| Acknowledgements | 第5-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第12-18页 |
| 1.1 Research background | 第12-14页 |
| 1.2 Research purposes and focus | 第14-16页 |
| 1.3 Research significance | 第16-18页 |
| 1.3.1 To extend the scope of writer identity research in students' writings | 第16页 |
| 1.3.2 To strengthen cross-cultural awareness of writer identity | 第16-18页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第18-35页 |
| 2.1 Theoretical considerations | 第18-21页 |
| 2.1.1 Social constructionists' views on identity | 第18-20页 |
| 2.1.2 Social interactionists' views on identity | 第20-21页 |
| 2.2 Identity in written text | 第21-27页 |
| 2.2.1 Typologies of writer identity in writing | 第21-24页 |
| 2.2.2 Author roles in writing | 第24-27页 |
| 2.3 Empirical studies on identity in first person pronouns | 第27-33页 |
| 2.3.1 Autobiographical studies | 第27-28页 |
| 2.3.2 Linguistic studies on first person pronouns in identity | 第28-32页 |
| 2.3.3 Contrastive studies | 第32-33页 |
| 2.4 Enlightenment for the present study | 第33-35页 |
| Chapter Three Methodology | 第35-46页 |
| 3.1 Research questions | 第35-36页 |
| 3.2 Data collection | 第36-37页 |
| 3.3 Data analysis | 第37-46页 |
| 3.3.1 Quantitative approach | 第37-38页 |
| 3.3.2 Qualitative approach | 第38-46页 |
| Chapter Four Results and Discussion | 第46-75页 |
| 4.1 Overall occurrences of the first person pronouns in the corpus | 第46-47页 |
| 4.2 First person pronouns in identity | 第47-63页 |
| 4.2.1 Semantic reference of first person pronoun | 第47-50页 |
| 4.2.2 Author roles in first person pronouns | 第50-63页 |
| 4.3 Discussion | 第63-75页 |
| 4.3.1 Cultural collectivism | 第63-66页 |
| 4.3.2 Self orientations and other orientations | 第66-68页 |
| 4.3.3 Sense of authority in writing | 第68-71页 |
| 4.3.4 Cross-cultural rhetoric and writing conventions | 第71-73页 |
| 4.3.5 Other possible explanations | 第73-75页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第75-80页 |
| 5.1 Answers to research questions | 第75-77页 |
| 5.2 Implications | 第77-78页 |
| 5.3 Research limitations | 第78-79页 |
| 5.4 Suggestions for future study | 第79-80页 |
| Bibliography | 第80-84页 |
