本站原创摘要4-5
Abstract5-9
Chapter 1 Introduction9-13
1.1 New Year Editorials in People’s Daily and the three New Year Editorials9-10
1.2 The theories and methodologies of the study10-11
1.3 Research questions and aims of the study11
1.4 The structure of the thesis11-13
Chapter 2 Literature Review13-27
2.1 Theoretical background of the study13-22
2.1.1 Discourse13-16
2.1.1.1 What is discourse13-14
2.1.1.2 Discourse and social practice14-16
2.1.1.3 Constitutive power of discourse16
2.1.2 Identity16-20
2.1.2.1 Identity from a philosophical and sociological perspective17-18
2.1.2.2 Identity from a social-semiotic perspective18-19
2.1.2.3 Identity from a CDA perspective19-20
2.1.3 Discourse and social change20-22
2.2 Previous study of constitutive power of discourse22-24
2.3 Previous study of Editorials of People’s Daily24-27
Chapter 3 Methodology and Analytical Framework27-33
3.1 Pronoun27-29
3.2 Modapty29-31
3.3 Analytical framework for the present study31-33
Chapter 4 Discursive Construction of the Editorial department’s Identity33-61
4.1 Discourse analysis of the Three New Year Editorials33-53
4.1.1 Pronoun33-40
4.1.1.1 “We” in the 1954 New Year Editorial33-35
4.1.1.2 “We” in the 1968 New Year Editorial35-37
4.1.1.3 “We” in the 2005 New Year Editorial37-40
4.1.2 Modapty40-51
4.1.2.1 Statistics and analysis of the total relational modapty in each editorial40-44
4.1.2.2 Statistics and analysis of single relational modapty44-51
4.1.3 Macro-structure51-53
4.2 Identity change constructed from the Three New Year Editorials53-58
4.2.1 The change of power relations between the editorial department and the pubpc53-56
4.2.2 The change of discourse function56-57
4.2.3 The change of identity of the editorial department57-58
4.3 Discussion of reasons for the change in the editorial department’s identity58-61
Chapter 5 Conclusion61-64
5.1 Findings and contributions of the study61-63
5.2 Limitations and further research of the study63-64
Bibpography64-69
Appendix 1 New Year Editorial in 195469-74
Appendix 2 New Year Editorial in 196874-80
Appendix 3 New Year Editorial in 200580-82
Acknowledgement82-83
攻读硕士期间所发表的论文83-84