| Abstract in English | 第4-5页 |
| Abstract in Chinese | 第6-8页 |
| Abbreviations | 第8-11页 |
| 1. Introduction | 第11-13页 |
| 1.1 Research background | 第11页 |
| 1.2 Significance of the study | 第11-12页 |
| 1.3 The organization of the thesis | 第12-13页 |
| 2. Literature Review | 第13-19页 |
| 2.1 Definition of abstract | 第13页 |
| 2.2 Previous studies on the generic structure of abstracts | 第13-16页 |
| 2.3 Previous studies on the theme | 第16-19页 |
| 3. Theoretical Framework | 第19-35页 |
| 3.1 Theme and rheme | 第19-22页 |
| 3.2 Theme and mood | 第22-25页 |
| 3.3 Categories of theme | 第25-30页 |
| 3.4 Genre analysis and move – step method | 第30-32页 |
| 3.5 Conventional move structures of abstracts | 第32-35页 |
| 4. Methodology | 第35-41页 |
| 4.1 Research questions | 第35页 |
| 4.2 Data collection | 第35-41页 |
| 5. Thematic Analysis of the English Abstracts from the Perspective of Move Structure | 第41-71页 |
| 5.1 Analysis of the move structure in English major M.A. thesis English abstract | 第41-42页 |
| 5.2 Analysis of topical, interpersonal and textual theme in each move of M.A. thesis English abstract | 第42-62页 |
| 5.3 Analysis of simple and multiple themes in each move of M.A. thesis English abstract | 第62-68页 |
| 5.4 Analysis of unmarked and marked theme in each move of M.A. thesis English abstract | 第68-71页 |
| 6. Conclusion | 第71-77页 |
| 6.1 Major findings of this study | 第71-73页 |
| 6.2 Implication of this study | 第73-74页 |
| 6.3 Limitations of this study | 第74-77页 |
| Bibliography | 第77-81页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第81-83页 |
| Publications | 第83页 |
