| Acknowledgements | 第1-4页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第4-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-7页 |
| Table of Contents | 第7-9页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第9-14页 |
| ·Significance of the Study | 第10-12页 |
| ·Objectives of the Study | 第12-13页 |
| ·Organization of the Thesis | 第13-14页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第14-29页 |
| ·Studies on Coherence | 第14-20页 |
| ·Halliday and Hasan’s Study | 第15-16页 |
| ·Van Dijk’s Study | 第16-17页 |
| ·De Beaugrande and Dressler’s Study | 第17-18页 |
| ·Reinhart’s Study | 第18-19页 |
| ·Cheng Xiaotang’s Study | 第19-20页 |
| ·Summary of the Studies | 第20页 |
| ·Studies on Predictive Categories | 第20-24页 |
| ·Studies on Topic Structure | 第24-26页 |
| ·Topic Continuity | 第25页 |
| ·Topic Shift | 第25-26页 |
| ·Studies on Information Structure | 第26-28页 |
| ·Summary of the Chapter | 第28-29页 |
| Chapter Three Methodology and Data | 第29-33页 |
| ·Theoretical Framework | 第29-30页 |
| ·Data of the Study | 第30-33页 |
| Chapter Four Predictive Categories in the Selected Chapters | 第33-55页 |
| ·The Representation and Functions of the Predictive Categories | 第33页 |
| ·The Hierarchical Structure of Text 1 Established by Predictive Categories | 第33-44页 |
| ·The Occurrences and Types of Predictive Categories | 第34-41页 |
| ·The Hierarchical Structure Established by Predictive Categories | 第41-44页 |
| ·The Hierarchical Structures of the Other Four Texts | 第44-53页 |
| ·The Hierarchical Structure of Text 2 | 第44-46页 |
| ·The Hierarchical Structure of Text 3 | 第46-48页 |
| ·The Hierarchical Structure of Text 4 | 第48-50页 |
| ·The Hierarchical Structure of Text 5 | 第50-53页 |
| ·Features of the Predictive Categories in the Selected Chapters | 第53-55页 |
| Chapter Five Topic Structure and Information Structure in the Selected Chapters | 第55-67页 |
| ·Coherence Achieved by Topic Structure | 第55-61页 |
| ·Topic Structure in the Part of Remedies and Damages in Text 1 | 第56-59页 |
| ·Coherence Achieved by the Topic Structure in the Selected Part of Text 1 | 第59-60页 |
| ·Coherence Achieved by the Topic Structure in the Other Four Texts | 第60-61页 |
| ·Coherence Achieved by Information Structure | 第61-65页 |
| ·The Information Distribution in the Selected Part of Text 4 | 第62-64页 |
| ·Coherence Achieved by the Information Structure in Text 4 | 第64-65页 |
| ·Coherence Achieved by the Information Structure in the Other Four Texts | 第65页 |
| ·Summary of the Chapter | 第65-67页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusions | 第67-70页 |
| ·Findings of the Study | 第67-68页 |
| ·Limitations of the Study | 第68-69页 |
| ·Suggestions for Futher Study | 第69-70页 |
| Bibliography | 第70-72页 |
