| Acknowledgements | 第5-6页 |
| 英文摘要 | 第6页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第7-10页 |
| §1．1 Background of the research | 第7-9页 |
| §1．2 A general survey of the paper | 第9-10页 |
| Chapter Two Text and Textual Coherence | 第10-16页 |
| §2．1 Text and what is a text | 第10-11页 |
| §2．2 Text and non-text | 第11-14页 |
| §2．2．1 Text and cohesive ties | 第11-12页 |
| §2．2．2 Text as functions | 第12页 |
| §2．2．3 Text as context | 第12-13页 |
| §2．2．4 Summary | 第13-14页 |
| §2．3 Text linguistics | 第14-15页 |
| §2．3．1 What is text linguistics? | 第14页 |
| §2．3．2 Textual coherence in text linguistics | 第14-15页 |
| §2．4 Summary | 第15-16页 |
| Chapter Three Coherence and Cohesion | 第16-28页 |
| §3．1 The multifaceted views of coherence | 第16-19页 |
| §3．1．1 Semantic and pragmatic perspective | 第16-17页 |
| §3．1．2 Coherence as a product vs． a process | 第17-18页 |
| §3．1．3 Texture, unity and continuity | 第18-19页 |
| §3．2 Classification of cohesive devices | 第19-28页 |
| §3．2．1 Reference | 第19-22页 |
| §3．2．2 Substitution and ellipsis | 第22-25页 |
| §3．2．3 Conjunction | 第25-26页 |
| §3．2．4 Lexical devices | 第26-27页 |
| §3．2．5 Summary | 第27-28页 |
| Chapter Four Cohesion of Coherence | 第28-35页 |
| §4．1 Cohesive devices and other conditions for coherence | 第28-30页 |
| §4．1．1 Thematic progression | 第28-29页 |
| §4．1．2 Given-new information structure | 第29-30页 |
| §4．2 Motivation for the existence of cohesive devices | 第30-33页 |
| §4．2．1 Economy in cognition and linguistic representation | 第30-32页 |
| §4．2．2 Comprehension and the principle of relevance | 第32-33页 |
| §4．3 Relationship between cohesion and coherence | 第33-34页 |
| §4．4 Summary | 第34-35页 |
| Chapter Five Implications of Cohesive Devices | 第35-38页 |
| §5．1 Comprehensible input and text | 第35页 |
| §5．2 Implications of cohesive devices for language learning | 第35-38页 |
| §5．2．1 Reading | 第36-37页 |
| §5．2．2 Summary | 第37-38页 |
| Chapter Six Cohesive Devices in EFL | 第38-61页 |
| §6．1 The objective of the present study | 第38页 |
| §6．2 Analysis of texts from New College English | 第38-53页 |
| §6．2．1 A quantitative study of cohesive devices in the texts | 第39页 |
| §6．2．2 A qualitative study of cohesive devices in the texts | 第39-51页 |
| §6．2．3 The relationship between cohesive devices and other coherence contributors | 第51-53页 |
| §6．3 Analysis of cohesive devices in the output from the course users | 第53-54页 |
| §6．4 Suggestions for teaching and learning cohesive devices | 第54-56页 |
| §6．5 The design of activities on cohesive devices | 第56-61页 |
| Chapter Seven Conclusion and Suggestions for Further Research | 第61-63页 |
| §7．1 Summary of the research | 第61页 |
| §7．2 Limitations of present study and suggestions for further research | 第61-63页 |
| Bibliography | 第63-67页 |
| Appendix Ⅰ Summary of cohesion, and coding scheme | 第67-72页 |
| Appendix Ⅱ-1 Analysis of sample text1 | 第72-74页 |
| Appendix Ⅱ-2 Analysis of sample text | 第74-79页 |
| Appendix Ⅱ-3 A survey of cohesive devices | 第79-80页 |
| Appendix Ⅲ A survey of lexical devices | 第80-82页 |
| Appendix Ⅳ-1 Frequency of each device in learners' output | 第82-85页 |
| Appendix Ⅳ-2 Samples from learners' output | 第85-86页 |
