本站原创Abstract4-5
摘要5-8
Chapter 1 Introduction8-10
1.1 Research background8
1.2 Purposes and significance of the study8-9
1.3 Layout of the thesis9-10
Chapter 2 Literature Review10-21
2.1 Discourse pattern10-12
2.1.1 Deductive pattern vs. inductive pattern10-11
2.1.2 Clause relations and discourse patterns11-12
2.1.3 Classification of discourse pattern12
2.2 Problem-Solution pattern12-17
2.3 Grammatical and lexical signals for problem-solution pattern17-19
2.3.1 Grammatical signals for the discourse pattern17-18
2.3.2 Lexical signals for the discourse pattern18-19
2.4 The understanding of folklore texts19-21
2.4.1 Definition of folklore19-20
2.4.2 Categories of folklore texts20-21
Chapter 3 Methodology21-23
3.1 Data collection21
3.2 Method of analysis21-22
3.3 Analytical procedure22-23
Chapter 4 Data Analysis23-57
4.1 Analysis of Engpsh folklore texts23-38
4.1.1 Analysis of an endless folk tale23-25
4.1.2 Analysis of an Arab American folk tale25-28
4.1.3 Analysis of the math of Anansi the spider28-32
4.1.4 Analysis of a Hispanic American legend32-34
4.1.5 Analysis of a contemporary folklore of “the death room”34-38
4.2 Analysis of Chinese folklore texts38-51
4.2.1 Analysis of the idiom of “sleeping on brushwood and tasting a gall bladder”38-41
4.2.2 Analysis of the fable of “an argument about a swan goose”41-44
4.2.3 Analysis of the myth of Nüwa44-47
4.2.4 Analysis of the legend about Chen Zi’ang47-49
4.2.5 Analysis of the idiom of “staying by a stump waiting for more hares to come”49-51
4.3 Contrastive analysis of Engpsh and Chinese folklore texts51-57
Chapter 5 Conclusion57-61
5.1 Major findings57-58
5.2 Imppcations58-59
5.2.1 Academic contributions58-59
5.2.2 Pedagogic contributions59
5.3 Limitations59-61
References61-63
Appendix63-64
Acknowledgements64