| Acknowledgements | 第1-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-9页 |
| 摘要 | 第9-10页 |
| Contents | 第10-14页 |
| List of Tables | 第14-15页 |
| Abbreviations | 第15-16页 |
| Chapter 1 Preliminaries | 第16-22页 |
| ·Panoramic overview of medical English | 第16页 |
| ·Panoramic overview of systemic functional linguistics | 第16-17页 |
| ·Research background | 第17-18页 |
| ·Data collection and methodology | 第18-20页 |
| ·Organization of the dissertation | 第20-21页 |
| ·Summary | 第21-22页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第22-31页 |
| ·Introduction | 第22页 |
| ·Theme-Rheme study | 第22-24页 |
| ·Research of Scholars Abroad on Theme-Rheme study | 第23-24页 |
| ·Research of Scholars in China on Theme-Rheme study | 第24页 |
| ·Various studies on medical English | 第24-28页 |
| ·The study of characteristics of medical English | 第25页 |
| ·The study of medical English writing | 第25-26页 |
| ·The study of medical English trantslation | 第26-27页 |
| ·The study of medical linguistic competence in healthcare contexts | 第27-28页 |
| ·The study of medical English teaching | 第28页 |
| ·Various studies on medical English from the perspective of SFL | 第28-30页 |
| ·Systematic and comprehensive analysis of medical English | 第28-29页 |
| ·Analysis of medical English from the perspective of interpersona #1 metafunction | 第29-30页 |
| ·Summary | 第30-31页 |
| Chapter 3 Theoretical Framework | 第31-39页 |
| ·Introduction | 第31页 |
| ·Organizing the message:the textual metafunction-Theme | 第31-35页 |
| ·The definition of Theme and Rheme | 第32页 |
| ·Theme in declarative clauses | 第32-34页 |
| ·Theme in non-declarative clauses | 第34-35页 |
| ·Special Thematic Structure | 第35-36页 |
| ·Predicated Theme | 第35页 |
| ·Thematized comment | 第35-36页 |
| ·Preposed Theme | 第36页 |
| ·Multilple Theme | 第36-38页 |
| ·Conjunction and Adjuncts in Theme | 第37页 |
| ·Textual,interpersonal and experiential elements in Theme | 第37-38页 |
| ·Summary | 第38-39页 |
| Chapter 4 The Characteristics of Medical English | 第39-49页 |
| ·Introduction | 第39页 |
| ·Definition of vocabulary | 第39-44页 |
| ·Medical terminology | 第40-41页 |
| ·Greek and Latin morpheme | 第41-43页 |
| ·Abbreviation | 第43-44页 |
| ·Polysemous phenomenon of medical terms | 第44页 |
| ·Grammar of medical English | 第44-48页 |
| ·Long and complex sentences | 第44-46页 |
| ·Nominalization | 第46-47页 |
| ·Passive voice | 第47-48页 |
| ·Summary | 第48-49页 |
| Chapter 5 Analyzing the Textual Metafunction of Medical English | 第49-68页 |
| ·Introduction | 第49页 |
| ·Analysis process of thematic structure of medical English | 第49-58页 |
| ·Theme in declarative clauses | 第50-56页 |
| ·Subject as Theme | 第50-52页 |
| ·Heavy Theme | 第52-53页 |
| ·Adjunct as Theme | 第53-55页 |
| ·Complement as Theme | 第55-56页 |
| ·Non- declarative clauses | 第56-58页 |
| ·Analysis of special thematic structure in medical English | 第58-64页 |
| ·Case study of Predicated Theme in medial English | 第59页 |
| ·Case study of Thematized comment in medical English | 第59-61页 |
| ·Case study of Preposed Theme in medical English | 第61-62页 |
| ·Passive clauses and Theme | 第62-64页 |
| ·Analysis of multiple Theme in medical English | 第64-66页 |
| ·Summary and Conclusion | 第66-68页 |
| Chapter 6 Some Difficulties of Theme Analysis in Medical English | 第68-73页 |
| ·Introduction | 第68页 |
| ·Existential 'there' in Theme | 第68-69页 |
| ·Interpolations in Theme | 第69-70页 |
| ·Preposed attributives | 第70-71页 |
| ·Summary | 第71-73页 |
| Chapter 7 Summary and Conclusion | 第73-77页 |
| ·Introduction | 第73-74页 |
| ·Summarizing overview | 第74-75页 |
| ·Suggestions for further research | 第75-77页 |
| References | 第77-81页 |
