| Abstract (Chinese) | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract (English) | 第5-6页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第6-7页 |
| Contents | 第7-9页 |
| List of tables | 第9-12页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第12-15页 |
| Chapter Two Theoretical background | 第15-33页 |
| 2．1 Cultural-level Individualism-collectivism | 第15-19页 |
| 2．1．1 Theory | 第15-18页 |
| 2．1．2 Measurement | 第18页 |
| 2．1．3 Critique | 第18-19页 |
| 2．2 Individual-level self construal | 第19-31页 |
| 2．2．1 Dependent/interdependent self-construal | 第20-22页 |
| 2．2．2 Individual/collective/relational self construal | 第22-25页 |
| 2．2．3 Chinese relational self-construal | 第25-31页 |
| 2．3 Cultural identity and writer identity: an assumption | 第31-33页 |
| Chapter Three Previous research on writer identity | 第33-47页 |
| 3．1 An overview: individualized voice in L2 writing | 第33-36页 |
| 3．2 Personal pronouns in identity | 第36-45页 |
| 3．2．1 Autobiographical and semi-autobiographical studies | 第36-38页 |
| 3．2．2 Linguistic studies | 第38-43页 |
| 3．2．3 Cross-cultural studies | 第43-45页 |
| 3．3 Summary and research questions | 第45-47页 |
| Chapter Four Research design | 第47-55页 |
| 4．1 Qualitative research: corpus study | 第47-49页 |
| 4．2 Quantitative study | 第49-55页 |
| 4．2．1 Semantic references and discourse functions | 第49-53页 |
| 4．2．2 Chinese writing and interview | 第53-55页 |
| Chapter Five Analysis and Results | 第55-81页 |
| 5．1 Preliminary results | 第55-56页 |
| 5．1．1 Collective measurement | 第55页 |
| 5．1．2 Concordance: occurrences and frequencies | 第55-56页 |
| 5．2 Data analysis | 第56-78页 |
| 5．2．1 First person pronoun (IPS): discourse function analysis | 第56-67页 |
| 5．2．1．1 Propose a position or make a claim | 第57-58页 |
| 5．2．1．2 Justify a position by personal experience | 第58-59页 |
| 5．2．1．3 Compare viewpoint and counterargument | 第59-62页 |
| 5．2．1．4 Chinese collectivized voice | 第62-66页 |
| 5．2．1．5 Summary: "implicit I" as index of "collectivized voice" | 第66-67页 |
| 5．2．2 Second person pronoun (2PS) | 第67-78页 |
| 5．2．2．1 Assume shared knowledge/belief/understanding | 第70-72页 |
| 5．2．2．2 Seek agreement or cooperation | 第72-75页 |
| 5．2．2．3 Propose position/suggestion or indicate a necessity | 第75-76页 |
| 5．2．2．4 Summary: "inclusive you" as index of "collectivized voice" | 第76-78页 |
| 5．3 Results: a summary | 第78-81页 |
| 5．3．1 Question 1 | 第79-80页 |
| 5．3．2 Question 2 | 第80-81页 |
| Chapter Six Discussion and Conclusion | 第81-86页 |
| 6．1 significance of the study | 第81-82页 |
| 6．2 Limit and future study | 第82-84页 |
| 6．3 Conclusion | 第84-86页 |
| References | 第86-96页 |
| Appendix: sample writings | 第96-100页 |
