封面 前言 目录页 CHAPTER 1 Introduction 1.1 Background of the Study 1.2 Purposes of the Study CHAPTER 2 Literature Review 2.1 Contrastive Rhetoric (CR) 2.1.1 Background of CR 2.1.2 Development of CR 2.1.3 Aristotle's Rhetoric Theory and CR 2.2 Genre Analysis 2.2.1 Definition of Genre 2.2.2 Definitions of Move and Step 2.2.3 Features of Genre Analysis 2.3 Systemic Functional Linguistics 2.3.1 Theory of Context 2.3.2 System of Interpersonal Function 2.3.3 Hasan's Contextual Configuration 2.4 Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) 2.4.1 Principles of CDA 2.4.2 Methodology of CDA 2.4.3 Fairclough's CDA 2.4.4 Critiques of CDA 2.5 Studies in Writing of English for Specific Purposes (ESP) 2.5.1 Definition of ESP 2.5.2 Studies in ESP Writing 2.6 English Job Application Letters 2.6.1 Functions 2.6.2 Previous Studies CHAPTER 3 Research Design 3.1 Participants 3.2 Instruments 3.3 Data Analysis 3.3.1 Analysis of Moves and Rhetorical Structures 3.3.2 Analysis of Linguistic Features 3.3.3 Analysis of Persuasive Appeals CHAPTER 4 Results and Discussions 4.1 Analysis of Moves and Rhetorical Structures 4.1.1 Moves,Steps,and Sub-steps 4.1.2 Rhetorical Structures 4.2 Analysis of Linguistic Features 4.2.1 Statistics of Wordlists 4.2.2 Person 4.2.3 Mood 4.2.4 Modal Auxiliaries 4.2.5 Interpersonal Metaphors 4.3 Analysis of Persuasive Appeals CHAPTER 5 Conclusions REFERENCES APPENDIX A Informed Consent Forms APPENDIX B Task Assignment for Chinese College Students APPENDIX C Examples of English Job Application Letters in Corpora A,B and C APPENDIX D Extracts of Concordance List INDEX EPILOGUE 版权页 ..更多