| Introduction | 第1-11页 |
| Chapter One The Literature Review of the Study of Ellipsis | 第11-28页 |
| ·The Study of Ellipsis in Descriptive Grammar | 第11-17页 |
| ·The Study of Ellipsis in Functional Grammar | 第17-21页 |
| ·The Study of English Ellipsis in Transformational Grammar | 第21-26页 |
| ·The Study of English Ellipsis of Other Linguists | 第26-28页 |
| Chapter two Definition and Classification of Ellipsis | 第28-37页 |
| ·Traditional Classification of Ellipsis | 第28-32页 |
| ·The Dichotomy of Ellipsis | 第32-34页 |
| ·The Interpretation of Dichotomy of Ellipsis | 第34-37页 |
| Chapter Three Substitution and Ellipsis | 第37-52页 |
| ·Substitution | 第37-42页 |
| ·Ellipsis | 第42-50页 |
| ·Ellipsis and Pro-form Substitution with Post-predicate Complement Clauses | 第50-52页 |
| Chapter Four The Essence of English Ellipsis | 第52-57页 |
| ·The Interpretation of Identity | 第52-54页 |
| ·The Constriction of English Ellipsis | 第54-55页 |
| ·The Essence of Ellipsis | 第55-57页 |
| Conclusion | 第57-59页 |
| Bibliography | 第59-60页 |