| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract in Chinese | 第5-8页 |
| Abstract in English | 第8-14页 |
| 1. Introduction | 第14-18页 |
| ·Motive | 第14页 |
| ·Research aims | 第14-16页 |
| ·Significance | 第16页 |
| ·Organization of the dissertation | 第16-18页 |
| 2. Literature Review | 第18-34页 |
| ·Discourse Analysis | 第18-24页 |
| ·Definitions: Discourse and Text | 第18-19页 |
| ·Discourse Analysis | 第19-23页 |
| ·Previous studies on Discourse Analysis in China | 第23-24页 |
| ·Studies of discourse in newspaper | 第24-34页 |
| ·Studies of news reporting discourse | 第24-30页 |
| ·Approaches to the analysis of news discourse | 第24-26页 |
| ·Recent studies of news discourse in China | 第26页 |
| ·Discussion about CDA | 第26-30页 |
| ·Studies of editorial discourse | 第30-34页 |
| ·The study of editorial discourse abroad | 第30-31页 |
| ·Recent studies of editorials in China | 第31-34页 |
| 3. Theoretical Preparation for Present Study | 第34-44页 |
| ·Study of coherence | 第34-37页 |
| ·Definition | 第34-36页 |
| ·Recent studies of coherence in China | 第36-37页 |
| ·Theoretical basis for present study-Rhetorical Structure Theory (RST) | 第37-44页 |
| ·Introduction of RST | 第38-42页 |
| ·Relations | 第39-41页 |
| ·Classification of Relations | 第41-42页 |
| ·Practical use of RST | 第42-44页 |
| 4. Case Study | 第44-62页 |
| ·Data and methodology | 第44页 |
| ·Comparative study of the editorial discourse | 第44-50页 |
| ·Comparison of the use frequency of relations in editorials | 第44-48页 |
| ·Comparison of overall top-level rhetorical structure of editorial discourse | 第48-50页 |
| ·Results and discussion | 第50-62页 |
| ·Summary of the results of comparison | 第50-53页 |
| ·Results of the use frequency of relations | 第50-52页 |
| ·Results of overall top-level rhetorical structures of editorials | 第52-53页 |
| ·Discussion of the results of comparison | 第53-62页 |
| ·Discussion of the results from linguistic aspect | 第53-55页 |
| ·Discussion of the results from socio-cultural aspects | 第55-62页 |
| 5.Conclusion | 第62-65页 |
| Bibliography | 第65-69页 |
| Appendix I | 第69-74页 |
| Appendix II | 第74-78页 |
