| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract in Chinese | 第5-6页 |
| Abstract in English | 第6-11页 |
| Introduction | 第11-12页 |
| Chapter One Concepts of Cohesion & Coherence and Their Relevant Research | 第12-30页 |
| ·Notions of Cohesion & Coherence | 第12-14页 |
| ·Distinction between Cohesion & Coherence | 第14-15页 |
| ·Relation between Cohesion & Coherence | 第15-17页 |
| ·Potential Conditions for Coherence | 第17-20页 |
| ·Effects of Cohesive Devices on Coherence | 第20-21页 |
| ·Relevant Research on Cohesion & Coherence | 第21-27页 |
| ·Conclusion | 第27-30页 |
| Chapter Two Concepts Concerning Conjunction and Conjunctives | 第30-48页 |
| ·Notions of Conjunction and Conjunctive | 第30-31页 |
| ·Classification of Conjunctives | 第31-36页 |
| ·Classification of English Conjunctives | 第31-34页 |
| ·Classification of Chinese Conjunctives | 第34-36页 |
| ·Debate on the Effect of Conjunctives on Text Coherence | 第36-40页 |
| ·Conjunctives Facilitate Text Coherence | 第36-38页 |
| ·Conjunctives Render No Significant Contribution to Text Coherence | 第38-40页 |
| ·Conclusion | 第40-48页 |
| ·Conjunctives & Coherence | 第40-41页 |
| ·Classification of Conjunctives in the Current Study | 第41-46页 |
| ·The Hierarchical Pattern of Conjunction | 第46-48页 |
| Chapter Three A Comparative Study on Global Conjunctives in English and Chinese Expository Writings | 第48-67页 |
| ·Research Hypotheses | 第48-49页 |
| ·Hypothesis One | 第48页 |
| ·Hypothesis Two | 第48-49页 |
| ·Hypothesis Three | 第49页 |
| ·Data Collection and Research Procedure | 第49-51页 |
| ·Research Focus | 第49-50页 |
| ·Sampling of Materials | 第50-51页 |
| ·Data Analysis and Research Results | 第51-59页 |
| ·Hierarchical Conjunctive Patterns Found in the Samples | 第51-56页 |
| ·Statistics of Explicit and Implicit Conjunction Computed by Subgenres | 第56-58页 |
| ·Distinction of Explicit and Implicit Conjunction by Languages | 第58-59页 |
| ·Discussions on the Research Results | 第59-67页 |
| ·Hypothesis One | 第59页 |
| ·Hypothesis Two | 第59-65页 |
| ·Hypothesis Three | 第65-67页 |
| Chapter Four Significance and Implications of the Current Study | 第67-70页 |
| ·A Holistic View on Discourse Analysis | 第67页 |
| ·A Doubt on the Paratactic Feature of Chinese Texts | 第67-68页 |
| ·Implication for Language Teaching and Learning | 第68-70页 |
| Conclusion | 第70-72页 |
| Appendix 1 | 第72-74页 |
| Appendix 2 | 第74-75页 |
| Appendix 3 | 第75-76页 |
| Appendix 4 | 第76-78页 |
| Appendix 5 | 第78-83页 |
| Appendix 6 | 第83-88页 |
| Appendix 7 | 第88-91页 |
| Bibliography | 第91-95页 |
