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Chapter 1 Introduction
1.1 The Introduction of Cover Ltters
1.2 The Preparation for the Present Study
1.2.1Corpus
1.2.2 The Methodology of the Thesis
1.2.3 Research Significance and Innovation
Chapter 2 Literature Review
2.1 Studies on Contrastive Rhetoric
2.1.1 The Beginning and Theoretical Foundation of Modern Contrastive Rhetoric
2.1.2 The Study of Contrastive Rhetoric Abroad
2.1.3 The Study of Contrastive Rhetoric in China
2.2 Studies on Cover Letters
Chapter 3 The Theoretical Background of Present Study
3.1 The Rhetorical Framework for Persuasion Analysis
3.1.1 Persuasive Modes of Rhetoric
3.1.2 Persuasive Canons of Rhetoric
3.2 The Persuasive Discourse
3.2.1 The Introduction of Persuasion
3.2.2 The History of Persuasion Studies
3.2.3 Recent Study of CR on Persuasive Discourse
Chapter 4 Macro-Level Analysis: Persuasive Appeals Analysis of English and Chinese Cover Letters
4.1 Analytic Approaches
4.2 Persuasive Appeals Analysis of English Cover Letters
4.2.1 Persuasive Appeals Analysis of a Sample ECL
4.2.2 Results of Persuasive Appeals Analysis of all the 30 English Cover Letters
4.3 Persuasive Appeals Analysis of Chinese Cover Letters
4.3.1 Persuasive Appeals Analysis of a Sample CCL
4.3.2 Results of Persuasive Appeals Analysis of all the 30 Chinese Cover Letters
4.4 Comparisons and Contrasts of Persuasive Appeals Analysis Results between English Cover Letters and Chinese Cover Letters
Chapter 5 Micro-Level Analysis: Linguistic Rhetoric Analysis of English and Chinese Cover Letters
5.1 Linguistic Rhetoric Analysis of English Cover Letters
5.1.1 Sentence Patterns
5.1.2 Rhetoric Figures
5.1.3 Lexical Options in English Cover Letters
5.2 Linguistic Rhetoric Analysis of Chinese Cover Letters
5.2.1 Sentence Patterns
5.2.2 Rhetorical Figures
5.2.3 Lexical Options in Chinese Cover Letters
5.3 Comparisons and Contrasts of Micro-Analysis Results between English Cover Letters and Chinese Cover Letters
Chapter 6 Discussions
6.1 Discussion of the Results
6.2 Discussion of Possible Cultural Reasons
6.2.1 Confucian Thoughts and Aristotelian Thoughts
6.2.2 Collectivism and Individualism
6.2.3 Low-context and High-context
Conclusion
Bibliography
Appendices
Acknowledgements
Publications