| ABSTRACT | 第4-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-10页 |
| CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION | 第10-13页 |
| 1.1 Background of the Study | 第10-11页 |
| 1.2 Objectives and Significance of the Study | 第11页 |
| 1.3 Organization of the Study | 第11-13页 |
| CHAPTER TWO LITERATURE REVIEW | 第13-22页 |
| 2.1 The Overview of Citation | 第13-15页 |
| 2.2 The Studies on Citation | 第15-21页 |
| 2.2.1 The Studies on Citation Abroad | 第15-19页 |
| 2.2.2 The Studies on Citation at Home | 第19-21页 |
| 2.3 Summary | 第21-22页 |
| CHAPTER THREE METHODOLOGY | 第22-31页 |
| 3.1 Research Questions | 第22页 |
| 3.2 Data Collection | 第22-25页 |
| 3.3 Data Processing | 第25-31页 |
| 3.3.1 The Identification and Classification of Information Cited in RAs | 第26-27页 |
| 3.3.2 The Identification and Classification of Resources to Signal Citations in RAs | 第27-29页 |
| 3.3.3 The Identification and Classification of Functions Performed by Citations in RAs | 第29-31页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR RESULTS AND DISCUSSION | 第31-54页 |
| 4.1 The Kinds of Information Cited in RAs | 第32-33页 |
| 4.2 The Resources Used to Signal Citations in English RAs at Different Levels of Language | 第33-51页 |
| 4.2.1 The Resources Used to Signal Citations in English RAs at the Lexical Level | 第35-46页 |
| 4.2.1.1 The Use of Reporting Verbs | 第35-41页 |
| 4.2.1.2 The Use of Reporting Nouns | 第41-42页 |
| 4.2.1.3 The Use of Prepositional Phrases | 第42-44页 |
| 4.2.1.4 The Use of Reporting Adjectives | 第44-46页 |
| 4.2.2 The Linguistic Resources Used to Signal Citations in English RAs at the Syntactic Level | 第46-48页 |
| 4.2.2.1 The Use of Adverbial Clause | 第46-47页 |
| 4.2.2.2 The Use of Attributive Clause | 第47-48页 |
| 4.2.3 The Linguistic Resources Used to Signal Citations in English RAs at the Graphological Level | 第48-51页 |
| 4.2.3.1 The Use of Punctuation | 第48-50页 |
| 4.2.3.2 The Use of Paragraphing | 第50-51页 |
| 4.3 The Functions Performed by Citations in RAs | 第51-54页 |
| CHAPTER FIVE CONCLUSION | 第54-56页 |
| 5.1 Major Findings of the Study | 第54-55页 |
| 5.2 Implications and Limitations | 第55-56页 |
| REFERENCES | 第56-61页 |
| APPENDIX | 第61-64页 |
| 攻读学位期间取得的研究成果 | 第64-65页 |
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第65页 |
