| Abstract | 第1-9页 |
| 内容摘要 | 第9-11页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第11-19页 |
| ·Defining Information Intensification | 第11页 |
| ·Relevant Theoretical Development | 第11-18页 |
| ·Contrastive analysis | 第12页 |
| ·Information theory, information structure and information intensification | 第12-18页 |
| ·Organization of the Dissertation | 第18-19页 |
| Chapter Two Theoretical Framework | 第19-23页 |
| ·A Brief Introduction to Cognitive Linguistics | 第19-20页 |
| ·Rationale for Information Intensification Analysis: the Prominence View | 第20-22页 |
| ·Figure and ground | 第20-21页 |
| ·Trajector and landmark | 第21页 |
| ·Topicalization | 第21-22页 |
| ·Focus and background | 第22页 |
| ·The Prominence View and Information Intensification | 第22-23页 |
| Chapter Three Information Intensification in English and Chinese | 第23-61页 |
| ·The Phonological Realization of English-Chinese Information Intensification | 第23-35页 |
| ·Syllabic rhythm & pedalian rhythm | 第23-24页 |
| ·Stress | 第24-31页 |
| ·Tonic prominence | 第31-33页 |
| ·Pause(s) | 第33-35页 |
| ·The Lexical Realization of Information Intensification | 第35-39页 |
| ·Lexical repetition | 第35-37页 |
| ·Some lexical means: degree adverbs and other degree expressions | 第37-39页 |
| ·The Syntactical Realization of Information Intensification | 第39-56页 |
| ·The unmarked information intensification | 第39-42页 |
| ·The marked information intensification | 第42-56页 |
| ·The Discoursal Realization of Information Intensification | 第56-60页 |
| ·Thematisation | 第56-58页 |
| ·Thought patterns and organizational patterns | 第58-60页 |
| ·Summary | 第60-61页 |
| Chapter Four Information Intensification and Context | 第61-66页 |
| ·Defining Context | 第61-62页 |
| ·Relationship Between Information Intensification and Context | 第62-66页 |
| ·Influence of culture upon information intensification | 第64-66页 |
| Chapter Five Implications for Foreign Language Teaching | 第66-71页 |
| ·For Listening | 第66-67页 |
| ·For Speaking | 第67-68页 |
| ·For Reading | 第68-69页 |
| ·For Writing | 第69-71页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第71-72页 |
| Bibliography | 第72-83页 |
