| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract(Englsih) | 第5-8页 |
| Abstract(Chinese) | 第8-12页 |
| Chapter Ⅰ Introduction | 第12-19页 |
| ·Related Concepts about Thematic Progression | 第12-14页 |
| ·Text and Texture | 第12-13页 |
| ·Theme and Rheme | 第13-14页 |
| ·Thematie Progerssion and Thematic Progerssion Patterns | 第14页 |
| ·Significance of the Research | 第14-16页 |
| ·Data Collection and Data Analysis | 第16-17页 |
| ·Design of the Thesis | 第17-19页 |
| Chapter Ⅱ Literature Review | 第19-35页 |
| ·Related Studies on Theme | 第19-23页 |
| ·Related Studies on the Theory of Thematic Progression Pattern | 第23-32页 |
| ·Studies on Thematic Progression Patterns by Scholars Abroad | 第23-28页 |
| ·Studies on Thematic Progression Patterns by Scholars at Home | 第28-32页 |
| ·Related Studies on Application of the Thematic Progression Patterns to Text Analysis | 第32-35页 |
| Chapter Ⅲ Research Method and Theoretical Framework | 第35-44页 |
| ·Research Method | 第35-37页 |
| ·Comparative Method | 第35-36页 |
| ·Quantative and Qualitative Methods | 第36-37页 |
| ·Theoretical Framework | 第37-42页 |
| ·Hallidayan Identification of Theme | 第37-40页 |
| ·Theme in Reported Clauses | 第40-41页 |
| ·A Complement to Hallidayan Theory | 第41-42页 |
| ·Thematic Progression Patterns Adopted in the Thesis | 第42-44页 |
| Chapter Ⅳ Presentation of the Statistic Results | 第44-61页 |
| ·Analysis of English and Chinese Samples | 第44-51页 |
| ·Analysis of an English Sample | 第44-48页 |
| ·Analysis of a Chinese Sample | 第48-51页 |
| ·Results of the Statistic Research | 第51-56页 |
| ·Statistic Results of the Thematic Progression Patterns | 第51-55页 |
| ·Statistic Results of TP Pattern as Cohesive Devices | 第55-56页 |
| ·Findings | 第56-61页 |
| ·Three New Thematic Progression Patterns | 第57-58页 |
| ·Three Cases That Cause the Production of Irregular Pattern | 第58-59页 |
| ·Ellipsis Themes | 第59-61页 |
| Chapter Ⅴ Interpretation of Results | 第61-70页 |
| ·Reasons for Employing the Same Thematic Progression Patterns | 第61-63页 |
| ·Cognitive Perspective | 第61-62页 |
| ·Similar Organization | 第62-63页 |
| ·Reasons for Different Sequences of the Incidences of Thematic Progression Patterns | 第63-65页 |
| ·Syntactic Reason | 第63-64页 |
| ·Different Ways of Thinking | 第64-65页 |
| ·Reasons for More Ellipsis Themes in Chinese | 第65-67页 |
| ·Linguistic Typological Perspective | 第65-66页 |
| ·Syntactic Perspective | 第66-67页 |
| ·Cohesiveness of the Thematic Progression in Disaster Coverage Texts | 第67-70页 |
| ·Cohesion | 第68-69页 |
| ·Coherence | 第69-70页 |
| Chapter Ⅵ Conclusion | 第70-72页 |
| Bibliography | 第72-77页 |
| Appendix(Texts Used as Examples in the Thesis) | 第77-84页 |
