| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第1-12页 |
| ·Purpose of the Study | 第9页 |
| ·Motivations of the Study | 第9-10页 |
| ·Research Focus and Target | 第10-11页 |
| ·Organization of the Thesis | 第11-12页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第12-25页 |
| ·Studies of News Editorials | 第12-14页 |
| ·Definition of Editorials | 第12-13页 |
| ·Purposes of Editorials | 第13-14页 |
| ·The Definition of Genre | 第14-17页 |
| ·Historical Understanding | 第14-15页 |
| ·Modern Definition | 第15-17页 |
| ·Different Approaches to Genre Analysis and the Theoretical Base for the Research | 第17-25页 |
| ·Genre Analysis in Folklore Studies | 第18页 |
| ·Systemic-Functional Approach | 第18-23页 |
| ·Genre vs. Register in Systemic-Functional Approach | 第18-20页 |
| ·The GSP of a Genre in Systemic-Functional Model | 第20-22页 |
| ·Previous Researches on the GSP of Various Genres | 第22-23页 |
| ·An Awareness of the Relationship between Systemic-Functional Approach and News Editorials | 第23-25页 |
| Chapter 3 A Genre Analysis of News Editorial | 第25-50页 |
| ·A Move Analysis of News Editorials | 第25-36页 |
| ·Situational Context and Communicative Purposes of News Editorials | 第26页 |
| ·The Move Structures of News Editorials | 第26-28页 |
| ·Rationalizing Move Structures | 第28-36页 |
| ·Lead | 第28-31页 |
| ·Argumentation | 第31-34页 |
| ·Valuate | 第34-36页 |
| ·Analysis of Generic Structure Potential (GSP) of News Editorials | 第36-48页 |
| ·Contextual Configuration of News Editorials | 第37-39页 |
| ·Analyzing and Rationalizing the Prediction of CC | 第39-46页 |
| ·Lead | 第41-43页 |
| ·Argumentation | 第43-44页 |
| ·Valuate | 第44-46页 |
| ·The Generic Structure Potential (GSP) of News Editorials | 第46-48页 |
| ·Summary | 第48-50页 |
| Chapter 4 Conclusion | 第50-53页 |
| ·Summary of the Study | 第50-51页 |
| ·Limitations of the Study | 第51-52页 |
| ·Suggestions for Further Studies | 第52-53页 |
| ·Suggestions for Cross-cultural Studies | 第52页 |
| ·Suggestions for Diachronic Studies | 第52-53页 |
| Bibliography: | 第53-56页 |
| Appendix 1: List of Editorials Analyzed | 第56-63页 |
| Appendix 2: The Actual Move Structures of News Editorials in 2006 | 第63-65页 |
| Appendix 3: A Statistic Analysis of the Occurrences of Moves of News Editorials in 2006 | 第65-67页 |
