| 摘要 | 第4-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-7页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第10-18页 |
| 1.1 Research Background | 第10-12页 |
| 1.2 Research Significance | 第12-14页 |
| 1.3 Research Questions | 第14-16页 |
| 1.4 Organization of the Study | 第16-18页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第18-30页 |
| 2.1 Previous Studies Abroad | 第18-24页 |
| 2.2 Previous Studies at Home | 第24-27页 |
| 2.3 Summary | 第27-30页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Framework and Methodology | 第30-48页 |
| 3.1 Halliday and Hasan’s Cohesion Theory | 第30-33页 |
| 3.2 Definition and Classifications of Causal Connectives | 第33-40页 |
| 3.2.1 Definition of Causal Connectives | 第34页 |
| 3.2.2 Classifications of Causal Connectives | 第34-39页 |
| 3.2.3 The Classification Adopted in the Present Study | 第39-40页 |
| 3.3 Methodology | 第40-48页 |
| 3.3.1 Corpus | 第40-42页 |
| 3.3.2 Data Collection | 第42-48页 |
| Chapter Four Results and Discussion | 第48-78页 |
| 4.1 Overall Distribution of Casual Connectives in Financial Academic Papers | 第48-51页 |
| 4.1.1 Occurrence Number Distribution | 第48-50页 |
| 4.1.2 Lexical or Phrasal Property Distribution | 第50-51页 |
| 4.2 Classification of Causal Connectives in Financial Academic Papers | 第51-54页 |
| 4.2.1 Types of Causal Connectives from Grammatical Aspect | 第51-52页 |
| 4.2.2 Types of Causal Connectives from Cognitive Aspect | 第52-53页 |
| 4.2.3 Types of Causal Connectives from Style | 第53-54页 |
| 4.3 Distribution and Features of Different Types | 第54-67页 |
| 4.3.1 Distribution Featured by Grammatical Usage | 第54-56页 |
| 4.3.2 Distribution Featured by the Position in the Sentence (Cognitive Aspect) | 第56-65页 |
| 4.3.3 Distribution Featured by Style | 第65-67页 |
| 4.4 The Functions of Causal Connectives | 第67-78页 |
| 4.4.1 The Function of Connectives | 第68-69页 |
| 4.4.2 The Difference of Causal Connectives | 第69-74页 |
| 4.4.3 Features of Causal Relationship | 第74-75页 |
| 4.4.4 The Function of Causal Connectives | 第75-78页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第78-82页 |
| 5.1 Major Findings of the Study | 第78-80页 |
| 5.2 Limitations of the Present Study | 第80-81页 |
| 5.3 Implications of the Present Study | 第81-82页 |
| References | 第82-88页 |
| Appendixes | 第88-92页 |
| 作者简介及科研成果 | 第92-94页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第94页 |
