Chapter 1 Introduction
1.1 Background of the Study
1.2 Research Questions and Research Methods
1.3 Goal and Significance of the Study
1.4 Layout of this Thesis
Chapter 2 Literature Review
2.1 Previous Studies on Legal Language
2.2 Previous Studies on Legal Texts from Functional Stylistics
Chapter 3 Theoretical Foundation
3.1 Functional Stylistics
3.2 Cohesion
3.3 Thematic Theory
Chapter 4 Cohesive Devices in Intellectual Property Texts
4.1 Grammatical Cohesion
4.2 Lexical cohesion
4.3 Semantic Cohesion
4.4 Summary
Chapter 5 Thematic Analysis in Intellectual Property Texts
5.1 An Overview of Different Thematic Types
5.2 Simple Theme
5.3 Multiple Theme
5.4 Clausal Theme
5.5 Summary
Chapter 6 Conclusion
6.1 Major Findings of the Present Study
6.2 Limitations and Further Study
参考文献
Appendix A
Appendix B:作者攻读硕士论文期间发表论文及科研情况
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