| 摘要 | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-8页 |
| Table of Contents | 第8-11页 |
| Abbreviations | 第11-12页 |
| List of Figures and Tables | 第12-13页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第13-23页 |
| ·General statement | 第13页 |
| ·Definitions | 第13-17页 |
| ·M.A.thesis and LR | 第14-15页 |
| ·Metadiscourse | 第15-17页 |
| ·Underlying rationale for the research | 第17-18页 |
| ·Why LRs in English M.A.theses | 第17页 |
| ·Why contrastive analysis | 第17-18页 |
| ·The significance of the study | 第18-19页 |
| ·Objectives and research questions of the present study | 第19页 |
| ·Ways to conduct the research | 第19-21页 |
| ·Research methodology | 第19-20页 |
| ·Data collection | 第20-21页 |
| ·Organization of the text | 第21-23页 |
| Chapter Two Review of the Relevant Literature | 第23-37页 |
| ·Overview | 第23页 |
| ·Contrastive study theories that influence the present study | 第23-26页 |
| ·Contrastive text linguistic studies | 第24-25页 |
| ·Genre-based contrastive studies | 第25-26页 |
| ·Previous studies on metadiscourse | 第26-35页 |
| ·Development of the classification of metadisconrse | 第26-32页 |
| ·Previous contrastive analysis of metadisconrse in academic written communication | 第32-35页 |
| ·Comments on the literature | 第35-37页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Framework | 第37-49页 |
| ·Overview | 第37页 |
| ·An analytical framework for the present study | 第37-38页 |
| ·Swales' CARS model and Hasan's GSP model | 第38-40页 |
| ·Hyland's new metadiscourse schema | 第40-48页 |
| ·The new schema | 第40-41页 |
| ·Theoretical basis for the schema | 第41-43页 |
| ·Illustration of the metadiscoursal devices | 第43-48页 |
| ·Summary | 第48-49页 |
| Chapter Four Contrastive Genre Analysis of Literature Reviews | 第49-62页 |
| ·Overview | 第49页 |
| ·Communicative purposes of LRs | 第49页 |
| ·Data-based contrastive genre analysis of LRs in English M.A.theses | 第49-59页 |
| ·Sample analysis of CLRs | 第50-52页 |
| ·Sample analysis of ELRs | 第52-55页 |
| ·Contrastive analysis of generic structure of CLRs and ELRs | 第55-59页 |
| ·An analysis of the major elements with examples | 第59-61页 |
| ·Summary | 第61-62页 |
| Chapter Five Contrastive Analysis of Metadiscourse in Literature Reviews | 第62-74页 |
| ·Overview | 第62页 |
| ·Metadiscourse in CLRs and ELRs respectively | 第62-64页 |
| ·Comparison of metadiscourse in CLRs and ELRs | 第64-73页 |
| ·Frequencies of metadiscourse in CLRs and ELR | 第64-66页 |
| ·Similarities and dissimilarities | 第66-68页 |
| ·Possible explanations for the similarities and differences | 第68-73页 |
| ·Summary | 第73-74页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusions and Implications | 第74-79页 |
| ·Overview | 第74页 |
| ·Summary of main findings of the present research | 第74-75页 |
| ·Implications | 第75-78页 |
| ·Theoretical implications | 第75-76页 |
| ·Implications for English teaching and English theses writing | 第76-78页 |
| ·Limitations and suggestions | 第78-79页 |
| References | 第79-83页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第83-84页 |
| Appendix A:Sample of CLRs | 第84-90页 |
| Appendix B:Sample of ELRs | 第90-98页 |
