封面
中文摘要
英文摘要
目录
Chapter 1 Introduction
1.1 A Short History of Nearly Everything:An Introduction
1.2 Research Methods and Questions
1.3 Purposes and Significance of the Thesis
1.4 Layout of the Thesis
Chapter 2 Literature Review
2.1 Studies on PSE \(Popular Science English\)
2.2 Studies on A Short History of Nearly Everything
Chapter3Theoretical Preliminaries
3.1 Functional Stylistics
3.2 Interpersonal Meaning
3.3 Register Theory
Chapter4 A Short History: A Register-Mixing Variety
4.1 Tenor of Discourse
4.2 Formal vs. Informal Style
4.3 Scientific vs. Accessible Style
4.4 Poetic Language
Chapter 5 Interpersonal Meanings of the Book
5.1 At the Lexical Level
5.2 At the Syntactic Level
5.3 At the Semantic Level
Chapter 6 Conclusion
6.1 Findings of the Study
6.2 Limitations and Suggestions
参考文献
Appendix A:Contents of the Book
Appendix B:Some Book Reviews
Appendix C:Tables and Figures in the Thesis
致谢
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