声明
Abstract
摘要
List of Tables
List of Figures
List of Abbreviations
Chapter One Introduction
1.1 Background of the Study
1.2 Significance of the Study
1.3 Outline of the Thesis
Chapter Two Literature Review
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Previous Studies on Genre Analysis
2.2.1 Definitions of Genre
2.2.2 GenreAnalysis of New Rhetoric School
2.2.3 GenreAnalysis of Systemic Functional Linguistics School
2.2.4 Genre Analysis of English for Specific Purposes School
2.3 Previous Studies on Moves in Genre Analysis
2.3.1 Definifions of Move
2.3.2 Genre Analysis Based on Moves
2.4 Previous Studies on Generic Structural Potential in Genre Analysis
2.4.1 Contextual Configuration in Generic Structural Potential
2.4.2 Genre Analysis Based on Generic Structural Potential
2.5 Rationale of the Present Study
2.6 Chapter Summary
Chapter Three Methodology
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Research Questions
3.3 Data Collection
3.4 Data Analysis
3.4.1 Criteria for Move Classification
3.4.2 Reliability Test
3.5 Data Analysis Procedures
3.6 Chapter Summary
Chapter Four Results and Discussion
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Comparison of the Move Distribution in the Two Corpora
4.2.1 Results
4.2.2 Discussion
4.3 Comparison of the General Structural Potential in the Two Corpora
4.3.1 Results
4.3.2 Discussion
4.4 A General Discussion of the Possible Affecting Factors
4.4.1 Affecting Factors of the Similarities
4.4.2 Affecting Factors of the Differences
4.5 Chapter Summary
Chapter Five Conclusion
5.1 Major Findings of the Present Study
5.2 Limitations of the Present Study
5.3 Implications for Future Research
References
Appendix:Sources of the Two Corpora
Acknowledgements