| Abstract | 第1-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-9页 |
| Chapter one Introduction | 第9-15页 |
| ·Background | 第9-11页 |
| ·Significance of the Study | 第11-13页 |
| ·Theoretical Significance | 第11-12页 |
| ·Pedagogical Significance | 第12-13页 |
| ·Outline of the Thesis | 第13-15页 |
| Chapter two Literature Review | 第15-32页 |
| ·Contrastive Rhetoric | 第15-23页 |
| ·General Retrospection of Contrastive Rhetoric | 第15-21页 |
| ·Kaplan’s Study | 第15-18页 |
| ·Major Findings of the Past 40 Years | 第18-21页 |
| ·Empirical Studies of Chinese-English Contrastive Rhetoric | 第21-23页 |
| ·Discourse Analysis | 第23-31页 |
| ·General Introduction to Discourse Analysis | 第23-25页 |
| ·Target Discourse Features of the Present Study | 第25-28页 |
| ·Conjunction | 第25-26页 |
| ·Theme and Rheme | 第26-27页 |
| ·Paragraph Organization | 第27页 |
| ·Text Pattern | 第27-28页 |
| ·Empirical Studies Home and Abroad | 第28-31页 |
| ·Summary | 第31-32页 |
| Chapter three Methodology and Procedure | 第32-40页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第32页 |
| ·Corpus Source and Data Selection | 第32-33页 |
| ·Analysis Procedure and Operational Definition | 第33-39页 |
| ·Analysis Procedure | 第33-34页 |
| ·2 Criteria of Data Analysis | 第34-39页 |
| ·Conjunctions | 第34-36页 |
| ·Marked and Unmarked Theme | 第36-37页 |
| ·Paragraph Organization | 第37-38页 |
| ·Text Pattern: The Position of the Thesis Statement in Text | 第38-39页 |
| ·Summary | 第39-40页 |
| Chapter four Results and Discussion | 第40-59页 |
| ·Results | 第40-46页 |
| ·Frequency of Conjunctions | 第40-42页 |
| ·Marked and Unmarked Theme | 第42-43页 |
| ·Patterns of Paragraph Organization | 第43-44页 |
| ·Text Pattern: The Position of Thesis Statement | 第44-46页 |
| ·Discussion | 第46-57页 |
| ·Differences and Similarities between NS and NNS in Conjunctions | 第46-50页 |
| ·Question 1: What are the differences in the use of conjunction between native English speakers and Chinese ESL learners? | 第46-48页 |
| ·Comparison with Previous Studies | 第48-50页 |
| ·Discussion of the Results of Marked and Unmarked Theme | 第50-52页 |
| ·Question 2: What are the features of the usage of marked theme 6y native English speakers and Chinese ESL learners | 第50-52页 |
| ·Comparison with Previous Studies | 第52页 |
| ·Patterns of Paragraph Organization in NS and NNS | 第52-56页 |
| ·Question 3: What are the different types of paragraph organization employed by native English speakers and Chinese ESL learners in their English writing? | 第52-55页 |
| ·Comparison with Previous Studies | 第55-56页 |
| ·Text Pattern: The Position of Thesis Statement of the Body of NS and NNS | 第56-57页 |
| ·Question 4: How does the thesis statement develop in native English speakers and Chinese ESL learners’writing? | 第56-57页 |
| ·Comparison with Previous Studies | 第57页 |
| ·Summary | 第57-59页 |
| Chapter five Conclusion and Implication | 第59-68页 |
| ·Major Findings and Characteristics of the Study | 第59-63页 |
| ·Major Findings of the Study | 第59-61页 |
| ·Characteristics of the Study | 第61-63页 |
| ·Implication for ESL Writing Classes | 第63-66页 |
| ·Limitations of the Study | 第66-68页 |
| Bibliography | 第68-75页 |
| Appendix：Sample essay of American college student | 第75-77页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第77-78页 |
| 攻读硕士期间发表的学术论文 | 第78页 |
