| Acknowledgement | 第1-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-11页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第11-14页 |
| ·Research Orientation | 第11页 |
| ·The Rationale of the Present Study | 第11-13页 |
| ·Overall Structure of the Thesis | 第13-14页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第14-29页 |
| ·Background Information about ESL Writing Pedagogy and the Application inChina | 第14-17页 |
| ·Overseas and Domestic Studies on Thesis Statements | 第17-21页 |
| ·Definition of Thesis Statement | 第17-18页 |
| ·Overseas Studies on Thesis Statement | 第18-20页 |
| ·Domestic Studies on Thesis Statement | 第20-21页 |
| ·Linguistic Features of Thesis Statement in ESL Writing | 第21-29页 |
| ·A General Summary of Linguistic Features in ESL Writing | 第21-23页 |
| ·Biber's Classification of Linguistic Features | 第23-29页 |
| Chapter 3 Methodology | 第29-33页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第29页 |
| ·The Procedure of the Study | 第29-31页 |
| ·The Participants of the Study | 第29-30页 |
| ·The Four Topics in the Study | 第30-31页 |
| ·Data Collection and Analysis | 第31-33页 |
| Chapter 4 Results and Findings | 第33-55页 |
| ·Thesis Statements in ESL Students' Writing:a Discourse Analysis | 第33-40页 |
| ·Comparison of the Occurrence of Thesis Statement | 第33-35页 |
| ·Comparison of the Integrity of Thesis Statement | 第35-37页 |
| ·Comparison of the Clarity of Stance of the Thesis Statement | 第37-39页 |
| ·Comparison of the Placement of Thesis Statement | 第39-40页 |
| ·Thesis Statements in ESL Students' writings:linguistic features | 第40-55页 |
| ·Comparison of Tense and Aspect Markers of Thesis Statement | 第40-41页 |
| ·Comparison of Pronouns in Thesis Statement | 第41-43页 |
| ·Comparison of the Nominals in Thesis Statement | 第43-44页 |
| ·Comparison of Passives in Thesis Statements | 第44-45页 |
| ·Comparison of Stative Forms in Thesis Statement | 第45-47页 |
| ·Comparison of Clauses in Thesis Statement | 第47-49页 |
| ·Comparison of Lexical Classes in Thesis Statement | 第49-50页 |
| ·Comparison of Modals in the Thesis Statements | 第50-51页 |
| ·Comparison of Special Verb Classes in Thesis Statement | 第51-53页 |
| ·Comparison of Coordination in Thesis Statement | 第53-55页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion and Implications | 第55-58页 |
| ·Major Findings | 第55-56页 |
| ·Pedagogical Implications | 第56-58页 |
| References | 第58-61页 |
