| Abstract | 第1-9页 |
| 摘要 | 第9-10页 |
| LIST OF TABLES | 第10-11页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第11-13页 |
| ·Significance of the study | 第11-12页 |
| ·The layout of the thesis | 第12-13页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第13-19页 |
| ·An Introduction to Abstracts | 第13-15页 |
| ·Definition of abstracts | 第13-14页 |
| ·Functions of abstracts | 第14-15页 |
| ·Categorizations of abstracts | 第15页 |
| ·Previous studies on abstracts | 第15-19页 |
| Chapter 3 Theoretical Framework | 第19-34页 |
| ·Halliday’s Systemic Functional Theory | 第19-21页 |
| ·Thematic Progression and Textual Cohesion | 第21-34页 |
| ·Theme and rheme | 第21-25页 |
| ·Thematic Progression Patterns | 第25-30页 |
| ·Textual Cohesion | 第30-34页 |
| Chapter 4 Research Methodology | 第34-37页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第34页 |
| ·Research Method | 第34页 |
| ·Data Collection | 第34-35页 |
| ·Defining Chinese scholars and native English scholars | 第34-35页 |
| ·Choosing the sample abstracts | 第35页 |
| ·Data Analysis | 第35-37页 |
| Chapter 5 Results and Discussion | 第37-57页 |
| ·Comparative studies of abstracts from the perspective of thematic progression patterns | 第37-44页 |
| ·An example analyzed with thematic progression pattern theory | 第37-39页 |
| ·The thematic progression analysis of a Chinese scholar’s abstract from SCI | 第39-40页 |
| ·The thematic progression analysis of a native English scholar’s abstract from SC | 第40-42页 |
| ·A brief comparison | 第42-44页 |
| ·Comparative studies of abstracts from the aspect of textual cohesion | 第44-51页 |
| ·An example analyzed with eight cohesion devices theory proposed by Halliday | 第44-46页 |
| ·The textual cohesion devices analysis of a Chinese scholar’s abstract from SCI | 第46-48页 |
| ·The textual cohesion devices analysis of a native English scholar’s abstract from SCI | 第48-50页 |
| ·A brief comparison | 第50-51页 |
| ·The similarities and differences of thematic progression patterns between Chinese scholars and native English scholars | 第51-53页 |
| ·Similarities | 第51-52页 |
| ·Differences | 第52页 |
| ·Functional analysis of TP patterns in EST abstract | 第52-53页 |
| ·The similarities and differences of textual cohesion devices between Chinese scholars and native English scholars | 第53-57页 |
| ·Results of similarities | 第54页 |
| ·Results of differences | 第54-55页 |
| ·Functional analysis of textual cohesion devices in EST abstract | 第55-57页 |
| Chapter 6 Conclusion | 第57-60页 |
| ·Major findings of the study | 第57-58页 |
| ·Implications of the study | 第58页 |
| ·Limitations of the study and recommendation for the future study | 第58-60页 |
| Bibliography | 第60-63页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第63-64页 |
| Appendix A Publication | 第64-65页 |
| Appendix B Some Sample Abstracts Selected from SCI | 第65-69页 |
