| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第1-9页 |
| ·Research Objective | 第7页 |
| ·General Organizations | 第7-9页 |
| Chapter 2 Theoretical Framework | 第9-23页 |
| ·A Systemic Functional View of the Relation between System and Text | 第9-11页 |
| ·The Ideational Metafunction and the Transitivity System | 第11-14页 |
| ·The Textual Metafunction and the Thematic Structure | 第14-23页 |
| ·Theme and Rheme | 第14-16页 |
| ·The Marked and Unmarked Theme | 第16-19页 |
| ·Thematic Progression | 第19-23页 |
| Chapter 3 The Analysis of the Text | 第23-50页 |
| ·A Brief Introduction of A Sunrise on the Veld | 第23-24页 |
| ·The Transitivity Analysis | 第24-38页 |
| ·The Overall Statistical Account of the Transitivity System | 第24-27页 |
| ·The Analyses of Specific Processes | 第27-38页 |
| ·The Thematic Analysis | 第38-50页 |
| ·The Analysis of the Marked Theme | 第38-43页 |
| ·The Analysis of the Thematic Progression of the Text | 第43-47页 |
| ·An Overall Account of the Themes of the Text | 第47-50页 |
| Chapter 4 Conclusions and Areas for Future Studies | 第50-54页 |
| ·The Interpretation of the Text | 第50-52页 |
| ·The Implications of Applying SFL to the Text | 第52页 |
| ·The Areas for Future Studies | 第52-54页 |
| References | 第54-55页 |
