| ABSTRACT | 第1-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-11页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第11-15页 |
| ·Significance of the Study | 第11-12页 |
| ·Purpose of the Study | 第12-13页 |
| ·Research Method and Data Collection | 第13页 |
| ·Structure of the Study | 第13-15页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第15-27页 |
| ·Definition of Discourse Stance | 第15-17页 |
| ·Terms Related to Discourse Stance | 第17-21页 |
| ·Evaluation | 第17页 |
| ·Modality | 第17-19页 |
| ·Hedging | 第19页 |
| ·Metadiscourse | 第19-21页 |
| ·Previous Studies of Discourse Stance at Home and Abroad | 第21-27页 |
| ·Different Research Contents | 第22-25页 |
| ·Different Research Approaches | 第25-27页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Foundation | 第27-33页 |
| ·Operational Definition of Stance Markers | 第27-29页 |
| ·Theoretical Framework in the Study | 第29-33页 |
| ·Stance Verb | 第29-30页 |
| ·The Framework for Stance Verb Analyses | 第30-33页 |
| Chapter Four Methodology | 第33-42页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第33页 |
| ·The Corpora in the Study | 第33-37页 |
| ·Data Collection | 第33-35页 |
| ·Comparability between the Two Corpora | 第35-36页 |
| ·Data Processing | 第36-37页 |
| ·Research Instruments | 第37-42页 |
| ·Wconcord Software | 第37-38页 |
| ·AntConc 3.2.4 | 第38-39页 |
| ·SPSS 16.0 | 第39-40页 |
| ·Questionnaire | 第40-42页 |
| Chapter Five Results and Discussion | 第42-66页 |
| ·Distribution of Stance Verbs in EMAC and MAC | 第42-58页 |
| ·General Characteristics of Stance Verbs in EMAC and MAC | 第42-44页 |
| ·Characteristics of Modals or Semi-modals in EMAC and MAC | 第44-47页 |
| ·Characteristics of Simple Lexical Verbs in EMAC and MAC | 第47-50页 |
| ·Characteristics of Multi-word Verbs in EMAC and MAC | 第50-53页 |
| ·Characteristics of Complement Clauses Controlled by Verbs in EMAC and MAC | 第53-58页 |
| ·Overused and Underused Stance Verbs in EMAC | 第58-60页 |
| ·Analyses of the Results of Questionnaire | 第60-66页 |
| ·English Majors' Attitudes towards Argumentative Writing | 第60-61页 |
| ·English Majors' Knowledge of Stance Markers in Argumentations | 第61-63页 |
| ·English Majors' Comments on Argumentative Writing Teaching and Learning | 第63-66页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第66-71页 |
| ·Summary of the Findings | 第66-67页 |
| ·Implications for Argumentative Writing Teaching | 第67-69页 |
| ·Limitations of the Study | 第69页 |
| ·Suggestions for Further Studies | 第69-71页 |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | 第71-77页 |
| ABBREVIATIONS | 第77-78页 |
| APPENDIXⅠ Part Ⅲ of the Final-term Writing Test | 第78-79页 |
| APPENDIXⅡ Sample Argumentations from English Majors | 第79-83页 |
| APPENDIXⅢ Sample Argumentations from Experts | 第83-87页 |
| APPENDIXⅣ Questionnaire | 第87-89页 |
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第89-90页 |
| PUPBLISHED PAPERS | 第90页 |
