Contents

Abstract

摘  要

1  Introduction-1

1.1  Background and Objective of the Study-1

1.2  Methodology and Structure of the Study-2

1.3  Literature Review-2

1.3.1 Research on News Discourse-2

1.3.2 Research on CDA-3

2  Theoretical Foundation-6

2.1  Fairclough’s three-dimensional framework-6

2.2  Halliday’s Systemic-Functional Grammar-7

2.2.1 Ideational function-7

2.2.2 Interpersonal function-8

2.2.3 Textual function-9

3  Critical Analysis of the News Text-11

3.1  Background of News Data-11

3.2  Data Collection-11

3.3-Critical Analysis of the Text-12

3.3.1  Description-12

3.3.2  Interpretation-16

3.3.3  Explanation-19

4  Conclusion-23

4.1 Findings-23

4.2 Limitations and Suggestions-24

References-25

Appendix-26