| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract in Chinese | 第6-8页 |
| Abstract in English | 第8-10页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第10-14页 |
| ·Comparing Formalism with Functionalism | 第10-11页 |
| ·Why focusing on college English writing | 第11-12页 |
| ·Significance of the research | 第12-13页 |
| ·Structure of the thesis | 第13-14页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature of Theme and Thematic Structure | 第14-26页 |
| ·Theme, Rheme and Thematic Structure | 第14-17页 |
| ·Theme and Rheme | 第14页 |
| ·Thematic Structure and Information Structure | 第14-15页 |
| ·Theme + N-Rheme | 第15-16页 |
| ·Theme + Rheme and New + Given | 第16-17页 |
| ·Classification of Theme | 第17-21页 |
| ·Simple Theme | 第17-18页 |
| ·Multiple Theme | 第18-19页 |
| ·Clausal Theme | 第19-21页 |
| ·Theme in special structures | 第21-22页 |
| ·Existential ‘There be’as Theme | 第21页 |
| ·Emphasized Theme and Thematised Comment | 第21-22页 |
| ·Markedness of Theme | 第22-23页 |
| ·‘marked’Themes in simple clauses | 第22页 |
| ·‘marked’themes in hypotactic clause complexes | 第22-23页 |
| ·Textual functions of Theme and Thematic Structure | 第23-26页 |
| Chapter 3 Study on Thematic Progression | 第26-34页 |
| ·Review of Thematic Progression research | 第26-27页 |
| ·TP patterns postulated by this thesis | 第27-31页 |
| ·Linear Thematic Progression | 第27页 |
| ·The Same-Theme Pattern | 第27-28页 |
| ·The Same-Rheme Pattern | 第28页 |
| ·Derived-Theme Pattern | 第28-29页 |
| ·Split-Rheme Pattern | 第29页 |
| ·Alternate-Theme Pattern | 第29-30页 |
| ·Crossing Thematic Progression | 第30页 |
| ·Summarizing Thematic Progression | 第30-31页 |
| ·Textual functions of Thematic Progression | 第31-34页 |
| Chapter 4 Major factors involving coherence of college English writing | 第34-41页 |
| ·General Introduction to Measures of Coherence | 第34-35页 |
| ·Cohesion as a measure of coherence | 第35-36页 |
| ·Distinguishing cohesion and coherence | 第35-36页 |
| ·Cohesion as a measure of coherence | 第36页 |
| ·Method of development /point and coherence | 第36-37页 |
| ·Registerial coherence and generic coherence | 第37-39页 |
| ·Integrating theories of Thematic Structure and Thematic Progression with the coherence strategies | 第39-41页 |
| Chapter 5 Case studies on college English writing problems and supposed solutions | 第41-55页 |
| ·Hypothesis | 第41页 |
| ·Data sources | 第41-42页 |
| ·Case studies and supposed solutions | 第42-55页 |
| ·Thematisation (the choice of Theme) is not only a clausal process but also a discoursal process | 第42-43页 |
| ·Multiple Theme manifests intersentential logico-semantic relations in a text | 第43-45页 |
| ·Interacting and interweaving hierarchical Themes and Rhemes guarantee sticking to the point | 第45-47页 |
| ·Thematic progression must benefit registerial coherence and generic coherence | 第47-49页 |
| ·Thematic Progression helps the author eliminate illogical and disordered thread of thought | 第49-50页 |
| ·The use of marked Theme and multiple Theme predicts variety of sentence patterns and flexible length of sentences | 第50-55页 |
| Chapter 6 Conclusion:Findings of the research and their theoretical significance and applicable value | 第55-58页 |
| Bibliography | 第58-62页 |
| 作者在攻读硕士学位期间发表的论文目录 | 第62-63页 |
