| Abstract | 第1-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-10页 |
| Introduction | 第10-13页 |
| 1 Literature Review | 第13-37页 |
| ·The development of first person pronouns in academic writing | 第13-14页 |
| ·The discourse functions of first person pronouns in academic writing | 第14-18页 |
| ·The research on first person pronouns in academic writing | 第18-37页 |
| 2 Methodology | 第37-40页 |
| ·Research questions | 第37页 |
| ·Corpus building | 第37-38页 |
| ·Data extraction and data analysis | 第38-40页 |
| 3 Research Results | 第40-46页 |
| ·Occurrences of first person pronouns in the corpora | 第40-44页 |
| ·Functions of the first person pronouns | 第44-46页 |
| 4 Discussion | 第46-65页 |
| ·Discussion of the occurrences of the first person pronouns in the corpora | 第46-51页 |
| ·Discussion on the function of the first person pronouns in the corpora | 第51-65页 |
| Conclusion | 第65-69页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第69-70页 |
| References | 第70-76页 |
| Appendix Ⅰ The Sources of the Published RAs in Journal of Second Language Writing | 第76-80页 |
| Appendix Ⅱ The Sources of Chinese M.A. theses | 第80-82页 |
| Appendix Ⅲ The Function Analysis of a Sample from the M.A. These | 第82-99页 |
| Appendix Ⅳ The Function Analysis of a Sample from the Published Articles | 第99-110页 |
