| Abstract | 第4页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第5-6页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第6-7页 |
| Contents | 第7-9页 |
| List of Figures and Tables | 第9-10页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第10-14页 |
| 1.1 Research Background | 第10-11页 |
| 1.2 Research Questions and Hypotheses | 第11-12页 |
| 1.3 A Structural Outline of the Dissertation | 第12-14页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第14-26页 |
| 2.1 Basic Concepts of Discourse and Discourse Analysis | 第14-15页 |
| 2.2 A Brief Review of Clause Relations | 第15-17页 |
| 2.2.1 Definitions of Clause Relations | 第15页 |
| 2.2.2 Classifications of Clause Relations | 第15-17页 |
| 2.3 A Brief Review of Written Discourse Patterns | 第17-21页 |
| 2.3.1 Development of Discourse Patterns | 第17页 |
| 2.3.2 The Problem-Solution Pattern | 第17-21页 |
| 2.3.2.1 Brief Introduction of Problem-Solution Pattern | 第17-18页 |
| 2.3.2.2 Elements of the Problem-Solution Pattern | 第18页 |
| 2.3.2.3 Hoey’s Analysis about the Problem-Solution Pattern | 第18-21页 |
| 2.4 Textual Interaction and Intertextality | 第21-24页 |
| 2.4.1 Textual Interaction | 第21-22页 |
| 2.4.2 Intertextuality | 第22-24页 |
| 2.5 Hard News and Hard News Report Series | 第24-26页 |
| Chapter 3 Methodology | 第26-29页 |
| 3.1 Research Method | 第26-27页 |
| 3.2 Data Collection and Description | 第27页 |
| 3.3 Analytical Procedure | 第27-29页 |
| Chapter 4 Results and Discussion | 第29-50页 |
| 4.1 Brief Introduction of Data Analysis | 第29页 |
| 4.2 Results of the Problem-Solution Pattern | 第29-41页 |
| 4.2.1 Results on Chinese Parallel Hard News Report Series | 第29-33页 |
| 4.2.2 Results on Chinese Extensive Hard News Report Series | 第33-36页 |
| 4.2.3 Results on English Parallel Hard News Report Series | 第36-38页 |
| 4.2.4 Results on English Extensive Hard News Report Series | 第38-41页 |
| 4.2.5 Contrast and Comparison between the Results | 第41页 |
| 4.3 Results of the Intertextual Construction | 第41-50页 |
| 4.3.1 Results on the Parallel Hard News Report Series | 第41-46页 |
| 4.3.2 Results on Extensive Hard News Report Series | 第46-50页 |
| Chapter 5: Conclusion | 第50-53页 |
| 5.1 Major Findings | 第50-52页 |
| 5.2 Limitation and Future Research | 第52-53页 |
| Bibliography | 第53-56页 |
| Appendix 1 Parallel Hard News Report Series Written in Chinese | 第56-62页 |
| Appendix 2 Extensive Hard News Report Series Written in Chinese | 第62-67页 |
| Appendix 3 Parallel Hard News Report Series Written in English | 第67-70页 |
| Appendix 4 Extensieve Hard News Report Series Written in English | 第70-74页 |
