| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-8页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-13页 |
| List of Figures | 第13-14页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第14-22页 |
| ·Research Orientation | 第14-15页 |
| ·Working Definition of Inversion | 第15-16页 |
| ·Given Definitions of Inversion | 第15-16页 |
| ·Working Definition of Inversion | 第16页 |
| ·Working Classification of Inversion | 第16-19页 |
| ·Quirk et al"s Classification | 第16-17页 |
| ·Heidrun Dorgeloh's Classification | 第17-19页 |
| ·Working Classification of inversion | 第19页 |
| ·Data Collection and Research Questions | 第19-20页 |
| ·Data Collection | 第19-20页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第20页 |
| ·Research Methods | 第20页 |
| ·Structure of this Thesis | 第20-22页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第22-34页 |
| ·Introduction | 第22页 |
| ·Studies of Inversion in Pragmatics | 第22-26页 |
| ·Birner's Inversion as Information Packaging Device | 第22-24页 |
| ·Xu Shenghuan's Cognitive-pragmatic Analysis of Inversions | 第24-25页 |
| ·Zhang Keding's Pragmatic Function and Motivation of Inversion | 第25-26页 |
| ·Comments on Pragmatic Approach | 第26页 |
| ·Studies of Inversion in Syntax | 第26-28页 |
| ·Emonds' Inversion as a Root Transformation | 第26-27页 |
| ·Adverse Arguments to Emond's | 第27页 |
| ·Coopmans' Arguments against Inversion as Stylistic | 第27-28页 |
| ·Bresnan's Preverbal Constituent Referring to Subject | 第28页 |
| ·Comments on Syntatic Approach | 第28页 |
| ·Studies of Inversion in Cognitive Linguistics | 第28-33页 |
| ·Chen Rong's Inversion as GbF Instantiation | 第28-30页 |
| ·Xu Lijie's Study on Inversion | 第30-31页 |
| ·Yang Zhuangchun's Iconicity on Inversion | 第31页 |
| ·Wen Xu and Liu Xianqing's Stuty on Inversion | 第31-32页 |
| ·Comments on Cognitive Approach | 第32-33页 |
| ·On Prototype-model Analysis | 第33页 |
| ·Summary | 第33-34页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Framework | 第34-46页 |
| ·Introduction | 第34页 |
| ·Origin of Prototype-model Theory: Oriental Dialectics | 第34-38页 |
| ·Classical Pattern of Oriental Dialectics | 第34-35页 |
| ·Modern Pattern of Oriental Dialectics | 第35-36页 |
| ·Application of Modern Oriental Dialectics in Practice | 第36-38页 |
| ·Prototype-model Theory | 第38-41页 |
| ·Principle of Conjugational Interpromotion | 第39-40页 |
| ·Principle of Mono-prototype-poly-model | 第40-41页 |
| ·Key Terms Concerning Inversion | 第41-45页 |
| ·Word Order | 第41-42页 |
| ·Information Focus | 第42-44页 |
| ·Cognitive Prominence | 第44-45页 |
| ·Summary | 第45-46页 |
| Chapter Four Prototype-model Analysis of Inversions | 第46-69页 |
| ·Introduction | 第46页 |
| ·The Patterning Process from Objective World to Inversion | 第46-53页 |
| ·Basic Sentence Pattern and Inversion | 第47-50页 |
| ·Information Focus in Basic Sentence Pattern and Inversion | 第50-53页 |
| ·Information Focus in Inversion Types | 第53-59页 |
| ·Inversion Types | 第53页 |
| ·Unmarked Information Focus in FI Types | 第53-57页 |
| ·Marked Information Focus in SAI Types | 第57-59页 |
| ·Generative Mechanism of Inversion | 第59-67页 |
| ·Generative Mechanism of FI | 第59-64页 |
| ·Generative Mechanism of SAI | 第64-67页 |
| ·Comparison between Basic Sentence Pattern and Inversion, FI and SAI | 第67-68页 |
| ·Summary | 第68-69页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第69-72页 |
| ·Summary of the Present Research | 第69-70页 |
| ·Research Significance of this Thesis | 第70-71页 |
| ·Limitations of the Research and Suggestions for Further Study | 第71-72页 |
| Bibliography | 第72-76页 |
