声明
摘要
Abstract
Contents
List of Abbreviations
Lists of Tables
Lists of Figures
Chapter One Introduction
1.1 Research background
1.1.1 Necessity of genre analysis for textbook
1.1.2 Reasonability of using Multi-dimensional Analysis to analyze the genres of passages in textbooks
1.2 Significance of the research
1.3 The overall structure of this thesis
Chapter Two Literature Review
2.1 Previous studies on textbooks
2.1.1 Major concepts and related theories
2.1.2 Previous empirieal studies of textbooks
2.2 Genre analysis
2.3 Multi-dimensional Analysis
2.3.1 Major concepts and related theories
2.3.2 Previous empirical studies on Multi-dimensional analysis
2.4 Summary
Chapter Three Research Methodology
3.1 Corpora description
3.2 Research questions
3.3 Data processing and analysis
3.3.1 Corpus collecting
3.3.2 Linguistic features
3.3.3 Data analysis
Chapter Four Results and Discussion
4.1 Text types of passages in textbooks
4.1.1 Intimate interpersonal interaction and informational interaction
4.1.2 Situated reportage
4.2 The five main types
4.2.1 General narrative exposition
4.2.2 Involved persuasion
4.2.3 Scientific exposition and learned exposition
4.2.4 Imaginative narrative
4.2.5 Conclusion
4.3 Internal variations in each corpus
4.4 The comparison of the linguistic features between textbooks and examinations
4.4.1 Dimension One:involved versus informational production
4.4.2 Dimension Two:narrative versus non-narrative discourse
4.4.3 Dimension Three:explicit versus situation-dependent reference
4.4.4 Dimension Four:overt expression of persuasion
4.4.5 Dimension Five:abstract versus non-abstract information
Chapter Five Conclusion
5.1 Major research findings
5.2 Theoretical implication
5.3 Pedagogical implication
5.4 Limitations and suggestions for further exploration
5.4.1 Limitations
5.4.2 Suggestions for further research
References
Acknowledgments