| List of abbreviati | 第1-8页 |
| List of figures and tables | 第8-9页 |
| Abstract | 第9-11页 |
| 摘要 | 第11-13页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第13-17页 |
| ·Research Background | 第13-15页 |
| ·Purpose of the Research | 第15页 |
| ·Significance of the Research | 第15-16页 |
| ·Organization of the Thesis | 第16-17页 |
| Chapter Two Lite rature Review | 第17-38页 |
| ·Defining Reporting | 第17-19页 |
| ·Approaches to Reporting | 第19-28页 |
| ·The Philosophical Approach | 第19-21页 |
| ·The Structural Approach | 第21页 |
| ·The Lexical Approach | 第21-22页 |
| ·The Pragmatic Approach | 第22-23页 |
| ·The Systemic-Functional Approach | 第23-26页 |
| ·The Stylistic Approach | 第26-28页 |
| ·Comments on the Previous Studies on Reporting | 第28-30页 |
| ·Theoretical Framework | 第30-38页 |
| ·Three Metafunctions | 第30-31页 |
| ·Reporting Patterns | 第31-33页 |
| ·Reporting Verbs | 第33-34页 |
| ·Tenses of Reporting Verbs | 第34-36页 |
| ·Voices of Reporting Verbs | 第36-38页 |
| Chapter Three Methodology | 第38-42页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第38页 |
| ·Data Collection | 第38-40页 |
| ·Criteria for Selecting the Data | 第38-39页 |
| ·Data Description | 第39-40页 |
| ·Instruments | 第40页 |
| ·Data Analysis | 第40-42页 |
| Chapter Four Results and Discussion | 第42-82页 |
| ·Interpersonal Functions of Reporting in LRs | 第42-51页 |
| ·Interactive Interpersonal Function | 第42-48页 |
| ·Realizing Discourse's Intertextuality | 第43-45页 |
| ·Establishing a Model for Cooperating with Potential Audience | 第45-47页 |
| ·Identifying the Author's Position in Academc Community | 第47-48页 |
| ·Attitudial Interpersonal Function | 第48-51页 |
| ·Identifying the Reliability of the Study | 第49-50页 |
| ·Expressing the Writer's Evaluation on Reported Message | 第50-51页 |
| ·Comparative Analysis of Reporting between Two Corpora | 第51-53页 |
| ·Comparative Analysis of Reporting Patterns between Two Corpora | 第53-58页 |
| ·Distribution of Reporting Patterns in Two Corpora | 第53-57页 |
| ·Functional Analysis of Reporting Patterns in LRs | 第57-58页 |
| ·Comparative Analysis of Reporting Verbs between Two Corpora | 第58-70页 |
| ·Pervasiveness of Reporting Verbs in LRs | 第58-60页 |
| ·Categories and Frequency of Reporting Verbs in Two Corpora | 第60-64页 |
| ·Functional Analysis of Reporting Verbs in LRs | 第64-70页 |
| ·Functions of Research Verbs in Reporting | 第65-66页 |
| ·Functions of Cognition Verbs in Reporting | 第66-67页 |
| ·Functions of Discourse Verbs in Reporting | 第67-70页 |
| ·Comparative Analysis of Tenses of Reporting Verb between Two Corpora | 第70-75页 |
| ·Distributions of Tenses of Reporting Verb in Both Corpora | 第70-72页 |
| ·Tense Realization in LRs | 第72-75页 |
| ·Comparative Analysis of Voice of Reporting Verbs in Two Corpora | 第75-78页 |
| ·Distribution of Active and Passive Voices of Reporting Verbs in Two Corpora | 第76-77页 |
| ·Functions of Active and Passive Voices of Reporting Verbs in LRs | 第77-78页 |
| ·Discussion | 第78-82页 |
| ·Awareness in Using Reporting | 第78-79页 |
| ·Discussion on Reporting Patterns | 第79-80页 |
| ·Discussion on Reporting Verbs | 第80页 |
| ·Choices of Tenses of Reporting Verbs | 第80页 |
| ·Choices of Voices of Reporting Verbs | 第80-82页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第82-87页 |
| ·Major Findings | 第82-84页 |
| ·Implication for the Teaching | 第84-85页 |
| ·Limitations | 第85-86页 |
| ·Suggestions for Further Research | 第86-87页 |
| Appendix 1 Data 1 | 第87-89页 |
| Appendix 2 Data 2 | 第89-91页 |
| Bibliography | 第91-97页 |
| 攻读学位期间所发表的学术论文 | 第97-98页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第98页 |
