| Abstract | 第1-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-10页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第10-13页 |
| ·Research Background | 第10页 |
| ·Objective and Significance of the Research | 第10-11页 |
| ·Data Collection | 第11-12页 |
| ·Structure of the Thesis | 第12-13页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第13-22页 |
| ·Review of the Studies of Genre | 第13-19页 |
| ·Definition of Genre | 第13-15页 |
| ·Two Schools of the Genre Analysis | 第15-19页 |
| ·Review of the Studies of Preface | 第19-22页 |
| ·Definition of Preface | 第19-20页 |
| ·Related Studies on Prefaces to Books | 第20-22页 |
| Chapter 3 Generic Structure of Chinese and English Self-Made Prefaces in LinguisticMonograph | 第22-43页 |
| ·Move Structure of Self-Made Prefaces | 第22-32页 |
| ·Analysis on Move and Step of Self-Made Prefaces | 第32-41页 |
| ·Sequence of Moves in Preface Samples of English and Chinese | 第32-35页 |
| ·Frequency of Moves in Preface Samples of English and Chinese | 第35-37页 |
| ·Distribution of Steps | 第37-41页 |
| ·Summary | 第41-43页 |
| ·Similarities Between Chinese Prefaces and English Prefaces | 第41页 |
| ·Differences Between Chinese Prefaces and English Prefaces | 第41-43页 |
| Chapter 4 Linguistic Features of Chinese and English Self-Made Prefaces in LinguisticMonograph | 第43-54页 |
| ·Analysis at Lexical Level | 第43-47页 |
| ·Personal Pronouns | 第43-45页 |
| ·Modal Verbs | 第45-47页 |
| ·Analysis at Grammatical Level | 第47-49页 |
| ·Voice | 第47-48页 |
| ·Tense | 第48-49页 |
| ·Analysis at Syntactic Level | 第49-52页 |
| ·Affirmative Sentence | 第49-50页 |
| ·Parallelism | 第50-52页 |
| ·Summary | 第52-54页 |
| ·Similarities Between Chinese Prefaces and English Prefaces | 第52页 |
| ·Differences Between Chinese Prefaces and English Prefaces | 第52-54页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第54-56页 |
| ·Major Findings | 第54-55页 |
| ·Limitations and Suggestions | 第55-56页 |
| Bibliography | 第56-59页 |
| Appendix I Sources of Chinese Prefaces | 第59-60页 |
| Appendix II Sources of English Prefaces | 第60-62页 |
| Appendix III List of Abbreviations | 第62-63页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第63页 |