| Acknowledgements | 第4-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-9页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第9-13页 |
| 1.1 Background of the Research | 第9-10页 |
| 1.2 Significance of the Research | 第10-11页 |
| 1.3 Layout of the Thesis | 第11-13页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第13-25页 |
| 2.1 Previous Studies on Genre and Genre Analysis | 第13-20页 |
| 2.1.1 Development of Genre and Genre Analysis | 第13-15页 |
| 2.1.2 Three Schools of Genre Analysis | 第15-20页 |
| 2.2 An Overview of Lawyer’s Demand Letters | 第20-22页 |
| 2.2.1 Definition and Functions of Lawyer’s Demand Letters | 第20-21页 |
| 2.2.2 Previous Studies on Lawyer’s Demand Letters | 第21-22页 |
| 2.3 Halliday’s Interpersonal Functional Theory | 第22-25页 |
| 2.3.1 Speech Roles and Functions | 第22页 |
| 2.3.2 Mood and Modality | 第22-25页 |
| Chapter 3 Research Methodology | 第25-28页 |
| 3.1 Data Collection | 第25页 |
| 3.2 Data Analysis | 第25-26页 |
| 3.3 Research Procedure | 第26-28页 |
| Chapter Four A Genre-based Analysis of English Lawyer’ Demand Letters | 第28-46页 |
| 4.1 Identification of Lawyer’s Demand Letters as a Genre | 第28-29页 |
| 4.2 The Communicative Purposes of Lawyer’s Demand Letters | 第29-30页 |
| 4.3 A Sample Analysis of Lawyer’s Demand Letters | 第30-36页 |
| 4.4 Move Structures of Lawyer’s Demand Letters in the Corpus | 第36-38页 |
| 4.5 GSP of Lawyer’s Demand Letter | 第38-40页 |
| 4.6 Detailed Explanation of the Move Structures | 第40-46页 |
| 4.6.1 Explanation of the Choice of Obligatory moves | 第40-44页 |
| 4.6.2 Explanation of the Choice of Optional Moves | 第44-46页 |
| Chapter 5 Functional Linguistic Features of English Lawyer’s Demand Letters | 第46-56页 |
| 5.1 Interpersonal Meanings of Mood in Lawyer’s Demand Letters | 第46-51页 |
| 5.2 Interpersonal Meanings of Modality in Lawyer’s Demand Letters | 第51-56页 |
| Chapter 6 Conclusion | 第56-59页 |
| 6.1 Major Findings of the Present Study | 第56-57页 |
| 6.2 Implications of the Research | 第57页 |
| 6.3 Limitations and Suggestions for the Further Study | 第57-59页 |
| References | 第59-62页 |
| Appendix 1 | 第62-64页 |
