| Declaration | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-7页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第7-11页 |
| Chapter Ⅰ Introduction | 第11-19页 |
| ·Starting Words | 第11-12页 |
| ·The Evolution of Rhetoric | 第12-13页 |
| ·Rhetoric & Economics | 第13-15页 |
| ·Why Such a Study? | 第15-16页 |
| ·Rhetorical Study of ESP Discourses in China | 第16-17页 |
| ·Organization of This Thesis | 第17-19页 |
| Chapter Ⅱ Literature Review | 第19-33页 |
| ·Interdisciplinary Studies on Rhetoric and Sciences | 第19-20页 |
| ·Researches on Rhetoric and Economics | 第20-33页 |
| ·Donald McCloskey's 1983 Article: on Samuelson's Foundations | 第21-23页 |
| ·Willie Henderson on Keynes's The General Theory | 第23-24页 |
| ·Willie Henderson on Problems of Edgeworth's Mathematical Psychics: A Negative Example | 第24-26页 |
| ·Charles Bazerman on Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations | 第26-29页 |
| ·Other Researches | 第29-33页 |
| Chapter Ⅲ Theoretical Framework | 第33-39页 |
| ·The Definition of Rhetoric in the Present Study | 第33-34页 |
| ·Rhetorical Perspective Adopted in the Present Study | 第34-35页 |
| ·Application of Rhetorical Act in Economics Textbooks | 第35-37页 |
| ·Scope of Rhetoric Researched in the Present Study | 第37-39页 |
| Chapter Ⅳ The Analysis | 第39-69页 |
| ·Hedged Knowledge Claims | 第39-42页 |
| ·The Notion of Hedging | 第39页 |
| ·Research Focus: Lexical Hedges in Knowledge Claims | 第39-40页 |
| ·The Phenomenon | 第40-42页 |
| ·The Rhetorical Functions | 第42页 |
| ·Lexical Signals for Hypotheticality | 第42-46页 |
| ·Hypotheticality in Economics | 第42-43页 |
| ·The Detected Signals | 第43-46页 |
| ·Lexical Abstraction Derived from Simplified Unrealistic Models | 第46-49页 |
| ·Abstraction in Unrealistic Models | 第46页 |
| ·The Detected Abstract Words | 第46-49页 |
| ·Particular Usage of First Person Pronoun Plural & Singular | 第49-54页 |
| ·The First Person Pronoun | 第49-50页 |
| ·The Detected Usage of "we" | 第50-52页 |
| ·The Detected Particular "I" | 第52-53页 |
| ·Remarks | 第53-54页 |
| ·Metaphor | 第54-59页 |
| ·Metaphor & Economics | 第54页 |
| ·The Detected Metaphors | 第54-58页 |
| ·Findings & Remarks | 第58-59页 |
| ·Rhetorical Flourishes: beyond the Words | 第59-69页 |
| ·The Rhetorical Structure | 第59-61页 |
| ·The Virtual Dialogue | 第61-64页 |
| ·Rhetorical Questions | 第64-65页 |
| ·Quotations | 第65-67页 |
| ·Rhetorical Section and Episode Titles | 第67-69页 |
| Chapter Ⅴ Discussion: Factors Influencing the Manipulation of Rhetoric in Economics | 第69-73页 |
| Chapter Ⅵ Conclusion and Pedagogical Implications | 第73-80页 |
| ·Conclusion | 第73-75页 |
| ·Summary of the Thesis | 第73-74页 |
| ·Limitations of the Thesis and Suggestions for Further Study | 第74-75页 |
| ·Pedagogical Implications | 第75-80页 |
| ·Implication for EE Teaching Material Selecting | 第76-78页 |
| ·Implication for EE Writing | 第78-79页 |
| ·Implication for EE Translating | 第79-80页 |
| Notes | 第80-81页 |
| References | 第81-89页 |
| Appendices | 第89-101页 |
| Appendix A: Hedged Knowledge Claims in Chapter 32 | 第89-90页 |
| Appendix B: Occurrence of the First Person Singular Pronoun in Samuelson and Nordhaus's Economics | 第90-92页 |
| Appendix C: Metaphors in Samuelson and Nordhaus's Economics | 第92-101页 |
