| Abstract | 第1-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-10页 |
| Introduction | 第10-12页 |
| Chapter One Literature Review | 第12-19页 |
| ·Previous studies on English inversion | 第12-16页 |
| ·Syntactic study on English inversion | 第12-13页 |
| ·Pragmatic function study on English inversion | 第13-15页 |
| ·Cognitive study on English inversion | 第15-16页 |
| ·Demerits of previous studies | 第16-19页 |
| Chapter Two Inversion in English | 第19-34页 |
| ·Review of canonical sentences | 第19-21页 |
| ·Rationality of canonical sentences | 第21-23页 |
| ·Definition of inversion | 第23-24页 |
| ·Classification of inversion | 第24-32页 |
| ·Classification based on form | 第25-27页 |
| ·Full inversion | 第25-26页 |
| ·Partial inversion | 第26-27页 |
| ·Classification based on function | 第27-32页 |
| ·Structural inversion | 第28-31页 |
| ·Rhetorical inversion | 第31-32页 |
| ·Inversion and contextual relation | 第32-33页 |
| ·Summary | 第33-34页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Foundations of This Study | 第34-49页 |
| ·Introduction to cognitive linguistics | 第34-35页 |
| ·Introduction to prominence view | 第35-38页 |
| ·Main content of prominence view | 第36-37页 |
| ·Substance of prominence view | 第37-38页 |
| ·Introduction to Iconicity Principles | 第38-47页 |
| ·The principle of sequencing iconicity | 第39-41页 |
| ·The principle of proximity iconicity | 第41-46页 |
| ·The principle of quantitative iconicity | 第46-47页 |
| ·Summary | 第47-49页 |
| Chapter Four Prominence View and English Inversion | 第49-59页 |
| ·Cognitive characteristics of English inversion from the viewpoint of the prominence view | 第49-52页 |
| ·Prominence view and full inversion | 第52-56页 |
| ·Prominence of action and full inversion | 第52-53页 |
| ·Prominence of state and full inversion | 第53-54页 |
| ·Prominence of bearings and full inversion | 第54页 |
| ·Prominence of relation and full inversion | 第54-55页 |
| ·Prominence of condition and full inversion | 第55页 |
| ·Prominence of degree and full inversion | 第55-56页 |
| ·Prominence view and partial inversion | 第56-58页 |
| ·Prominence of condition and partial inversion | 第56页 |
| ·Prominence of negation and partial inversion | 第56-57页 |
| ·Prominence of time and partial inversion | 第57页 |
| ·Prominence of degree and partial inversion | 第57页 |
| ·Prominence of relation and partial inversion | 第57-58页 |
| ·Summary | 第58-59页 |
| Chapter Five Iconicity and English Inversion | 第59-68页 |
| ·Proximity iconicity and English inversion | 第59-64页 |
| ·Proximity iconicity and full inversion | 第59-62页 |
| ·Proximity iconicity and partial inversion | 第62-64页 |
| ·Proximity iconicity and inversion in connected discourse | 第64-66页 |
| ·Summary | 第66-68页 |
| Conclusion | 第68-72页 |
| Bibliography | 第72-76页 |
| 附录 | 第76-78页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第78-80页 |
