| Acknowledgments | 第4-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6页 |
| Introduction | 第9-12页 |
| Chapter One Literature Review | 第12-16页 |
| 1.1 Overview of SI Development and Research | 第12-14页 |
| 1.2 The Criteria of SI | 第14-16页 |
| Chapter Two the Necessity of the Principle of Syntactic Linearity, a Cognitive Perspective | 第16-28页 |
| 2.1 Gile’s Effort Models | 第17-22页 |
| 2.1.1 Theoretical Framework | 第17-20页 |
| 2.1.2 “Triggers”of simultaneous interpreting processing failures | 第20-22页 |
| 2.2 Eva Paneth’s Simultaneous Interpretation Diagram | 第22-28页 |
| 2.2.1 Diagram of the Timing of Simultaneous Interpreters in relation to the original speech | 第22-26页 |
| 2.2.2 Revised Version of Eva Paneth’s Diagram | 第26-28页 |
| Chapter Three Chomsky’s Minimalist Program in explaining Syntactic Linearity, a transformational-generative grammar perspective | 第28-37页 |
| 3.1 Basic Concepts | 第29-33页 |
| 3.1.1 Background information | 第29-30页 |
| 3.1.2 The Economy Principle | 第30-33页 |
| 3.2 An Exploration of Syntactic Linearity in light of Minimalist Program | 第33-37页 |
| Chapter Four the Feasibility of Syntactic Linearity in simultaneous interpreting, a contractive linguistic perspective | 第37-52页 |
| 4.1 The definition of Theme and Rheme | 第38-39页 |
| 4.2 Classification of Theme | 第39-46页 |
| 4.2.1 Simple Theme | 第39-43页 |
| 4.2.1.1 Theme in Declarative Clauses | 第40-41页 |
| 4.2.1.2 Theme in Interrogative Clauses | 第41-42页 |
| 4.2.1.3 Theme in Imperative Clauses | 第42-43页 |
| 4.2.1.4 Theme in Exclamatory Clauses | 第43页 |
| 4.2.2 Multiple Theme | 第43-44页 |
| 4.2.3 Clause as Theme | 第44-46页 |
| 4.3 A Comparison in Information Status of Theme | 第46-52页 |
| 4.3.1 Theme Carrying Zero Information | 第46-48页 |
| 4.3.2 Theme Carrying Given Information | 第48-49页 |
| 4.3.3 Theme Carrying New Information | 第49-52页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第52-54页 |
| Bibliography | 第54-56页 |
