| 摘要 | 第1-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-10页 |
| Chapter Ⅰ Introduction | 第10-12页 |
| ·Research Background | 第10页 |
| ·Objectives of the Study | 第10-11页 |
| ·Research Method | 第11页 |
| ·Organization of the Thesis | 第11-12页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第12-34页 |
| ·Word Order Features of English Multi-premodifiers | 第12-14页 |
| ·English Noun Phrases and Multi-premodifiers | 第12-14页 |
| ·Basic ordering mode of English Multi-premodifiers | 第14页 |
| ·Previous Studies on Word Order of English Multi-premodifiers | 第14-23页 |
| ·Studies Abroad | 第14-21页 |
| ·Studies at Home | 第21-23页 |
| ·Theory of Iconicity | 第23-27页 |
| ·Icon and Iconicity | 第23-25页 |
| ·Arbitrariness vs. Iconicity | 第25-27页 |
| ·Theoretical Foundations in Cognition | 第27-34页 |
| ·Information Structure | 第28-30页 |
| ·Cognitive Domains | 第30-32页 |
| ·Trajector-Landmark | 第32-34页 |
| Chapter Ⅲ Iconicity in the Ordering of English Multi-premodifiers | 第34-40页 |
| ·Proximity Iconicity in the Ordering of English Multi-Premodifiers | 第34-37页 |
| ·Principle of Proximity Iconicity | 第34-35页 |
| ·Order of English Multi-premodifiers Bound by Proximity Iconicity | 第35-37页 |
| ·Sequence Iconicity in the Ordering of English Multi-Premodifiers | 第37-40页 |
| ·Principle of Sequence Iconicity | 第37-38页 |
| ·Order of English Multi-premodifiers Bound by Sequence Iconicity | 第38-40页 |
| Chapter Ⅳ Cognition of Iconicity in Ordering of Multi-premodifiers | 第40-49页 |
| ·Cognition of the Ordering of Multi-premodifiers | 第40-46页 |
| ·The Information Structure of a Noun Phrase with Multi-premodifiers | 第40-42页 |
| ·Ordering of Multi-premodifiers in English Noun Phrases with Regard to Cognitive Domains | 第42-45页 |
| ·Trajector and Landmark of Multi-premodifiers | 第45-46页 |
| ·Cognitive Propertities of iconicity in the Ordering of Multi-premodifiers | 第46-49页 |
| ·Property of Proximity Iconicity in the Ordering of Multi-premodifiers | 第47页 |
| ·Property of Sequence Iconicity in the Ordering of Multi-premodifiers | 第47-49页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第49-51页 |
| ·Major Findings | 第49页 |
| ·Limitations and Suggestions | 第49-51页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第51-52页 |
| Bibliography | 第52-55页 |
| Article Published | 第55页 |
