| 摘要 | 第4-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-6页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第11-17页 |
| 1.1 Research Background | 第11-12页 |
| 1.2 Research Significance and Objectives | 第12-15页 |
| 1.3 The Overall Organization of the Thesis | 第15-17页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第17-22页 |
| 2.1 Previous Studies on RAIs | 第17-19页 |
| 2.2 Previous Studies on Promotion in Academic Writing | 第19-22页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Frameworks | 第22-28页 |
| 3.1 A Theoretical Framework for Analyzing Attitude in Linguistic Expressions | 第22-24页 |
| 3.2 A Theoretical Framework for Analyzing Moves/Steps in RAIs | 第24-28页 |
| Chapter Four Methodology | 第28-36页 |
| 4.1 Research Questions | 第28页 |
| 4.2 Method | 第28-29页 |
| 4.3 Data Collection | 第29-30页 |
| 4.4 Data Analysis | 第30-36页 |
| 4.4.1 Procedure | 第30页 |
| 4.4.2 Sample Analysis | 第30-36页 |
| Chapter Five Results | 第36-68页 |
| 5.1 Types of Appeals and their Linguistic Realizations | 第36-52页 |
| 5.1.1 Appeal to a Need of New Knowledge and its Linguistic Realizations | 第36-40页 |
| 5.1.1.1 Sub-type One:Little Attention a Topic has Received | 第36-37页 |
| 5.1.1.2 Sub-type Two:Limited Studies from a New Angle | 第37-38页 |
| 5.1.1.3 Sub-type Three:Little Findings Acquired Previously | 第38-39页 |
| 5.1.1.4 Sub-type Four:A Direct Desire for New Knowledge | 第39-40页 |
| 5.1.2 Appeal to Problems and its Linguistic Realizations | 第40-43页 |
| 5.1.2.1 Sub-type One:Inconsistency | 第41-42页 |
| 5.1.2.2 Sub-type Two:Unreasonableness of Previous Findings | 第42-43页 |
| 5.1.2.3 Sub-type Three: Difficulties People Encounter | 第43页 |
| 5.1.3 Appeal to Importance and its Linguistic Realizations | 第43-46页 |
| 5.1.3.1 Sub-type One: Significance of a Research Topic | 第43-45页 |
| 5.1.3.2 Sub-type Two:Importance of Author's Own Study | 第45-46页 |
| 5.1.4 Appeal to Magnitude and its Linguistic Realizations | 第46-50页 |
| 5.1.4.1 Sub-type One:Multiplicity of Research Conducted | 第47-48页 |
| 5.1.4.2 Sub-type Two:Omnipresence of a Phenomenon | 第48-49页 |
| 5.1.4.3 Sub-type Three: Much Attention on a Topic | 第49-50页 |
| 5.1.5 Mixed Ways of Appeals and their Linguistic Realizations | 第50-52页 |
| 5.2 Distributions of Appeals in Moves/Steps | 第52-68页 |
| 5.2.1 Distributions of Appeals in Moves/Steps as a Whole | 第52-56页 |
| 5.2.2 Distributions of Appeal to a Need of New Knowledge in Moves/Steps | 第56-58页 |
| 5.2.3 Distributions of Appeal to Problems in Moves/Steps | 第58-59页 |
| 5.2.4 Distributions of Appeal to Importance in Moves/Steps | 第59-64页 |
| 5.2.5 Distributions of Appeal to Magnitude in Moves/Steps | 第64-68页 |
| Chapter Six Discussion | 第68-75页 |
| 6.1 Discussion of Types of Appeals and their Linguistic Realizations | 第68-71页 |
| 6.2 Discussion of Distributions of Appeals in Moves/Steps | 第71-75页 |
| Chapter Seven Conclusion | 第75-78页 |
| 7.1 Summary of the Findings | 第75-76页 |
| 7.2 Implications of the Study | 第76-77页 |
| 7.3 Limitations and Suggestions for the Future Study | 第77-78页 |
| Reference | 第78-82页 |
| Appendix. List of Articles from JEAP in Corpus | 第82-85页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第85-86页 |
