| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract in English | 第6-8页 |
| Abstract in Chinese | 第8-9页 |
| Abbreviations | 第9-10页 |
| Chapter 1: Introduction of the Dissertation | 第10-13页 |
| 1．1 Aims and objectives | 第10-12页 |
| 1．2 Structure of the dissertation | 第12-13页 |
| Chapter 2: Cohesion and Cohesion Analysis | 第13-24页 |
| 2．1 The concept of cohesion and cohesion constituents | 第13-14页 |
| 2．2 Cohesion and coherence | 第14-16页 |
| 2．3 Halliday and Hasan's notion of cohesion | 第16-24页 |
| 2．3．1． Types of cohesion | 第17-21页 |
| 2．3．2． Cohesion analysis | 第21-24页 |
| 2．3．2．1． Traditional approaches to cohesion analysis | 第21-22页 |
| 2．3．2．2． A modern approach to cohesion analysis | 第22-24页 |
| Chapter 3: Notes on Three Essays of Different Genres | 第24-31页 |
| 3．1． A general introduction to the three essays | 第24-25页 |
| 3．2． Methodology of analyzing data | 第25-26页 |
| 3．3． Processes analysis | 第26-29页 |
| 3．3．1． Processes analysis above the clause | 第27-29页 |
| 3．4． A perspective of cohesion analysis | 第29-30页 |
| 3．5． Focus of the dissertation | 第30-31页 |
| Chapter 4: A Systemic-functional Transitivity Analysis of the Data | 第31-61页 |
| 4．1． The cohesion and transitivity analysis chart of The Commencement Speech You'll Never Hear | 第31-44页 |
| 4．1．1． The discussion of the transitivity system of text 1 | 第35-38页 |
| 4．1．2． The statistical chart of the cohesion constituents of text 1 | 第38-43页 |
| 4．1．3． Hypotheses based on the analysis | 第43-44页 |
| 4．2． The cohesion and transitivity analysis chart of How I Discovered Words | 第44-52页 |
| 4．2．1． The discussion of the transitivity system of text 2 | 第48-50页 |
| 4．2．2． The statistical chart of the cohesion constituents of text 2 | 第50-51页 |
| 4．2．3． Hypothesis test | 第51-52页 |
| 4．3． The cohesion and transitivity analysis chart of The Menu | 第52-61页 |
| 4．3．1． The discussion of the transitivity system of text 3 | 第57-59页 |
| 4．3．2． The discussion of the cohesion constituents of text 3 | 第59-61页 |
| Chapter 5: Summary and Conclusions | 第61-65页 |
| Appendix 1 | 第65-66页 |
| Appendix 2 | 第66-67页 |
| Appendix 3 | 第67-69页 |
| Bibliography | 第69-71页 |
