CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background 1.2 Rationale for the Study 1.3 Research Purposes 1.4 Research Questions 1.5 Significance of the Study 1.6 Scope of the Study 1.7 Definition of Key Terms 1.8 Summary CHAPTER 2 LITERATURE REVIEW 2.1 Genre and Genre Analysis 2.2 Reporting Genre 2.3 Corpus Linguistics and Genre Analysis 2.4 Previous Studies on Reporting Genre 2.5 Stance 2.6 Summary CHAPTER 3 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 3.1 Overview of the Research Design 3.2 The Overall Corpora Design 3.3 Corpus-based Move Analysis of the TPR and the IPR 3.4 Corpus-based Stance Investigation in the TPR Corpus and in the IPR Corpus 3.5 Interview 3.6 Pilot Study 3.7 Summary CHAPTER 4 RESULTS AND DISCUSSION OF THE CORPUS-BASED MOVE ANALYSIS OF THE TPR AND THE IPR 4.1 The Macro-discourse Structures 4.2 The Abstract Unit 4.3 The Introduction Unit 4.4 The Task Description Unit 4.5 The Process Description Unit 4.6 The Case Analysis Unit 4.7 The Conclusion Unit 4.8 Summary CHAPTER 5 RESULTS AND DISCUSSION OF THE CORPUS-BASEDSTANCE INVESTIGATION IN THE TPR AND THE IPR 5.1 Overall Stance in the TPR and the IPR 5.2 Stance m the Abstract Unit 5.3 Stance in the Introduction Unit 5.4 Stance in the Task Description Unit 5.5 Stance in the Process Description Unit 5.6 Stance in the Case Analysis Unit 5.7 Stance m the Conclusion Unit 5.8 Summary CHAPTER 6 CONCLUSIONS 6.1 Summary of the Main Findings 6.2 Implications 6.3 Limitations and Recommendations for the Future Study REFERENCES ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS