| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第4-5页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第5-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-10页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第10-13页 |
| 1.1 Research Background | 第10-11页 |
| 1.2 Significance and Purposes of the Thesis | 第11-12页 |
| 1.3 Data Collection of the Thesis | 第12页 |
| 1.4 Layout of the Thesis | 第12-13页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第13-19页 |
| 2.1 Previous Studies of Court Judgments | 第13-16页 |
| 2.1.1 Previous Studies of Court Judgments Abroad | 第13-14页 |
| 2.1.2 Previous Studies of Court Judgments at Home | 第14-16页 |
| 2.2 Previous Studies of Court Judgments from Contrastive Perspective | 第16-17页 |
| 2.3 Limitations of the Previous Studies | 第17-19页 |
| Chapter 3 Theoretical Foundation | 第19-28页 |
| 3.1 Definitions of Iconicity | 第19-21页 |
| 3.2 Classifications of Iconicity | 第21-23页 |
| 3.2.1 Haiman’s Classification of Iconicity | 第21-22页 |
| 3.2.2 Nanny and Fischer’s Classification of Iconicity | 第22-23页 |
| 3.3 Principles of Iconicity | 第23-28页 |
| 3.3.1 Principle of Sequence Iconicity | 第23-24页 |
| 3.3.2 Principle Distance Iconicity | 第24-25页 |
| 3.3.3 Principle of Quantity Iconicity | 第25-26页 |
| 3.3.4 Principle of Markedness Iconicity | 第26-28页 |
| Chapter 4 Contrastive Analysis of Chinese and American Supreme CourtJudgments | 第28-56页 |
| 4.1 Contrastive Analysis of Supreme Court Judgments at Syntactic Level | 第28-41页 |
| 4.1.1 Sequence Iconicity in Supreme Court Judgments | 第28-34页 |
| 4.1.2 Distance Iconicity in Supreme Court Judgments | 第34-37页 |
| 4.1.3 Quantity Iconicity in Supreme Court Judgments | 第37-41页 |
| 4.2 Contrastive Analysis of Supreme Court Judgments at Discoursal Level | 第41-52页 |
| 4.2.1 Sequence Iconicity in Supreme Court Judgments | 第41-44页 |
| 4.2.2 Distance Iconicity in Supreme Court Judgments | 第44-47页 |
| 4.2.3 Quantity Iconicity in Supreme Court Judgments | 第47-49页 |
| 4.2.4 Markedness Iconicity in Supreme Court Judgments | 第49-52页 |
| 4.3 Reasons for the Similarities and Differences in the Contrastive Study | 第52-56页 |
| 4.3.1 Reasons at Syntactical Level | 第52-53页 |
| 4.3.2 Reasons at Discoursal Level | 第53-56页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第56-59页 |
| 5.1 Major Findings of This Thesis | 第56-57页 |
| 5.2 Implications of This Thesis | 第57-58页 |
| 5.3 Limitations and Recommendation | 第58-59页 |
| References | 第59-62页 |
