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1、AContrastiveStudyofModalityinEnglishPersonalStatementsWrittenbyAmericanStudentsandChineseStudentsADissertationSubmittedfortheDegreeofMasterCandidate：LiZhongxiaSupervisor：Prof.LiuShuhuiChang‟anUniversity,Xi‟an,ChinaAcknowledgementsFirstandforemost,myprofo
2、undestgratitudetomysupervisor,ProfessorLiuShuhui,whohasalwaysbeengivinghervaluableguidance,reasonablesuggestionandtheconstantencouragementthroughoutthewholeprocessofwritingthisdissertation.Withoutherpatientinstructionsandinsightfulsuggestion,itwouldbeimp
3、ossibletofinishthethesis.Besides,hersincereattitudetowardsEnglishteachingandacademicresearchimpressesmeprofoundlyanditwillinfluencemeinmywholelife.Second,Iwouldliketothanktoalltheotherprofessorswhogavemeexcellentlecturesinthepastthreeyears.Theyprovidedme
4、withusefulknowledgeandinspirationsfororganizingthispaper.Third,mythanksgotomyclassmatesandallmyfriends,whogavemegreathelpandencouragement.Thelastbutnottheleast,Iammostgratefultomyfamilyforgivingmethechancetofurthermystudy.Theirselflesssupporthasassistedm
5、etocompletethisthesiswithoutdistraction.IAbstractInrecentyears,withthedevelopmentofglobalization,thereisanincreasingnumberofChinesestudents,whoareapplyingfortheadmissiontooverseasuniversities.Personalstatementisoneofthemostimportantwaystoshowoneselfandex
6、presshis/herpersonalability,whichplaysacriticalroleintheuniversityapplicationprocess.However,duetothewriters‟unfamiliarityofthistypeofacademicwriting,lackofwritingskillsandtheknowledgeofforeignculturalbackgrounds,lotsofthewritingsareunstandardandlow-qual
7、ified,resultinginthefailuretoapplication.Unfortunately,uptillnow,littleattentionispaidtothepersonalstatement.Therehasbeenlittlestudyonthiskindofgenre.Therefore,thisstudywillconductacomparativeanalysisofthepersonalstatementswrittenbyAmericanandChinesestud
8、entsfromtheperspectiveofsystemic-functionalgrammar.30EnglishpersonalstatementswrittenbyChinesestudentsand34byAmericanstudentsarecollectedfrombooksandwebsitesasdata.Twocorporaareestablished,theformerisChinesecorpusandthelat
