| ABSTRACT | 第6-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-16页 |
| CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION | 第16-20页 |
| 1.1 Research Background | 第16-17页 |
| 1.2 The Purpose and the Significance of the Research | 第17-18页 |
| 1.3 Research Questions of the Study | 第18-19页 |
| 1.4 The Organization | 第19-20页 |
| CHAPTER TWO LITERATURE REVIEW | 第20-37页 |
| 2.1 Definitions and Functions of Lexical Bundles | 第20-23页 |
| 2.1.1 Definitions of Lexical Bundles | 第20-21页 |
| 2.1.2 Functions of Lexical Bundles | 第21-23页 |
| 2.2 Definitions and Features of Stance Bundles | 第23-26页 |
| 2.2.1 Definitions of Stance Bundles | 第23-24页 |
| 2.2.2 Features of Stance Bundles | 第24-26页 |
| 2.3 Classifications of Stance Bundles | 第26-30页 |
| 2.3.1 Structural Classification of Stance Bundles | 第26-28页 |
| 2.3.2 Functional Classification of Stance Bundles | 第28-30页 |
| 2.4 The Importance of Stance Bundles in Academic Discourse | 第30-31页 |
| 2.5 Previous Empirical Studies on Stance Bundles | 第31-37页 |
| CHAPTER THREE METHODOLOGY | 第37-42页 |
| 3.1 Description of the Written AFL Stance Bundles | 第37-38页 |
| 3.2 Compilation of the Chinese and American MA Theses of Applied LinguisticsCorpus | 第38-39页 |
| 3.3 The Software and Data Processing | 第39-42页 |
| 3.3.1 The Software AntConc | 第39-40页 |
| 3.3.2 The Software Log-likelihood Ratio Calculator | 第40页 |
| 3.3.3 Data Processing | 第40-42页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR RESUIT AND DISCUSSION | 第42-73页 |
| 4.1 Distribution Frequencies Analysis of AFL Stance Bundles in Chinese andAmerican MA Theses | 第42-48页 |
| 4.1.1 Distribution Frequencies of AFL Stance Bundles in CTLC and ATLC | 第42-45页 |
| 4.1.2 Distribution Frequencies of AFL Stance Bundles across Each Sections in CTLC and ATLC | 第45-46页 |
| 4.1.3 Discussion on Distributions | 第46-48页 |
| 4.2 The Analysis of Most Representative AFL Stance Bundles in Chinese andAmerican MA Theses | 第48-61页 |
| 4.2.1 The Top 20 Most Representative AFL Stance Bundles in CTLC and ATLC | 第48-50页 |
| 4.2.2 Structural Characteristic of the Most Representative AFL Stance Bundles in CTLC and ATLC | 第50-57页 |
| 4.2.3 Functional Characteristic of the Most Representative AFL Stance Bundles in CTLC and ATLC | 第57-59页 |
| 4.2.4 Discussion on the Most Representative Stance Bundles in CTLC and ATLC | 第59-61页 |
| 4.3 Preferred Means of Taking Stance in CTLC and ATLC | 第61-73页 |
| 4.3.1 Functional Characteristic of AFL Stance Bundles Used in the Result/discussion & conclusion Part | 第62-63页 |
| 4.3.2 Evaluation Stance Bundles and Stance Taking | 第63-67页 |
| 4.3.3 Epistemic Stance Bundles and Stance Taking | 第67-70页 |
| 4.3.4 Discussion on Preferred Means of Taking Stance in CTLC and ATLC | 第70-73页 |
| CHAPTER FIVE CONCLUSION | 第73-78页 |
| 5.1 Major Findings for the Research | 第73-75页 |
| 5.2 Pedagogical Implications | 第75-77页 |
| 5.3 Limitations and Suggestions | 第77-78页 |
| REFERENCES | 第78-83页 |
| 中文参考文献 | 第83-84页 |
| APPENDICES | 第84-91页 |
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第91-92页 |
| PUBLICATIONS | 第92页 |
