| Chinese Abstract | 第1-4页 |
| English Abstract | 第4-7页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第7-12页 |
| ·Background | 第7-8页 |
| ·Significance of the Research | 第8-9页 |
| ·Purposes and Methodology | 第9-10页 |
| ·Thesis Organization | 第10-12页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第12-21页 |
| ·Genre and Genre Analysis | 第12-17页 |
| ·Definition of Genre | 第12-15页 |
| ·Genre Analysis | 第15-17页 |
| ·Systemic Functional Theory | 第17-19页 |
| ·An Overview of English Legal Memorandum | 第19-20页 |
| ·Summary | 第20-21页 |
| Chapter 3 Theoretical Framework | 第21-27页 |
| ·The Concept of Move and Step | 第21页 |
| ·Swales'Move-Step Model | 第21-23页 |
| ·Hasan's GSP | 第23-24页 |
| ·Halliday's Systemic-functional Methodology | 第24-26页 |
| ·Summary | 第26-27页 |
| Chapter 4 Genre-Based Analysis of English Legal Memorandum | 第27-47页 |
| ·Identifying English Legal Memorandum as a Genre | 第27-28页 |
| ·Genre Analysis of a Sampled English Legal Memorandum | 第28-33页 |
| ·Genre Analysis of Whole English Legal Memorandums in Texts | 第33-39页 |
| ·Explanation for the Move Structure | 第39-44页 |
| ·The Writer's Choices of Obligatory Moves | 第39-43页 |
| ·The Writer's Choices of Optional Moves | 第43-44页 |
| ·The GSP of English Legal Memorandum in the Texts | 第44-47页 |
| Chapter 5 Linguistic Functional Features of English Legal Memorandum | 第47-61页 |
| ·Field, Tenor and Mode of English Legal Memorandum | 第47-48页 |
| ·Perspective of Ideational Metafunction:Transitivity | 第48-51页 |
| ·Perspective of Interpersonal Metafunction:Mood | 第51-56页 |
| ·Mood Function of Phrase | 第52-54页 |
| ·Mood Function of Clause | 第54-56页 |
| ·Perspective of Textual Metafunction:Theme | 第56-59页 |
| ·The Thematic Structure of English Legal Memorandum | 第56-59页 |
| ·Theme and Mood in English Legal Memorandum | 第59页 |
| ·Summary | 第59-61页 |
| Chapter 6 Guidelines for English Legal Memorandum Writing | 第61-68页 |
| ·From the Macro Aspect:Strategies in Generic Structure | 第61-65页 |
| ·Strategies in Writing the Obligatory Moves | 第61-64页 |
| ·Strategies in Writing the Optional Moves | 第64-65页 |
| ·From the Micro Aspect:Strategy Choices in Linguistic Features | 第65-67页 |
| ·Summary | 第67-68页 |
| Chapter 7 Conclusion | 第68-74页 |
| ·Summary of the Study | 第68-72页 |
| ·English Legal Memorandum as a Specific Genre | 第68页 |
| ·Move Structure and GSP of English Legal Memorandum | 第68-70页 |
| ·Functional Features and Communicative Strategies | 第70-72页 |
| ·Suggestions for Writing English Legal Memorandum | 第72页 |
| ·Limitations of the Research | 第72-74页 |
| Bibliography | 第74-76页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第76-77页 |
| Appendix | 第77-78页 |
