| Abstract in Chinese | 第1-8页 |
| Abstract in English | 第8-12页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第12-19页 |
| ·The Introduction of the Dynamic Research | 第12-15页 |
| ·Feasibility of the Study | 第15页 |
| ·The Method of the Study | 第15-16页 |
| ·The New Points of the Study | 第16页 |
| ·Significance of the Study | 第16-17页 |
| ·Organization of the Study | 第17-19页 |
| Chapter Two Iconicity,Isomorphism and Non-arbitrary Coding in Syntax | 第19-28页 |
| ·Iconicity | 第19-21页 |
| ·The Definition of Iconicity | 第19-20页 |
| ·The Arbitrariness Theory of Saussure | 第20页 |
| ·The Iconicity Theory of Peirce | 第20-21页 |
| ·The Iconicity Theory of Haiman | 第21页 |
| ·Isomorphism and Non-arbitrary Coding in Syntax | 第21-23页 |
| ·Iconicity in Grammar | 第23-25页 |
| ·Quantitative Gradients in Topic Assignment | 第23-24页 |
| ·Word-order and Topic Assignment | 第24页 |
| ·Syntactic Coding of Transitivity | 第24-25页 |
| ·Cogitable Questions—Limitations of the Theory | 第25-28页 |
| Chapter Three Syntactic Iconicity and the Rhetorical Effects | 第28-66页 |
| ·The Brief Introduction to Rhetoric | 第28-30页 |
| ·The Production of Rhetorical Effects in a Traditional Way | 第28-29页 |
| ·The Production of Rhetorical Effects from the Angle of Cognition | 第29-30页 |
| ·The Quantity Iconicity and its Rhetorical Effects | 第30-43页 |
| ·Quantity Iconicity | 第30-33页 |
| ·The Rhetorical Effects of Quantity Iconicity | 第33-43页 |
| ·Rhetorical Effects—Achieved by Using More Coding Material | 第34-40页 |
| ·Repetition | 第34-37页 |
| ·Parallelism | 第37-38页 |
| ·Antithesis | 第38-39页 |
| ·Clauses | 第39-40页 |
| ·Rhetorical Effect of Using Less Linguistic Signs | 第40-43页 |
| ·The Order Iconicity and its Rhetorical Effects | 第43-51页 |
| ·Order Iconicity | 第43-45页 |
| ·The Classification of Order Iconicity | 第45-48页 |
| ·The Principle of Temporal Sequence(PTS) | 第46页 |
| ·The Principle of Scope Sequence(PSS) | 第46-47页 |
| ·Iconic Sequence in Temporal Scope | 第46-47页 |
| ·Iconic Sequence in Spatial Scope | 第47页 |
| ·The Principle of Comment Sequence(PCS) | 第47-48页 |
| ·Examples of the Rhetorical Effects of Order Iconicity | 第48-51页 |
| ·The Distance Iconicity and its Rhetorical Effects | 第51-57页 |
| ·Distance Iconicity | 第51-53页 |
| ·The Rhetorical Effects of Distance Iconicity | 第53-57页 |
| ·Closeness is Strength of Effect | 第53-56页 |
| ·The linguistic Distance Iconizes the Social Distance | 第56-57页 |
| ·The Markedness Iconicity and its Rhetorical Effects | 第57-66页 |
| ·Criteria for Markedness | 第57-58页 |
| ·Markedness Iconicity | 第58-60页 |
| ·The Rhetorical Effects of Markedness | 第60-66页 |
| ·The Realization of the Rhetorical Effects of Parody | 第60-61页 |
| ·The Realization of the Rhetorical Effects of Oxymoron | 第61-62页 |
| ·The Realization of the Rhetorical Effects of Exaggeration | 第62-64页 |
| ·The Realization of the Rhetorical Effects of Pun | 第64-66页 |
| Chapter Four The Enlightenment in English Composition Teaching—From Syntactic Iconicity Perspective | 第66-75页 |
| ·The Theoretical Support of the Enlightenment in Composition—From Cognitive Perspective | 第66-67页 |
| ·Composition Teaching by a Cognitive Approach | 第67-68页 |
| ·Iconicity and Rhetoric Effects and Composition Teaching | 第68-75页 |
| ·Quantity Iconicity in Composition Teaching | 第68-70页 |
| ·Order Iconicity in Composition Teaching | 第70-71页 |
| ·Distance Iconicity in Composition Teaching | 第71-73页 |
| ·Markedness Iconicity in Composition Teaching | 第73-75页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第75-77页 |
| ·Major Findings of the Study | 第75-76页 |
| ·Limitations and Suggestions for Further Study | 第76-77页 |
| Bibliography | 第77-81页 |
| APPendix:Articles Published during M.A.Studies | 第81-82页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第82-83页 |
