| Abstract | 第4-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-12页 |
| Introduction | 第12-18页 |
| 0.1 Aims of the Research | 第12-13页 |
| 0.2 Significance and Language Materials of the Research | 第13-14页 |
| 0.3 Objectives of the Research | 第14-15页 |
| 0.4 Organization of the Thesis | 第15-18页 |
| Chapter One Literature Review | 第18-30页 |
| 1.1 Definitions and Previous Studies of English Cause-effect Complex Sentences | 第18-23页 |
| 1.1.1 Previous Studies on English Cause-effect Complex Sentences from Traditional Grammar | 第19-22页 |
| 1.1.2 Previous Studies on English Cause-effect Complex Sentences from Cognitive Grammar | 第22-23页 |
| 1.2 Definitions and Previous Studies of Chinese Cause-effect Complex Sentences | 第23-27页 |
| 1.2.1 Early Studies | 第24-26页 |
| 1.2.2 Mid-term Studies | 第26页 |
| 1.2.3 Recent Studies | 第26-27页 |
| 1.3 Summary | 第27-30页 |
| Chapter Two Theoretical Foundations | 第30-44页 |
| 2.1 Definitions of Linguistic Typology | 第30-38页 |
| 2.1.1 Development of Linguistic Typology | 第31-32页 |
| 2.1.2 Related Theories of Linguistic Typology | 第32-38页 |
| 2.2 Cognitive Linguistics | 第38-43页 |
| 2.2.1 Iconicity | 第38-41页 |
| 2.2.2 Prototype Theory | 第41-43页 |
| 2.3 Summary | 第43-44页 |
| Chapter Three Classification of Cause-effect Complex Sentences | 第44-64页 |
| 3.1 Classification Principle of English Cause-effect Complex Sentences | 第44-54页 |
| 3.1.1 Logical Classification | 第44-48页 |
| 3.1.2 Syntactic Classification | 第48-54页 |
| 3.2 Classification Principle of Chinese Cause-effect Complex Sentences | 第54-62页 |
| 3.2.1 Logical Classification | 第54-60页 |
| 3.2.2 Syntactic Classification | 第60-62页 |
| 3.3 Summary | 第62-64页 |
| Chapter Fou Implicational Universals and priority Sequences of Connective Words of English and Chinese Cause-effect Complex Sentences | 第64-100页 |
| 4.1 Implicational Universals of Word Order of English and Chinese Cause-effect Complex Sentences | 第65-80页 |
| 4.1.1 Elemental Word Order of Cause-effect Complex Sentences | 第66-70页 |
| 4.1.2 Implicational Universals of Word Order of Cause-effect Complex Sentences | 第70-80页 |
| 4.2 Priority Sequences of Cause-effect Complex Sentences | 第80-97页 |
| 4.2.1 Logical Meaning in Different Languages | 第80-81页 |
| 4.2.2 Logical Meaning in the Three Kinds of Types of Writing | 第81-84页 |
| 4.2.3 Priority Sequences of English and Chinese | 第84-96页 |
| 4.2.4 Priority Sequence of Sino-Tibetan Languages | 第96-97页 |
| 4.3 Summary | 第97-100页 |
| Chapter Five Cognitive Analysis of Typological Characteristics of English and Chinese Cause-effect Complex Sentences | 第100-122页 |
| 5.1 Explanation of Implicational Universals with Sequencing-Iconicity Principle and Prototype Theory | 第100-107页 |
| 5.1.1 Implicational Universals of Logical Meaning's Explanation with Sequencing-Iconicity Principle | 第100-105页 |
| 5.1.2 Implicational Universals of Connective Words' Explanation for SVO and SOV Cause-effect Complex Sentences with Prototype Theory | 第105-107页 |
| 5.2 Explanation of Priority Sequences with Prototype Theory | 第107-119页 |
| 5.2.1 Logical Meaning's Explanationfor English | 第108-113页 |
| 5.2.2 Logical Meaning's Explanation for Chinese | 第113-119页 |
| 5.3 Summary | 第119-122页 |
| Conclusion | 第122-128页 |
| Bibliography | 第128-134页 |
| Language Materials | 第134-138页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第138-140页 |
