| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-9页 |
| CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION | 第9-15页 |
| ·Rationale of the study | 第10-11页 |
| ·Purpose and research target of the Paper | 第11-13页 |
| ·Research methodology and data collection | 第13-14页 |
| ·Outline of the study | 第14-15页 |
| CHAPTER TWO LITERATURE REVIEW | 第15-28页 |
| ·Comparison between western and Chinese culture | 第15-17页 |
| ·Comparison between Chinese and English language | 第17-23页 |
| ·Thinking on imagery and thinking on logic | 第19页 |
| ·Hypotaxis and parataxis | 第19-21页 |
| ·Legislative language | 第21-23页 |
| ·Overview of the research of the legislative language at home | 第22页 |
| ·Overview of the research of the legislative language aboard | 第22-23页 |
| ·International conventions | 第23-24页 |
| ·Cohesion | 第24-28页 |
| ·Definition and classification of cohesion | 第25-26页 |
| ·General comparison between English and Chinese in cohesion | 第26-28页 |
| CHAPTER THREE COHESION CONTRAST BETWEEN ENGLISH AND CHINESE IN INTERNATIONAL CONVENTIONS | 第28-43页 |
| ·Contrast analysis on lexical cohesion | 第29-32页 |
| ·Theoretical framwork of lexical cohesion | 第29-30页 |
| ·Reteration | 第30-32页 |
| ·Contrast analysis on reference | 第32-37页 |
| ·Theoretical framwork of reference | 第32-34页 |
| ·Personal reference contrast | 第34-35页 |
| ·Demostrative reference contrast | 第35-37页 |
| ·Contrast analysis on conjunction | 第37-43页 |
| ·Theoretical framwork of conjunction | 第38-39页 |
| ·Conjuction contrast | 第39-43页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR CONCLUSION | 第43-46页 |
| ·Summary | 第43页 |
| ·Limitation of this study | 第43-44页 |
| ·Suggestions for further study | 第44-46页 |
| Bibliography | 第46-49页 |
