| Introduction | 第1-12页 |
| Ⅰ． Research abroad on the importance of Business Writing | 第5-6页 |
| Ⅱ． Research in China on the significance of Business Writing | 第6-9页 |
| Ⅲ． Defining research area of the present paper | 第9页 |
| Ⅳ． The analytical framework adopted in the present thesis | 第9-11页 |
| Ⅴ． Expected result of the present research | 第11-12页 |
| Chapter One: A Survey of Related Literature | 第12-31页 |
| 1．1 Discourse Analysis | 第12-15页 |
| 1．1．1 The origin and definition of Discourse Analysis | 第12页 |
| 1．1．2 Formalist view of discourse and writing | 第12-14页 |
| 1．1．3 Functionalist view of discourse and writing | 第14页 |
| 1．1．4 Complementarity between Functionalism and Formalism | 第14-15页 |
| 1．2 Functional approach to discourse analysis | 第15-26页 |
| 1．2．1 Text, action and interaction | 第16-17页 |
| 1．2．2 Speech acts | 第17-18页 |
| 1．2．3 Context | 第18-20页 |
| 1．2．4 Register | 第20-22页 |
| 1．2．5 Metafunction | 第22-24页 |
| 1．2．6 Realization | 第24页 |
| 1．2．7 Contextual configuration and Generic Structural Potential | 第24-26页 |
| 1．3 Genre Analysis | 第26-31页 |
| 1．3．1 Genre | 第26-27页 |
| 1．3．2 Application of Genre theory | 第27-28页 |
| 1．3．3 Genre and Register | 第28-31页 |
| Chapter Two: An Analysis of Sample Business Discourse | 第31-50页 |
| 2．1 Basic guidelines for analysis | 第31-32页 |
| 2．2 Adopted methods and strategies | 第32-33页 |
| 2．3 Sample Business Writing texts | 第33-50页 |
| 2．3．1 Refusal letters | 第33-37页 |
| 2．3．2 Claim letters | 第37-41页 |
| 2．3．3 Memos | 第41-50页 |
| 2．3．3．1 Linguistic realization of directive memos | 第42-44页 |
| 2．3．3．2 Principles for the arrangement of generic elements | 第44-50页 |
| Chapter Three: Functional Approach to Teaching Business Writing | 第50-64页 |
| 3．1 Development of ESP & the changing focus in research in writing | 第51页 |
| 3．2 Genre-Register model in ESP contexts in China | 第51-52页 |
| 3．3 An experiment | 第52-55页 |
| 3．4 Genre/register oriented classroom organization | 第55-60页 |
| 3．4．1 Advantage of Genre-Register approach over other approaches | 第55-56页 |
| 3．4．2 Teaching material | 第56-58页 |
| 3．4．3 Teaching procedures | 第58-59页 |
| 3．4．4 The role of the learner/teacher | 第59页 |
| 3．4．5 An illustration of a specific teaching item | 第59-60页 |
| 3．5 Evaluation | 第60-64页 |
| 3．5．1 Teachers'evaluation | 第60-61页 |
| 3．5．2 Students'evaluation | 第61-62页 |
| 3．5．3 Criteria | 第62-64页 |
| Conclusion | 第64-66页 |
| Bibliography | 第66-71页 |
