| Acknowledgements | 第1-4页 |
| Abstract | 第4-6页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第6-8页 |
| Table of Contents | 第8-10页 |
| List of Abbreviations | 第10-11页 |
| Introduction | 第11-14页 |
| ·Motivation of the study | 第11-12页 |
| ·Need ror the study | 第12-13页 |
| ·Pedagogical significance | 第13页 |
| ·Structure of the thesis | 第13-14页 |
| Chapter One Literature Review | 第14-28页 |
| ·Overview of argumentative writing | 第14-19页 |
| ·The features of argumentative writing | 第14-16页 |
| ·Writing style | 第16页 |
| ·The use of first person subject pronouns in argumentative writings | 第16-19页 |
| ·Classification of first person subject pronouns "I" and "we" | 第19-21页 |
| ·Classification of first person plural pronoun | 第19-21页 |
| ·Classification of first person singular pronoun | 第21页 |
| ·Research and empirical studies on the use of first person pronouns | 第21-28页 |
| ·Research on the use of first person pronouns | 第21-24页 |
| ·Empirical studies on the use of first person pronouns | 第24-28页 |
| Chapter Two Methodology | 第28-33页 |
| ·Research questions | 第28页 |
| ·Material | 第28-30页 |
| ·Corpus description | 第29页 |
| ·Sample selection | 第29页 |
| ·Writing task | 第29-30页 |
| ·Data analysis | 第30-32页 |
| ·Summary | 第32-33页 |
| Chapter Three Results and Discussion | 第33-44页 |
| ·General characteristics of the use of "I" and "we" | 第33-38页 |
| ·Frequency of the use of "I" and "we" | 第33-35页 |
| ·Distribution of the use of "I" and "we" | 第35-38页 |
| ·Changes in the use of "I" and "we" along with L2 development | 第38-42页 |
| ·Frequency of the use of "I" and "we" | 第39-40页 |
| ·Distribution of the use of "I" and "we" across three groups | 第40-42页 |
| ·Summary | 第42-44页 |
| Chapter Four Conclusions | 第44-49页 |
| ·Major findings | 第44-45页 |
| ·Pedagogical implications | 第45-47页 |
| ·Limitations | 第47页 |
| ·Suggestions recommended for future research | 第47-49页 |
| References | 第49-51页 |
