| Acknowledgement | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-9页 |
| Part Ⅰ Introduction | 第9-16页 |
| ·Definitions and Research Scope | 第9-12页 |
| ·Perspectives of Research | 第12-13页 |
| ·Purpose of Research | 第13-16页 |
| Part Ⅱ A General Review of Research in the Field of Contrastive Study of Rhetorical Inclinations in English and Chinese | 第16-27页 |
| ·The Development of Western Rhetoric | 第16-17页 |
| ·The Development of Chinese Rhetoric | 第17-19页 |
| ·The Development of Contrastive Rhetoric | 第19-27页 |
| ·Robert Kaplan as Father of Contrastive Rhetoric | 第19-21页 |
| ·Contrastive Rhetoric and Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis | 第21-23页 |
| ·Ulla Connor and Contrastive Rhetoric | 第23-24页 |
| ·New Development of Contrastive Rhetoric and Contrastive Rhetoric in China | 第24-27页 |
| Part Ⅲ Foundation of the Contrastive Study and Guiding Principles of Research | 第27-32页 |
| ·Foundation of Contrastive Study of Rhetorical Inclination | 第27-31页 |
| ·Psychological Foundation | 第28-29页 |
| ·Aesthetic Foundation | 第29-31页 |
| ·Research Method | 第31-32页 |
| Part Ⅳ Inclinations of English and Chinese Rhetoric | 第32-55页 |
| ·The Usage of Epithets | 第32-36页 |
| ·Type of Epithets Used | 第32-33页 |
| ·Frequency of the Use of Subjective Epithets | 第33-35页 |
| ·Position of Epithets | 第35-36页 |
| ·Way of Expression in English and Chinese | 第36-46页 |
| ·Exactness in English Vs. Vagueness in Chinese | 第36-40页 |
| ·Directness in English Vs. Indirectness in Chinese | 第40-46页 |
| ·Information Structure in English and Chinese | 第46-49页 |
| ·Information Structure on Syntax Level | 第46-47页 |
| ·Information Structure on Discourse Level | 第47-49页 |
| ·The Usage of Figures of Speech | 第49-55页 |
| ·Different Inclinations Generated from Cultural Differences | 第51-52页 |
| ·Different Inclinations Generated from Differences in Context | 第52-53页 |
| ·Different Inclinations Generated from Differences in Background Knowledge | 第53-55页 |
| Part Ⅴ Reasons of the Contrasts in Chinese and English Rhetorical Inclinations | 第55-73页 |
| ·Rhetorical Inclination as a Reflection of the Thinking Pattern of a Speech Community | 第55-60页 |
| ·Language and Thought | 第55-57页 |
| ·Rhetorical Inclination and Thought Pattern | 第57-60页 |
| ·Rhetorical Inclination as a Reflection of the Culture | 第60-66页 |
| ·Language and Culture | 第60-63页 |
| ·Rhetorical Inclination and Culture | 第63-66页 |
| ·Rhetorical Inclination as a Reflection of the Characteristics on Grammatical Level of a Language | 第66-73页 |
| ·Implicitness vs. Explicitness | 第68-69页 |
| ·Flexibility vs. Rigidity | 第69-70页 |
| ·Dynamics vs. Stativeness | 第70-71页 |
| ·Concreteness vs. Abstractness | 第71-73页 |
| Part Ⅵ Significance of the Research | 第73-77页 |
| ·Significance in English Writing and Composition Teaching | 第73-75页 |
| ·Significance in C-E and E-C Translation | 第75-77页 |
| Part Ⅶ Conclusions | 第77-79页 |
| Bibliography | 第79-81页 |
