| Acknowledgements | 第5-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-8页 |
| 摘要 | 第9-14页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第14-18页 |
| 1.1 The Research Background | 第14-15页 |
| 1.2 The Motivation and Objectives for Analyzing LRs as a Genre | 第15-16页 |
| 1.3 The Overview of the Thesis | 第16-18页 |
| Chapter Two Previous Studies Related to Literature Review | 第18-24页 |
| 2.1 The Definition and Function of LR | 第18-20页 |
| 2.2 The Status of LR Research Abroad and in China | 第20-24页 |
| 2.2.1 LR Research Abroad | 第20-22页 |
| 2.2.2 LR Research in China | 第22-24页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Framework for the Present Study | 第24-30页 |
| 3.1 Theories of Genre | 第24-27页 |
| 3.2 Genre Analysis Model of Academic Discourse | 第27-30页 |
| Chapter Four Research Design | 第30-36页 |
| 4.1 Corpus Compilation | 第30-32页 |
| 4.2 Research Procedure | 第32-36页 |
| Chapter Five Macro Level Features of SLRs and ELRs | 第36-48页 |
| 5.1 The Rhetorical Structure of SLRs | 第36-38页 |
| 5.2 The Rhetorical Structure of ELRs | 第38-39页 |
| 5.3 Similarities in the Macro Level Feature between SLRs and ELRs | 第39-44页 |
| 5.3.1 Information Organizational Pattern | 第39-43页 |
| 5.3.2 Communicative Purposes | 第43-44页 |
| 5.4 Differences in the Macro Level Feature between SLRs and ELRs | 第44-46页 |
| 5.4.1 Different Local Context | 第44-45页 |
| 5.4.2 Different Evaluative Commentaries | 第45-46页 |
| 5.5 Summary | 第46-48页 |
| Chapter Six Micro Level Linguistic Features of SLRs and ELRs | 第48-57页 |
| 6.1 Linguistic Features to Express the Popularity of the Topic | 第48-49页 |
| 6.2 Linguistic Features to Express the Focus of the Research Being Reviewed | 第49-51页 |
| 6.3 Linguistic Features in Reporting Experimental Research | 第51-55页 |
| 6.3.1 Citation Types | 第51-53页 |
| 6.3.2 Reporting Verbs | 第53-54页 |
| 6.3.3 Verb Tenses | 第54-55页 |
| 6.4 Linguistic Features to Declare the Scarcity of the Literature | 第55-56页 |
| 6.5 Summary | 第56-57页 |
| Chapter Seven Conclusion | 第57-61页 |
| 7.1 Summary of Findings | 第57-59页 |
| 7.2 Contribution of the Study | 第59页 |
| 7.3 Limitations and Suggestions | 第59-61页 |
| References | 第61-65页 |
| Appendix 1: Texts in Corpus One | 第65-69页 |
| Appendix 2: Texts in Corpus Two | 第69-72页 |
