| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-11页 |
| Introduction | 第11-15页 |
| Chapter One Literature Review | 第15-29页 |
| ·Halliday’s Framework of Thematic Structure | 第15-21页 |
| ·Concepts of Theme and Rheme | 第16-17页 |
| ·Classification of Theme | 第17-19页 |
| ·Simple Theme, Multiple Theme and Clause as Theme | 第17-18页 |
| ·Marked Theme and Unmarked Theme | 第18-19页 |
| ·Thematic Structure and Information Structure | 第19-21页 |
| ·Thematic Progression | 第21-29页 |
| ·Martin’s Thematic Hierarchy Theory | 第22-24页 |
| ·Danes’s Thematic Progression Theory and Its Development | 第24-29页 |
| ·Danes’s TP Theory | 第24-26页 |
| ·Contribution of Other Scholars to the TP Theory | 第26-29页 |
| Chapter Two Research Procedure | 第29-43页 |
| ·Objects of Study | 第29页 |
| ·Hypotheses | 第29页 |
| ·Data Collection | 第29-30页 |
| ·Data Analysis | 第30-43页 |
| ·Criteria of Theme Identification | 第31-34页 |
| ·Thematic Structure in Existential Clause | 第31-32页 |
| ·Thematic Structure in Non-referring It Clause | 第32-34页 |
| ·Criteria of Thematic Progression Identification | 第34-36页 |
| ·A Case of Data Processing | 第36-43页 |
| ·Analyzing the Theme-Rheme Structure of the Data | 第36-39页 |
| ·Identifying the Macro Theme and Hyper Theme of the Data | 第39-40页 |
| ·Analyzing the Thematic Progression of the Data | 第40-42页 |
| ·Rearranging Data | 第42-43页 |
| Chapter Three Results Discussion and Major Findings | 第43-81页 |
| ·Thematic Hierarchy Improving Clarity and Unity of a Text | 第43-57页 |
| ·Thematic Hierarchy Forming the Skeleton of a Text | 第44-47页 |
| ·Thematic Hierarchy Establishing the Frame of a Paragraph | 第47-50页 |
| ·Problems in Students’Writing | 第50-57页 |
| ·Loose in Structure | 第50-51页 |
| ·Disagreement Between Macro Theme and Hyper Theme | 第51-53页 |
| ·Improper Division of Paragraph | 第53-55页 |
| ·Inappropriate Hyper Theme | 第55-57页 |
| ·Thematic Progression as a strategy of Unfolding a Text | 第57-70页 |
| ·Strengthening Semantic Coherence | 第58-61页 |
| ·Improving Coherence in Terms of Genre | 第61-64页 |
| ·Interaction between Information System and Thematic Progression System | 第64-68页 |
| ·Problems in Students’Composition | 第68-70页 |
| ·P seudo Coherence or Non-coherence | 第68-69页 |
| ·Negative Transfer of Theme or Rheme | 第69-70页 |
| ·Thematisation as the Realization of Linguistic Adaptation | 第70-81页 |
| ·Markedness as a Strategy of Adaptation | 第71-78页 |
| ·Adaptation for Textual Purpose | 第71-73页 |
| ·Adaptation for Rhetorical Purpose | 第73-75页 |
| ·Adaptation for Communicative Purpose | 第75-78页 |
| ·Thematisation as a Strategy to Lend Variety | 第78-81页 |
| Chapter Four Causes for Deficiencies in Chinese Students’English Compositions | 第81-89页 |
| ·Negative Language Transfer | 第81-83页 |
| ·Different Modes of Thought | 第83-86页 |
| ·Other Factors | 第86-89页 |
| Chapter Five Integrating TP Theory to Writing Training | 第89-93页 |
| ·Developing a “Top-down”Approach | 第89-90页 |
| ·Breeding a Thematic Progression Consciousness | 第90-93页 |
| Conclusion | 第93-97页 |
| Bibliography | 第97-101页 |
| Appendix | 第101-102页 |
