| 摘要 | 第1-8页 |
| Abstract | 第8-14页 |
| Introduction | 第14-17页 |
| Chapter One Discreteness | 第17-27页 |
| ·A Survey of Discreteness | 第17-21页 |
| ·The Definitions of Discreteness | 第17-19页 |
| ·The Relationship between Discreteness and Continuit y | 第19-20页 |
| ·Comparison of the Definitions about Discreteness | 第20-21页 |
| ·Langacker's Views about Discreteness | 第21-23页 |
| ·Some Related Theories to the Notions of Discreteness and Continuity | 第23-27页 |
| ·The Theory of Boundedness | 第24页 |
| ·Markedness Theory | 第24-25页 |
| ·Gestalt Theory( GT) | 第25-27页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第27-36页 |
| ·Literature Review of Studies on Discreteness | 第27-31页 |
| ·Dichotomous Views about Discreteness | 第28-29页 |
| ·Neutral Views about Discreteness | 第29-31页 |
| ·Literature Review of Studies on English Ambiguity | 第31-34页 |
| ·Traditional Views of Ambiguity and Their Limitations | 第31-33页 |
| ·Cognitive Views of Ambiguity | 第33-34页 |
| ·Feasibility of Analyzing English Ambiguity Based on Discreteness | 第34-36页 |
| Chapter Three Explicit Discreteness in English Ambiguity | 第36-53页 |
| ·Explicit Discreteness | 第36-37页 |
| ·Explicit Discreteness on Lexical Ambiguity | 第37-41页 |
| ·Explicit Discreteness in Structural Ambiguity | 第41-51页 |
| ·Unclear Modifying Relationship | 第42-49页 |
| ·Prepositional Phrases | 第42-45页 |
| ·Adverbs | 第45-46页 |
| ·Coordinate Structures | 第46-49页 |
| ·Inflectional Variation | 第49-51页 |
| ·Summary of Explicit Discreteness in English Ambiguity | 第51-53页 |
| Chapter Four Implicit Discreteness in English Ambiguity | 第53-63页 |
| ·Implicit Discreteness | 第53-55页 |
| ·Case Analyses of Implicit Discreteness in English Ambiguity | 第55-62页 |
| ·Analysis of Implicit Discreteness Based on the Principle of Domain. | 第55-58页 |
| ·Quantifier Scope Ambiguity | 第55-56页 |
| ·Negative Ambiguity | 第56-58页 |
| ·Analysis of Implicit Discreteness Based on ICMs | 第58-59页 |
| ·Analysis of Implicit Discreteness Based on Specificity | 第59-62页 |
| ·Summary of Implicit Discreteness | 第62-63页 |
| Conclusion | 第63-65页 |
| Bibliography | 第65-68页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第68-69页 |
| Appendix A（攻读学位期间发表论文目录） | 第69页 |
