| Acknowledgements | 第1-8页 |
| Abstract (English) | 第8-11页 |
| Abstract (Chinese) | 第11-13页 |
| List of abbreviations | 第13-14页 |
| Annotation of transcription and codes | 第14-16页 |
| Chapter one Introduction | 第16-24页 |
| ·Overview of the present study | 第16-21页 |
| ·Research questions | 第21-22页 |
| ·Contents of the thesis | 第22-24页 |
| Chapter two Literature review | 第24-36页 |
| ·Reference strategies and the general studies of cohesion | 第24-27页 |
| ·Reference strategies in stylistic analysis | 第27-29页 |
| ·Reference strategies in developmental research of L1 | 第29-30页 |
| ·Referential strategies in cross-linguistic discourse analysis | 第30-32页 |
| ·Referential strategies in analysis of L2 narrative | 第32-34页 |
| ·Comments on previous studies | 第34-36页 |
| Chapter three Analytical framework | 第36-46页 |
| ·Referential movement | 第36-38页 |
| ·Utterance unit of the spoken data | 第38-44页 |
| ·Types of referential forms | 第44-46页 |
| Chapter four Methodology and procedures | 第46-58页 |
| ·The research design | 第47-49页 |
| ·Source of data | 第49-51页 |
| ·Personal reference of investigation | 第51页 |
| ·Research procedure | 第51-58页 |
| ·Collection of homogeneous data | 第51-53页 |
| ·Coding of reference status | 第53-55页 |
| ·Classification of reference forms | 第55-56页 |
| ·Analysis of data | 第56-58页 |
| Chapter five Findings and discussion | 第58-94页 |
| ·Referential strategies: Chinese EFL learners vs. native English speakers | 第58-77页 |
| ·The general distribution of referential strategies | 第58-59页 |
| ·Referential strategies for reference introduction | 第59-62页 |
| ·Referential strategies for reference maintenance | 第62-68页 |
| ·Referential strategies for reference shift | 第68-75页 |
| ·Discussion on research question 1 | 第75-77页 |
| ·The universal and Chinese-specific features in referential strategy: Comparison between CH, FR and JP | 第77-89页 |
| ·The general comparison in distribution of referential strategies | 第77-80页 |
| ·Overuse of nominal strategy | 第80-82页 |
| ·The Error-prone third person singular pronouns | 第82-83页 |
| ·Single strategy for reference introduction and preference for names | 第83-84页 |
| ·Uneven longitudinal dispersion of referential strategies | 第84-86页 |
| ·Tendency of nominal reference following direct speech | 第86-88页 |
| ·Discussion on research question 2 | 第88-89页 |
| ·Referential strategies and language proficiency: H10 vs. L10 Chinese EFL learners | 第89-94页 |
| Chapter six Conclusions and implications | 第94-100页 |
| ·Conclusions | 第94-97页 |
| ·Implications | 第97-99页 |
| ·Limitations | 第99-100页 |
| Bibliography | 第100-105页 |
| Appendices | 第105-109页 |
| Appendix Ⅰ: Pictures for narration | 第105-106页 |
| Appendix Ⅱ: Sample of POS-tagged and coded text | 第106-108页 |
| Appendix Ⅲ: Sample of concordance of reference | 第108-109页 |
