| 摘要 | 第1-6页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第6-11页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第11-15页 |
| ·The Introduction of the IMO Assembly's Resolution | 第11-12页 |
| ·The Research Questions and Significance of the Research | 第12-13页 |
| ·The Research Methods | 第13-14页 |
| ·Layout of the Thesis | 第14-15页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第15-30页 |
| ·Review of Legal Linguistics | 第15-23页 |
| ·The Definition of Legal Linguistics | 第15-16页 |
| ·The Evolution and Studies of Legal Linguistics Abroad | 第16-20页 |
| ·The Evolution and Studies of Legal Linguistics in China | 第20-23页 |
| ·The General Stylistic Features of Legal English | 第23-25页 |
| ·Review of Legal Lexicon | 第25-26页 |
| ·The Definition of Legal Lexicon | 第25页 |
| ·The General Stylistic Features of Legal English | 第25-26页 |
| ·Theoretical Background of Lexical Cohesion | 第26-30页 |
| ·The Notion of Cohesion | 第26-27页 |
| ·Lexical Cohesion | 第27-30页 |
| Chapter 3 Data Collection and Processing | 第30-36页 |
| ·Introduction to BNC | 第30-31页 |
| ·Introduction to the IAR Corpus | 第31-32页 |
| ·Introduction to IL Corpus | 第32-33页 |
| ·Tools for Data Processing | 第33页 |
| ·Procedures for Data Collection | 第33-36页 |
| Chapter 4 Results and Analysis | 第36-63页 |
| ·The Precise and Explicit Lexicon in IAR | 第36-42页 |
| ·The Preference of Strings of Synonyms | 第36-39页 |
| ·Low Frequency of Pronouns | 第39-42页 |
| ·The Formal and Noble Lexicon in IAR | 第42-48页 |
| ·Utilization of Archaisms | 第43-45页 |
| ·Application of Loan Lexicons | 第45-47页 |
| ·Adoption of Long Words | 第47-48页 |
| ·The Impersonal and Objective Lexicon in IAR | 第48-54页 |
| ·Employing of Modal Verbs | 第49-53页 |
| ·Usage of the Third Person Point of View | 第53-54页 |
| ·The Logical Lexicon in IAR | 第54-61页 |
| ·Lexical Cohesion | 第55-56页 |
| ·A Series of Special Words Indicating the Logic of IAR | 第56-61页 |
| ·Other Minor Features of IAR | 第61-63页 |
| ·British English Words | 第61-62页 |
| ·The Frequent Employment of Compound Phrase | 第62-63页 |
| CHAPTER 5 Conclusions | 第63-68页 |
| ·Major Findings | 第63-66页 |
| ·Major Features and Minor Features of IAR | 第63-64页 |
| ·Common Features VS. Distinguished Features | 第64-66页 |
| ·Some Implication from This Thesis | 第66-67页 |
| ·Implications for Studying and Understanding Legal English | 第66页 |
| ·Implications for Teaching Maritime English | 第66页 |
| ·Implications for Drafting IAR | 第66-67页 |
| ·Limitation of This Thesis | 第67-68页 |
| Reference | 第68-72页 |
| Appendix | 第72-77页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第77-78页 |
| Resume | 第78-79页 |
