文摘
英文文摘
List of Tables
List of Abbreviation
Chapter 1 Introduction
1.1 Research Background
1.2 The Purpose and Significance of the Study
1.3 Overview of the Thesis
Chapter 2 Literature Review
2.1 Theoretical Basis for the Study of Stylistics
2.1.1 Style
2.1.2 Stylistics
2.1.3 Development of Stylistics
2.1.4 Functions of Stylistic Analysis
2.2 Overview of English Marine Accident Reports
2.2.1 General Description of English Marine Accident Reports
2.2.2 Importance of Marine Accident Reports
2.2.3 Format and Components of Marine Accident Reports
2.2.4 Previous Studies on Marine Accident Reports
2.3 Creative Points of this Study
Chapter3 Research Methodology
3.1 Data Collection and Corpora Used in the Thesis
3.2 Methods of Analysis
3.3 Levels of Analysis
3.3.1 Levels of Graphitics and Graphology
3.3.2 Level of Lexis
3.3.3 Levels of Grammar
3.4 Procedures of this Study
Chapter 4 Data Analysis and Discussion
4.1 On the Level of Graphitics and Graphology
4.1.1 Layout of MAR
4.1.2 Visual Aids
4.1.3 Punctuation
4.1.4 Paragraphing
4.2 On the Level of Lexis
4.2.1 Word Length
4.2.2 Word Class
4.2.3 Numeral
4.2.4 Specialized Terms
4.3 On the Level of Grammar
4.3.1 Sentence Length
4.3.2 Voice
4.3.3 Frequent Use of Past Tense
4.3.4 Coordination and Subordination
Chapter 5 Conclusion
5.1 Major Findings
5.1.1 On Graphitic/Graphological Level
5.1.2 On Lexical Level
5.1.3 On Grammatical Level
5.2 Implications of this Study
5.3 Limitation and Suggestions on Further Researches
References
Appendixes
Appendix Ⅰ Code of a FoxPro program that calculates word length
Appendix Ⅱ Code of a FoxPro program that calculates sentence length
Appendix Ⅲ Code of a FoxPro that finds passive voice
Appendix Ⅳ Part of EMARC corpus
Acknowledgement
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