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序言

前言

List of Figures-

List Of Tables 

Abbreviations

Chapter One Introduction

1.1 Background to the Study

1.2 Why“Semiotics”7 

1.3 Aires and 0bjectives 

1.4 Data Collection

1.5 0rganization of the Book

Chapter Two Towards an Understanding

of the Notion Of Genre 

2.1 IntrOductiOn 

2.2 Contextual Conditioning of Text

2.3 Definitions 0f Genre 

2.4 Approaches to Genre Analysis

2.5 Text Typology：Definite or Indefinite

2.6 Conclusion

Chapter Three Genre Analysis and System Network

3.1 IntrOduction 

3.2 Language as Resource

3.3 A Stratified View of Semiotic Systems

3.4 Synoptic VS.Dynamic Perspectives

3.5 Conclusion

Chapter Four Modeling Generic Structures of Abstracts

4.1 IntrOductiOn 

4.2 What Is an Abstract?

4.3 Towards a Generic Structural Description

4.4 Pilot Analysis 

4.5 Conclusion

Chapter Five DecOnstructing Thematic Patterns of

Abstracts 

5.1 IntrOduction 

5.2 Orienter：the Status of Theme Revisited

5.3 Identifying Theme：Problems Encountered

in Analysis

5.4 Method of Development

5.5 Realization of Themes 

5.6 Conclusion

Chapter Six Construing Experiential Organization in

Abstracts  

6.1 IntrOductiOn 

6.2 The Network of Transitivity

6.3 Nuclearity in the System of Transitivity

6.4 Transitivity Patterns in Abstracts

6.5 Transitivity and Genre 

6.6 Conclusion

Chapter Seven Analyzing Lexical Texture in Abstracts

7.1 IntrOductiOn 

7.2 A Taxonomy of Lexical Relations

7.3 Lexical Cohesion Analysis

7.4 Lexical Cohesion and Genre

7.5 Conclusion

Chapter Eight Conj unctive Relations in Abstracts

8.1 IntrOductiOn 

8.2 Conjunctions and Textual Organization

8.3 A Simplified Typology of Conjunctive Relations

8.4 Conjunction：Structure

8.5 Internal Conjunctions and Generic Structure

8.6 Discussion

8.7 Conclusion

Chapter Nine Conclusions and Suggestions

9.1 A Summarizing Overview

9.2 Pedagogical Implications

9.3 Suggestions for Future Research

Appendix 

References

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