| Acknowledgements | 第1-4页 |
| Abstract | 第4-7页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第7-10页 |
| ·Genre and a genre set | 第7-8页 |
| ·Studies of RA introductions and abstracts—importance and limitations | 第8-9页 |
| ·Organization of the thesis | 第9-10页 |
| Chapter Two A critical literature review | 第10-19页 |
| ·Basic concepts:genre,CARS model,linguistic features | 第10-14页 |
| ·Genre | 第10-12页 |
| ·Swales' CARS model in RA introductions | 第12-13页 |
| ·Linguistic features | 第13-14页 |
| ·Previous studies | 第14-19页 |
| ·Studies of the structure in RA introductions | 第15-16页 |
| ·Studies of the structure in RA abstracts | 第16页 |
| ·Studies of linguistic features | 第16-17页 |
| ·Studies of genre sets | 第17-19页 |
| Chapter Three Research design | 第19-22页 |
| ·Questions of the present study | 第19页 |
| ·Data | 第19-20页 |
| ·Method of analysis | 第20-22页 |
| Chapter Four Results and discussion | 第22-53页 |
| ·English and Chinese genre sets in applied linguistics:a contrastive analysis | 第22-35页 |
| ·Rhetorical structures | 第22-28页 |
| ·Linguistic features | 第28-35页 |
| ·English and Chinese genre sets in economics:a contrastive analysis | 第35-44页 |
| ·Rhetorical structures | 第35-40页 |
| ·Linguistic features | 第40-44页 |
| ·Genre sets in the two disciplines in English | 第44-48页 |
| ·Move structures | 第44-47页 |
| ·Linguistic features | 第47-48页 |
| ·Genre sets in the two disciplines in Chinese | 第48-53页 |
| ·Move structures | 第48-50页 |
| ·Linguistic features | 第50-53页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusions | 第53-58页 |
| ·A summary of major findings | 第53-55页 |
| ·Cultural factors and genre sets | 第55-57页 |
| ·Research and pedagogic implications | 第57-58页 |
| References | 第58-60页 |
| Appendices | 第60-62页 |
| Appendix 1 Articles in applied linguistics | 第60-61页 |
| ·Articles from international English journals | 第60页 |
| ·Articles from Chinese journals | 第60-61页 |
| Appendix 2 Articles in economics | 第61-62页 |
| ·Articles from international English journals | 第61-62页 |
| ·Articles from Chinese journals | 第62页 |
