声明
Acknowledgements
摘要
Abstract
CONTENTS
一．Introduction
1．1 Research background
1．2 Research significance
1．3 Structure of the thesis
二．Literature Review
2．1 Previous studies on citation
2．1．1 Definition of citation
2．2．2 Changes of the study of citation
2．2 Previous research on reporting
2．2．1 Research abroad
2．2．2 Research at home
2．3 Comments on previous studies
三 Theoretical Framework
3．1 Citation patterns
3．2 Semantic classifications of reporting verbs
3．3 The Appraisal Theory
四．Methodology
4．1 Corpus
4．1．1 Criteria for selecting the corpus
4．2．2 Description of the corpus
4．2．3．Corpus analysis
4．2．The coding of citation
4．3 Data analysis
五．Results and Discussion
5．1 An overview description of the use of citation
5．2 Comparative analysis of citation patterns between two corpora
5．3 Comparative analysis of reporting verbs in two corpora
5．3．1 Description of reporting verbs
5．3．2 Reporting verbs under the Appraisal Theory
5．3．3 The distribution of reporting verbs in two corpora
5．3．4 Evaluative functions of different reporting verbs in discourses
5．3．5 Distribution of different reporting verbs in two corpora
5．4 Comparative analysis of the tenses of reporting verbs in two corpora
5．4．1 Distributions of tenses of reporting verbs in both corpora
5．4．2 Functions of different tenses of reporting verbs
5．5 Comparative analysis of voice of reporting verbs in two corpora
5．5．1 Distribution of active and passive voices in two corpora
5．5．2 Functions of active and passive voices in academic writing
5．6 Discussion
5．6．1 Awareness in using citations in academic writing
5．6．2 Discussion on citation patterns
5．6．3 Discussion on reporting verbs
5．6．4 Discussion on the tenses and voices of reporting verbs
六．Conclusion
6．1 Major findings
6．2．Implications on academic writing
6．3 Limitations of the present study
6．4 Suggestions for future research
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