| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第8-9页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第9页 |
| 摘要 | 第10-13页 |
| Chapter I Introduction | 第13-15页 |
| 1.1 Background of the study | 第13-14页 |
| 1.2 Significance of the Study | 第14页 |
| 1.3 Organization of the Study | 第14-15页 |
| Chapter II Literature Review | 第15-31页 |
| 2.1 Definition and Origin of Contrastive Rhetoric (CR) | 第15-21页 |
| 2.1.1 The Definition of Rhetoric | 第15页 |
| 2.1.2 Introduction of Contrastive Rhetoric (CR) | 第15-16页 |
| 2.1.3The Origin of Contrastive Rhetoric | 第16-17页 |
| 2.1.4 The Development of Contrastive Rhetoric | 第17-18页 |
| 2.1.5 Kaplan’s Model of Contrastive Rhetoric and its Defect | 第18-20页 |
| 2.1.6 The New Trends of Contrastive Rhetoric | 第20-21页 |
| 2.1.7 Summary of Contrastive Rhetoric | 第21页 |
| 2.2 Previous Studies on Contrastive Rhetoric at home and abroad | 第21-25页 |
| 2.2.1 Previous Studies on Contrastive Rhetoric abroad | 第21-22页 |
| 2.2.2 Previous Studies on Contrastive Rhetoric at home | 第22-25页 |
| 2.2.3 Summary of Literature on CR at Home and Abroad | 第25页 |
| 2.3 Rhetorical Structure Theory (RST) | 第25-29页 |
| 2.3.1 History and Development of RST | 第25-26页 |
| 2.3.2 The Relation Between RST and Other Theories | 第26-27页 |
| 2.3.3 Literature Review of Previous Study on RST | 第27-29页 |
| 2.4 Previous Studies on News Comments in Chinese and English | 第29-31页 |
| Chapter III Theoretical Framework of RST | 第31-45页 |
| 3.1 Introduction of Rhetorical Structure Theory | 第31-32页 |
| 3.2 Main aspects of RST | 第32-34页 |
| 3.2.1 Relation | 第32-33页 |
| 3.2.2 Function | 第33页 |
| 3.2.3 Hierarchy | 第33-34页 |
| 3.3 Special Technical and Descriptive Mechanism | 第34-45页 |
| 3.3.1 Span | 第34-35页 |
| 3.3.2 RS-Schema | 第35-37页 |
| 3.3.3 Rhetorical Relations | 第37-45页 |
| Chapter Ⅵ Case Study | 第45-70页 |
| 4.1 Research Questions | 第45页 |
| 4.2 Research Design | 第45-48页 |
| 4.2.1 Data Collection | 第45-46页 |
| 4.2.2 Research Procedures | 第46-48页 |
| 4.3 Case Study | 第48-70页 |
| Chapter Ⅴ Results and Discussion | 第70-94页 |
| 5.1 The General Description of the Result of Rhetorical Relations in Three Kindsof Writings | 第70-76页 |
| 5.2 Analysis of the differences and similarities between English and Chinesenews comments | 第76-94页 |
| 5.2.1 Functional Groupings | 第76-81页 |
| 5.2.2 The Joint Relation | 第81-88页 |
| 5.2.3 The Top Structure of the RST Diagrams of Native English andChinese Writings | 第88-94页 |
| Chapter Ⅵ Conclusion | 第94-96页 |
| 6.1 Findings | 第94-95页 |
| 6.2 Limitations and Suggestions for Further Study | 第95-96页 |
| References | 第96-100页 |
| Appendix | 第100页 |
