| Acknowledgments | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-10页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第10-14页 |
| ·Overview | 第10页 |
| ·Research Background | 第10-11页 |
| ·Research Objective | 第11-12页 |
| ·Organization of the Dissertation | 第12-14页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第14-21页 |
| ·Overview | 第14页 |
| ·Previous Studies of the Information Flow Pattern | 第14-17页 |
| ·Previous studies of information | 第14页 |
| ·Studies of information flow | 第14-16页 |
| ·Studies of information flow application | 第16-17页 |
| ·Previous Studies of Job Advertisements on the Internet | 第17-20页 |
| ·Definition of job advertisement | 第17页 |
| ·Features of job advertisement | 第17-18页 |
| ·Previous studies of job advertisements on the Internet | 第18-20页 |
| ·A Brief Comment on the Previous Studies | 第20-21页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Framework | 第21-34页 |
| ·Overview | 第21页 |
| ·Halliday’s Theme – Rheme Theory | 第21-24页 |
| ·Definition of theme and rheme | 第21-22页 |
| ·Classification of theme | 第22-24页 |
| ·Summary of theme – rheme | 第24页 |
| ·Given – New Information Theory | 第24-27页 |
| ·Given information vs. new information | 第25-26页 |
| ·Information focus – postponement vs. fronting | 第26-27页 |
| ·Summary of given – new information | 第27页 |
| ·Markedness Theory in Theme – Rheme and Information | 第27-32页 |
| ·Definition of markedness | 第28页 |
| ·Markedness in theme – rheme –– marked and unmarked theme | 第28-30页 |
| ·Markedness in information –– marked and unmarked information | 第30-31页 |
| ·Relation between markedness in theme – rheme and information | 第31-32页 |
| ·Summary of markedness in theme – rheme and information | 第32页 |
| ·Relation between Theme – Rheme and Given – New Information | 第32-34页 |
| Chapter Four Research Methodology | 第34-36页 |
| ·Data Collection | 第34页 |
| ·Research Method | 第34-35页 |
| ·Research Procedure | 第35-36页 |
| Chapter Five Analysis of the Information Flow Patterns in Chinese and English Job Advertisements on the Internet | 第36-54页 |
| ·Overview | 第36页 |
| ·A Contrastive Analysis of Theme – Rheme Development Patterns in Chinese and English Texts | 第36-45页 |
| ·Analysis of English texts | 第36-41页 |
| ·Analysis of Chinese texts | 第41-44页 |
| ·A contrastive analysis of Chinese and English texts | 第44-45页 |
| ·A Contrastive Analysis of Distribution Features of Given – New Information in Chinese and English Texts | 第45-50页 |
| ·Analysis of English texts | 第45-48页 |
| ·Analysis of Chinese texts | 第48-49页 |
| ·A contrastive analysis of Chinese and English texts | 第49-50页 |
| ·A Contrastive Analysis of Distribution of Markedness in Theme – Rheme and Information in Chinese and English Texts | 第50-54页 |
| ·Analysis of English texts | 第50-51页 |
| ·Analysis of Chinese texts | 第51-52页 |
| ·A contrastive analysis of Chinese and English texts | 第52-53页 |
| ·A contrastive analysis of relation between distribution of markedness in theme – rheme and information and information flow in Chinese and English texts | 第53-54页 |
| Chapter Six Discussion | 第54-60页 |
| ·Theme – Rheme Development Patterns in Chinese and English Texts | 第54页 |
| ·Distribution Features of Given – New Information in Chinese and English Texts | 第54-55页 |
| ·Distribution of Markedness in Theme – Rheme and Information in Chinese and English Texts | 第55页 |
| ·Construction of Information Flow Patterns in Chinese and English Texts | 第55-58页 |
| ·The Reasons Contributing to Theme, Information and Information Flow Patterns in Chinese and English Texts | 第58-60页 |
| ·Information transmission purpose | 第58-59页 |
| ·Different linguistic features | 第59-60页 |
| Chapter Seven Conclusion | 第60-63页 |
| ·Major Findings | 第60-61页 |
| ·Limitations of the Dissertation | 第61-62页 |
| ·Suggestions for Future Research | 第62-63页 |
| Bibliography | 第63-65页 |
| 发表论文和科研情况说明 | 第65-66页 |
| Appendix | 第66-73页 |
