| Acknowledgement | 第1-4页 |
| Abstract | 第4-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-9页 |
| CONTENTS | 第9-11页 |
| List of Figures | 第11-12页 |
| List of Tables | 第12-13页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第13-17页 |
| ·Rationale of the Research | 第13-14页 |
| ·The Research Objective | 第14-15页 |
| ·Research Method and Data | 第15-16页 |
| ·Research Method | 第15页 |
| ·Research Data | 第15-16页 |
| ·Organization of the Thesis | 第16-17页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第17-33页 |
| ·Previous Studies on Dialogue and Communicative Competence | 第17-21页 |
| ·Analysis of Dialogues in Different Disciplines | 第17-18页 |
| ·Previous Studies on the Definition of Dialogue | 第18-20页 |
| ·Previous Studies on Communicative Competence (CC) | 第20-21页 |
| ·Genre Theory and Related Research | 第21-32页 |
| ·Definitions of Genre and Speech Genre | 第22-24页 |
| ·Generic Identity in SFL | 第24-26页 |
| ·Genre-based Approach and Move-based Approach | 第26-29页 |
| ·Application of Genre-based Approach to the Teaching of Writing | 第29-31页 |
| ·Genre-based Communicative Language Teaching | 第31-32页 |
| ·Summary | 第32-33页 |
| Chapter 3 Framework for Periodicity Analysis of Written Dialogue | 第33-54页 |
| ·Framework for Text Semantic Study in the Present Research | 第33-38页 |
| ·Discourse Semantics | 第34-36页 |
| ·Framework for TEXT Semantic Study | 第36-38页 |
| ·The Textual Meta-function Analysis | 第38-44页 |
| ·Systems of Thematic Structure and Information Structure | 第39-42页 |
| ·The Correlation between Textual Meta-function and the Mode | 第42-44页 |
| ·Periodicity Theory | 第44-47页 |
| ·Hierarchy of Periodicity | 第45-47页 |
| ·Text Expansion Strategies: Hierarchies and Series | 第47页 |
| ·Genre Analysis of Written Dialogue | 第47-52页 |
| ·The Communicative Purposes of Written Dialogues | 第49-50页 |
| ·The Schematic Structure of Exposition and Dialogue | 第50页 |
| ·The Grammatical Patterns of Written Dialogue | 第50-51页 |
| ·Summary | 第51-52页 |
| ·Model for Analyzing the Written Dialogue | 第52-53页 |
| ·Generic Identity Clarification | 第52页 |
| ·Theme/Rheme Analysis | 第52-53页 |
| ·Analysis of Layers of Theme and News | 第53页 |
| ·Periodicity Analysis | 第53页 |
| ·Summary | 第53-54页 |
| Chapter 4 Periodic Analysis of Written Dialogues in English Textbooks (Oxford/Shanghai Edition) | 第54-79页 |
| ·Generic Identity of the Written Dialogues | 第55-58页 |
| ·Contextual Configuration of Three Written Dialogues | 第55页 |
| ·Social Purpose | 第55-56页 |
| ·Identification of Generic Stages | 第56-57页 |
| ·Specification of Optional and Obligatory Stages | 第57-58页 |
| ·Thematic Analysis of Three Expository Written Dialogues | 第58-71页 |
| ·Thematic Selection | 第58-66页 |
| ·Topical Themes in Three Written Dialogues | 第61-62页 |
| ·Textual Themes in Three Written Dialogues | 第62-64页 |
| ·Interpersonal Themes in Three Written Dialogues | 第64-65页 |
| ·Marked Themes in Three Written Dialogues | 第65-66页 |
| ·Thematic Progression | 第66-71页 |
| ·Theme reiteration in the Written Dialogues | 第70页 |
| ·Simple Linear Patterns in the Written Dialogues | 第70-71页 |
| ·Rheme Reiteration in the Written Dialogues | 第71页 |
| ·Analysis of Hierarchy of Periodicity | 第71-79页 |
| ·Bigger Waves and Tidal Waves | 第72-77页 |
| ·Bigger Waves and Tidal Waves in Dialogue 1 | 第72-74页 |
| ·Bigger Waves and Tidal Waves in Dialogue 2 | 第74-75页 |
| ·Bigger Waves and Tidal Waves in Dialogue 3 | 第75-77页 |
| ·Implications of the Analysis | 第77-79页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第79-83页 |
| ·Summary of the Present Study | 第79页 |
| ·Major Results and Findings | 第79-81页 |
| ·Implications | 第81页 |
| ·Limitations and Suggestions for Further Research | 第81-83页 |
| Appendix | 第83-87页 |
| References | 第87-92页 |