| 摘要 | 第1-4页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第4-9页 |
| CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION | 第9-12页 |
| ·BACKGROUND | 第9-10页 |
| ·THE RESEARCH FOCUSES AND SIGNIFICANCE | 第10-11页 |
| ·ORGANIZATION OF THE THESIS | 第11-12页 |
| CHAPTER TWO LITERATURE REVIEW | 第12-33页 |
| ·DISCOURSE AND DISCOURSE ANALYSIS | 第12-16页 |
| ·Definition of Discourse | 第12-13页 |
| ·Definition of Discourse Analysis | 第13-14页 |
| ·Previous Studies on Discourse Analysis | 第14-16页 |
| ·COHERENCES | 第16-25页 |
| ·Definition of Coherence | 第16-18页 |
| ·Previous Studies of Discourse Coherence Analysis | 第18-19页 |
| ·Theoretical Preparation for Present Study-Rhetorical Structure Theory(RST) | 第19-25页 |
| ·CULTURAL ASPECT OF DISCOURSE COHERENCE ANALYSIS | 第25-28页 |
| ·Culture and Discourse Analysis | 第25-27页 |
| ·Definition of Hypotaxis and Parataxis | 第27-28页 |
| ·DISCOURSE COHERENCE ANALYSIS OF NEWSPAPER EDITORIALS | 第28-32页 |
| ·Newspaper Editorials | 第28-29页 |
| ·Previous Researches on Newspaper Editorials | 第29-31页 |
| ·Editorial Coherence Analysis: Rhetorical Structure Theory | 第31-32页 |
| ·SUMMARY | 第32-33页 |
| CHAPTER THREE METHODOLOGY | 第33-46页 |
| ·RESEARCH METHOD | 第33页 |
| ·RESEARCH QUESTIONS | 第33页 |
| ·DATA COLLECTION | 第33-35页 |
| ·Criterion of Selection | 第33-34页 |
| ·Selection of Newspapers | 第34页 |
| ·Selection of Editorials | 第34-35页 |
| ·INSTRUMENTS | 第35-39页 |
| ·PILOT STUDY | 第39-42页 |
| ·DATA ANALYSIS | 第42-45页 |
| ·SUMMARY | 第45-46页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR RESULTS AND DISCUSSION | 第46-56页 |
| ·SUMMARY OF THE COMPARISON RESULTS | 第46-48页 |
| ·Results of the Use Frequency of Relations | 第46-47页 |
| ·Results of Overall Textual Structure Analysis of Editorials | 第47-48页 |
| ·DISCUSSION OF THE COMPARISON RESULTS | 第48-55页 |
| ·Discussion of the Use Frequency of Relations | 第48-51页 |
| ·DISCUSSION OF THE OVERALL TEXTUAL STRUCTURE | 第51-55页 |
| ·SUMMARY | 第55-56页 |
| CHAPTER FIVE CONCLUSION | 第56-60页 |
| ·SUMMARY OF MAIN FINDINGS | 第56-57页 |
| ·Use Frequencies of Relations | 第56页 |
| ·Overall Textual Structure of Editorials | 第56-57页 |
| ·IMPLICATIONS | 第57-58页 |
| ·LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY AND FURTHER RESEARCH SUGGESTIONS | 第58-60页 |
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第60-61页 |
| REFERENCES | 第61-66页 |
| APPENDIX A THE FIGURES OF EDITORIALS ANALYZED | 第66-76页 |
| APPENDIX B RELATIONS DEFINITION | 第76-82页 |
| APPENDIX C SCRIPTS OF THE SAMPLE EDITORIALS USED AS EXAMPLES IN FT | 第82-87页 |
| APPENDIX D SCRIPTS OF THE SAMPLE EDITORIALS USED AS EXAMPLES IN CHINA DAILY | 第87-93页 |
| APPENDIX E 作者在攻读硕士学位期间发表的论文目录 | 第93页 |
