| Contents | 第1-9页 |
| Abstract | 第9-11页 |
| 摘要 | 第11-13页 |
| List of figures | 第13-14页 |
| List of tables | 第14-15页 |
| Introduction | 第15-19页 |
| Chapter 1 Literature Review | 第19-30页 |
| ·Definition of Theme and marked Theme | 第19-24页 |
| ·Theme | 第19-21页 |
| ·Marked Theme | 第21-24页 |
| ·Previous Studies of thematic concept | 第24-26页 |
| ·Marked Theme resources and three metafunctions | 第26-30页 |
| ·Marked ideational Theme | 第26-27页 |
| ·Marked interpersonal Theme | 第27-28页 |
| ·Marked textual Theme | 第28-30页 |
| Chapter2 Theoretical Framework | 第30-46页 |
| ·Systemic functional grammar | 第30-32页 |
| ·Details of three metafunctions | 第32-46页 |
| ·Ideational meaning and its linguistic realization | 第32-34页 |
| ·Interpersonal meaning | 第34-39页 |
| ·Textual meaning | 第39-46页 |
| Chapter3 Methodology and the Analysis of News Reports | 第46-73页 |
| ·Methodology of the analysis | 第46-49页 |
| ·The analysis of three meanings of marked Theme in news reports | 第49-73页 |
| ·The process of analysing the distribution and frequency of marked theme in news reports | 第49-57页 |
| ·The realization of ideational meaning by marked Theme | 第57-60页 |
| ·The realization of interpersonal meaning by marked Theme | 第60-64页 |
| ·The realization of textual meaning by marked Theme | 第64-73页 |
| Chapter 4 Chapter4 Marked Theme and Its Relation with Genre | 第73-77页 |
| ·The purpose and methodology | 第73页 |
| ·The analysis of marked Theme with different genres | 第73-77页 |
| Conclusion | 第77-80页 |
| Major Findings | 第77-78页 |
| Contributions and limitations | 第78-79页 |
| Suggestions for further research | 第79-80页 |
| Appendix | 第80-111页 |
| Bibliography | 第111-118页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第118-119页 |
| List of Published Paper | 第119-120页 |
| 学位论文评阅及答辩情况表 | 第120页 |
