页 |
| ·The distribution of evidentials in spoken texts and written texts | 第76-79页 |
| ·A pragmatic analysis of evidentials | 第79-82页 |
| ·Cooperative principle and politeness principle | 第79-80页 |
| ·A pragmatic analysis of evidentials | 第80-82页 |
| ·Summary | 第82-84页 |
| Chapter 6 Conclusion | 第84-88页 |
| ·Major findings and implications | 第84-86页 |
| ·Limitations and suggestions for further researches | 第86-88页 |
| References | 第88-94页 |
| Appendix | 第94-118页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第118-119页 |
| 作者简介 | 第119页 |
