| 摘要 | 第1-6页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第6-10页 |
| Introduction | 第10-14页 |
| Chapter one A Brief Introduction and Literature Review of Ellipsis | 第14-26页 |
| ·Definition and Classification of Elipsis | 第14-17页 |
| ·Definition of Ellipsis | 第14-15页 |
| ·Classification of Ellipsis | 第15-17页 |
| ·Literature Overview of Ellipsis | 第17-26页 |
| ·Grammatical studies on ellipsis | 第17-20页 |
| ·Syntactic and semantic studies on ellipsis | 第20-22页 |
| ·Pragmatical studies on ellipsis | 第22-26页 |
| Chapter Two Cognitive Construal | 第26-46页 |
| ·Imagery and Construal | 第26-30页 |
| ·The Notion of Construal | 第30-32页 |
| ·The Classification of Construal | 第32-44页 |
| ·Talmy’s Classification | 第32-34页 |
| ·Langacker’s Classification | 第34-44页 |
| ·Comment on the Theoretical Framework | 第44-46页 |
| Chapter Three The Adventures of Tom Sawyer as the research text | 第46-55页 |
| ·Summary of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer | 第46-49页 |
| ·Main Characters of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer | 第49-52页 |
| ·The Features of Ellipsis in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer | 第52-55页 |
| Chapter Four Approaching ellipsis in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer from cognitive construal | 第55-71页 |
| ·Background Assumptions and Expectations and Ellipsis | 第55-59页 |
| ·Prominence and Ellipsis | 第59-62页 |
| ·Prominence/Background Assumptions and Expectations and Ellipsis | 第62-66页 |
| ·Perspective/Background Assumptions and Expectations/Prominence and Ellipsis | 第66-69页 |
| ·Further Discussion on Cognitive Construal of Ellipsis | 第69-71页 |
| Conclusion | 第71-73页 |
| Bibliography | 第73-76页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第76-77页 |
| Appendix | 第77页 |
