| Chapter I Introduction | 第1-9页 |
| Chapter II Literature Review | 第9-27页 |
| ·Historical background of electronic mail | 第9-10页 |
| ·Technical support to electronic mail | 第10-11页 |
| ·Communicative features of electronic mail | 第11-13页 |
| ·Two outstanding communicative principles | 第13-27页 |
| ·The cooperative principle | 第13-15页 |
| ·Robin Lakoff’s principle of politeness | 第15-27页 |
| Chapter III Stylistic and Linguistic Features of E-mail Composition | 第27-38页 |
| ·Stylistic study on e-mail messages | 第27-30页 |
| ·Definitions of style | 第27-28页 |
| ·Stylistic approaches to e-mail composition | 第28-30页 |
| ·Linguistic study on e-mail messages | 第30-38页 |
| ·Oral and written features of e-mail messages | 第30-34页 |
| ·Informal and formal features of e-mail messages | 第34-38页 |
| Chapter IV Visual and Non-linguistic Expressions in E-mail Composition | 第38-50页 |
| ·Visual features of e-mail composition | 第38-42页 |
| ·Layout of e-mail message | 第38-40页 |
| ·On-screen writing features of e-mail messages | 第40-42页 |
| ·Non-linguistic expressions in e-mail composition | 第42-50页 |
| ·Smileys and non-smileys | 第42-44页 |
| ·Pause equivalents | 第44-46页 |
| ·Creative punctuations | 第46-48页 |
| ·Mutter equivalents | 第48-50页 |
| Chapter V Features of E-mail Composition vs. Paper-Based Mails | 第50-56页 |
| ·Differences between e-mail and paper-based mail in formats | 第50-52页 |
| ·Differences between e-mail and paper-based mail in visual design | 第52-53页 |
| ·Descriptive feature of e-mail messages | 第53-54页 |
| ·Implications for the effects of e-mail on written English | 第54-56页 |
| Chapter VI Conclusion | 第56-58页 |
| ·Results of the study | 第56页 |
| ·Limitations of the research | 第56-58页 |
| Bibliography | 第58-61页 |
| Abstract | 第61-65页 |
| 英文电子函件写作特点研究[摘要] | 第65-68页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第68-69页 |
| 导师及作者简介 | 第69页 |
