| 摘要 | 第5-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-9页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第14-19页 |
| 1.1 Research Background and Significance | 第14-15页 |
| 1.2 Research Objectives and Research Questions | 第15-16页 |
| 1.3 Research Method and Data Collection | 第16-17页 |
| 1.4 La yout of the Thesis | 第17-19页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第19-28页 |
| 2.1 Discourse Analysis from a Macro Perspective | 第20-22页 |
| 2.2 A Perspective from Referential Coherence | 第22-25页 |
| 2.3 A Perspective from Discourse Segmentation | 第25-26页 |
| 2.4 Discussion of the Previous Studies | 第26-28页 |
| Chapter 3 Theoretical Framework | 第28-33页 |
| 3.1 Construction | 第28-29页 |
| 3.2 Construction and Image Schema | 第29-31页 |
| 3.3 Construction and Subjectivity | 第31-33页 |
| Chapter 4 The Informational Features of t he Topic Constructions | 第33-42页 |
| 4.1 Anaphoricit y Investigation | 第34-38页 |
| 4.1.1 Overall Anaphoricity Distribution | 第34-35页 |
| 4.1.2 Distrib ution Difference in 1 Anaphoricity | 第35-37页 |
| 4.1.3 Referential Distance Calculation in 2 Anaphoricit y | 第37-38页 |
| 4.2 Persistence Investigation | 第38-40页 |
| 4.3 Summar y | 第40-42页 |
| Chapter 5 The Functional Differences of t he Three Topic Constructions | 第42-54页 |
| 5.1 The Comparison of Discourse Functions of the Three Constructions | 第42-47页 |
| 5.1.1 The Classification of Discourse Function | 第42-43页 |
| 5.1.2 The Content Function Manifested in the Constructions | 第43-44页 |
| 5.1.3 The Discourse Functions of the Three Constructions | 第44-47页 |
| 5.2 The Comparison of the Pragmatic and Semantic Functions of the Three Constructions | 第47-52页 |
| 5.2.1 The Subjectivity Interaction and the Pragmatic Functions | 第47-48页 |
| 5.2.2 The Pragmatic Functions of the Three Constructions | 第48-52页 |
| 5.3 Summar y | 第52-54页 |
| Chapter 6 The Cognitive Mechanisms of the Three Topic Constructions | 第54-73页 |
| 6.1 The Cognitive Reference Point Model (CRPM) and the Topic Constructions | 第54-57页 |
| 6.2 The Cognitive Mechanism of Chinese -style Topic Constructions | 第57-65页 |
| 6.2.1 The Classification of Chinese -st yle Topic Constructions | 第57-59页 |
| 6.2.2 The Cognitive Mechanism and the Metaphoric Conn ections of Chinese-st yle Topic Constructions | 第59-65页 |
| 6.3 The Prominence in CRPM and the Discourse Function | 第65-73页 |
| 6.3.1 The Participation of the Topic Referent in Comment Clause | 第66-70页 |
| 6.3.2 The Informativeness of the Topic Referent in Discourse | 第70-73页 |
| Conclusion | 第73-76页 |
| Limitations and Suggestions | 第75-76页 |
| References | 第76-80页 |
| Appendix A 详细中文摘要 | 第80-84页 |
| Appendix B 语料来源 | 第84-94页 |
| Acknowledgement | 第94-95页 |
