| Table of Contents | 第1-4页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第4-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-9页 |
| List of Tables and Figures | 第9-10页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第10-17页 |
| ·Background | 第10-11页 |
| ·The Rationale of the Present Study | 第11-14页 |
| ·Research Questions and Significance | 第14-15页 |
| ·Data and Methodology | 第15-16页 |
| ·Layout of the Thesis | 第16-17页 |
| Chapter 2 Review of the Relevant Literature | 第17-29页 |
| ·Introduction | 第17页 |
| ·Genre Analysis | 第17-24页 |
| ·The Communicative Purposes Criterion | 第18-20页 |
| ·Generic Structure Potential (GSP) | 第20-23页 |
| ·Swales'Move-step Model | 第23-24页 |
| ·Systemic Functional Theory | 第24-25页 |
| ·The Status Quo of Statements of Defence Research in Forensic Linguistics(FL) | 第25-29页 |
| ·Research on Statements of Defence in FL Abroad | 第25-26页 |
| ·Research on Statements of Defence in FL in China | 第26-29页 |
| Chapter 3 Theoretical Framework | 第29-36页 |
| ·Introduction | 第29-30页 |
| ·Defining Some Basic Terms | 第30-33页 |
| ·Genre | 第30-31页 |
| ·Move | 第31-32页 |
| ·Statement of Defence | 第32-33页 |
| ·The Theoretical Framework | 第33-34页 |
| ·Procedure | 第34-36页 |
| Chapter 4 A Genre Analysis of the Counsel's Statement of Defence | 第36-58页 |
| ·Introduction | 第36页 |
| ·The Statement of Defence as a Genre | 第36-37页 |
| ·A Sample Analysis of the Statement of Defence | 第37-44页 |
| ·The Moves Identified in the Statements of Defence in the Corpus | 第44-50页 |
| ·A GSP of the Statements of Defence Based on Statistical Verification | 第50-51页 |
| ·Explanation for the Move Structure | 第51-58页 |
| ·Explanation for the Counsel's Choices of Obligatory Moves | 第51-55页 |
| ·Explanation for the Counsel's Choices of Optional Moves | 第55-58页 |
| Chapter 5 Strategy Analysis of the Statements of Defence | 第58-72页 |
| ·Introduction | 第58页 |
| ·Different Strategies Associated with Particular Moves | 第58-69页 |
| ·The Fixed Grammatical Patterns in Title | 第59-62页 |
| ·Frequent Use of First-person Orientation in Opening Words | 第62-64页 |
| ·Use of Abbreviated Syntax in MP Move and DA Move | 第64-66页 |
| ·Use of Persuasive Imperative Sentences Often with a Lexical Relation of Summative Conjunction in Finis Move | 第66-69页 |
| ·Explanation for the Strategy Choices | 第69-72页 |
| Chapter 6 Conclusion | 第72-76页 |
| ·Introduction | 第72-73页 |
| ·Implications | 第73-75页 |
| ·Applications for the Learning of Statements of Defence Writing | 第73-74页 |
| ·Applications for the Teaching of Statements of Defence Writing | 第74-75页 |
| ·Limitation | 第75-76页 |
| Bibliography | 第76-79页 |
| Appendix | 第79-82页 |
