声明
Acknowledgements
摘要
Table of Figures
Chapter One Introduction
1.1 Overview of Chinese Scientific Literature
1.2 English Abstract Writing and Ei Inclusion
1.3 Research Question
1.4 Layout of the Paper
Chapter Two Literature Review
2.1 An Introduction to Abstracts
2.1.1 Definition of Abstract
2.1.2 Functions of Abstracts
2.1.3 Content of Abstracts
2.1.4 Types of Abstracts
2.1.5 Importance of Abstract writing
2.2 Previous Studies on Abstracts
2.2.1 Researches on Global Structure
2.2.2 Researches on Linguistic Features
2.2.3 Instructions on Abstract Writing
2.3 Ei Inclusion Criteria
2.3.1 Overview of Ei and Ei Compendex
2.3.2 Ei Requirements on Abstract Writing
2.4 Summary
Chapter Three Rationale of the Study
3.1 Brevity and Clarity --- A Stylistic Approach
3.1.1 Definition of Style
3.1.2 Appropriateness of Style
3.1.3 Style in Scientific Writing
3.1.4 Style of Abstracts and Ei Requirements
3.2 Levels of Stylistic Study
3.3 Informativeness --- A Functional Approach
3.3.1 Information Theory and Theme-Rheme Theory
3.3.2 Theme and Rheme
3.3.3 Patterns of Thematic Progression
3.4 Summary
Chapter Four Methodology
4.1 Research Design
4.2 Establishment of Corpora
4.2.1 Disciplinary Selection
4.2.2 Journal Selection
4.2.3 Abstract Selection
4.3 Scope of Study
4.4 Procedure of study
4.5 Summary
Chapter Five Results and Discussion
5.1 An Overview of Data Collection
5.2 Data of Clarity Research
5.2.1 Tense
5.2.2 Voice
5.2.3 Personal Pronouns
5.3 Data of Brevity Research
5.3.1 Length
5.3.2 Sentence Complexity
5.3.3 Nominal Phrases
5.4 Research on Informativeness
5.4.1 Thematic Progression
5.5 An Overall Comparison
5.5.1 General Data View
5.5.2 Overall Analysis
5.6 Summary
Chapter Six Problems and Suggestions
6.1 From General Comparison
6.1.1 Problems Found in Comparison
6.1.2 Lessons Learned From Comparison
6.2 From Text Study
6.2.1 Problems Found in Abstracts
6.2.2 Lessons Learned from Text Analysis
6.3 Writing Tips for Ei Inclusion
Chapter Seven Conclusion
7.1 Major Findings
7.1.1 General Differences and Similarities
7.1.2 Problems with Average Chinese Authors
7.1.3 Writing Instructions
7.2 Implications
7.3 Limitations and Suggestions
Bibliography
Appendix-1
Appendix-2