| Acknowledgements | 第1-4页 |
| Abstract | 第4-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-8页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第8-11页 |
| ·Research Objective | 第8-9页 |
| ·Theoretical Background | 第9页 |
| ·The Organization of the Thesis | 第9-11页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第11-20页 |
| ·Researches Done by Foreign Scholars | 第11-17页 |
| ·The Prague School Linguists | 第11-12页 |
| ·M.A.K Halliday | 第12-15页 |
| ·G. Brown and G. Yule | 第15-16页 |
| ·G. Thompson | 第16-17页 |
| ·J.R. Martin and D. Rose | 第17页 |
| ·Related Thematic Study by Chinese Scholars | 第17-19页 |
| ·Summary | 第19-20页 |
| Chapter Three Cognitive Interpretations of Thematic Structure | 第20-31页 |
| ·Thematic Structure: the Manifestation of Iconicity of Human Cognition | 第20-22页 |
| ·Cognitive Interpretations of Theme Selections | 第22-31页 |
| ·The Relationship between Thematic Choice and Perspective | 第22-26页 |
| ·Viewpoint | 第23-25页 |
| ·Deixis and Subjectivity | 第25-26页 |
| ·Theme Selections and the Prominence View in Cognitive Linguistics | 第26-28页 |
| ·Summary and Discussions | 第28-31页 |
| Chapter Four A Cognitive Study of the Thematic Structure of a Literary Text | 第31-45页 |
| ·Thematic Structure and Literary Discourse Analysis | 第31-32页 |
| ·A Brief Introduction to O. Henry’s The Cop and the Anthem | 第32-34页 |
| ·Background Knowledge of O. Henry and His Works | 第32-33页 |
| ·Main Ideas about The Cop and the Anthem | 第33-34页 |
| ·Analysis of the Thematic Structure of the Text. | 第34-43页 |
| ·Analysis of Some Randomly Chosen Parts as Illustration | 第34-40页 |
| ·An Overall Account of the Themes of the Text | 第40-43页 |
| ·Summary | 第43-45页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion.. | 第45-48页 |
| ·Major Conclusions Drawn in This Thesis | 第45-46页 |
| ·Suggestions for Further Research | 第46-48页 |
| ·The Delimitation of Theme | 第46-47页 |
| ·The Study of Rheme | 第47-48页 |
| References | 第48-51页 |
