| ABSTRACT | 第1-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-8页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第8-10页 |
| ·Background of the Research | 第8页 |
| ·Significance of the Research | 第8-9页 |
| ·Organization of the Thesis | 第9-10页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第10-23页 |
| ·Previous Research on Genre and Genre Analysis | 第10-16页 |
| ·Concepts of Genre | 第10-14页 |
| ·Genre Analysis | 第14-16页 |
| ·A Survey of the Previous Research on Court Verdicts | 第16-23页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Framework | 第23-27页 |
| ·Genre Analysis | 第23-24页 |
| ·Bhatia's Move Model and Seven-step Approach | 第24-26页 |
| ·Summary | 第26-27页 |
| Chapter Four Research Method and Design | 第27-29页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第27页 |
| ·Data Collection | 第27页 |
| ·Data Analysis Methods | 第27-29页 |
| Chapter Five Analysis and Discussion | 第29-59页 |
| ·Identifying Court Verdict as a Genre | 第29-30页 |
| ·Genre Analysis of a Sample American Court Verdict | 第30-43页 |
| ·Genre Analysis of a Sample Chinese Court Verdict | 第43-51页 |
| ·Contrastive Discussion | 第51-59页 |
| ·Similarities and Differences in Move Structural | 第51-54页 |
| ·Distribution of Each Move of ACV and CCV | 第54-55页 |
| ·Similarities and Differences in Strategies Adopted in the Moves | 第55-59页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第59-63页 |
| ·Major Findings | 第59-61页 |
| ·Limitations of the Present Study and Implications for Further Studies | 第61-63页 |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | 第63-66页 |
| APPENDIX | 第66-67页 |
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第67-68页 |
| PUBLISHED PAPERS | 第68页 |
