| Acknowledgments | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-8页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-11页 |
| List of Tables and Figures | 第11-12页 |
| List of Abbreviations | 第12-13页 |
| Introduction | 第13-15页 |
| Chapter One Literature Review | 第15-28页 |
| ·A brief introduction to the historical development of research articles | 第15-16页 |
| ·A brief introduction to the previous research on the author's identity in research articles | 第16-19页 |
| ·A brief introduction to the previous research on the use of first personal pronouns in research articles | 第19-26页 |
| ·Discoursal functions of first personal pronouns | 第20-24页 |
| ·Semantic references of first personal pronouns | 第24-25页 |
| ·The use of first personal pronouns in RAs across disciplines and cultures | 第25-26页 |
| ·The concern of the study | 第26-28页 |
| Chapter Two Methodology | 第28-32页 |
| ·Data source and collection | 第28-30页 |
| ·Selecting the disciplines | 第28页 |
| ·Selecting the journals and the articles | 第28-29页 |
| ·Building the corpora | 第29-30页 |
| ·Methods of analysis | 第30-32页 |
| Chapter Three The Use of First Personal Pronouns in Research Articles by Native English Speakers | 第32-52页 |
| ·Overall frequencies of first personal pronouns in RAs by NES | 第32-33页 |
| ·Distribution of first personal pronouns across the three disciplines | 第33-35页 |
| ·Discoursal functions of first personal pronouns | 第35-48页 |
| ·Methodological pronouns | 第36-41页 |
| ·Stating findings and claims | 第41-42页 |
| ·Elaborating arguments | 第42-43页 |
| ·Stating purposes | 第43-44页 |
| ·Defining terms | 第44页 |
| ·Acknowledgements | 第44-45页 |
| ·Self-citation | 第45-46页 |
| ·Inclusive we | 第46-48页 |
| ·Distribution of first personal pronouns in each rhetoric section of RAs | 第48-52页 |
| Chapter Four Differences in the Use of First Personal Pronouns in RAs between CEL and NES | 第52-68页 |
| ·Frequency of the use of first personal pronouns in CEL corpus | 第52-53页 |
| ·Distribution of first personal pronouns across the three disciplines in CEL corpus | 第53-55页 |
| ·Discoursal functions of first personal pronouns in CEL corpus | 第55-61页 |
| ·Distribution of first personal pronouns in each rhetoric section of RAs | 第61-62页 |
| ·Summary of the findings | 第62-63页 |
| ·Influencing variables | 第63-65页 |
| ·Pedagogical implications | 第65-68页 |
| Conclusion | 第68-71页 |
| Notes | 第71-72页 |
| Bibliography | 第72-76页 |
