| PART I The Preliminary: Formal Nature of Hallidayan Theme and A Survey of Topic Studies | 第1-62页 |
| 1 Formal Nature of Theme in Halliday and Recovering Topic as the Semantic Counterpart | 第16-28页 |
| 1 The Nature of Theme in SF Circle | 第16-22页 |
| ·Formal Nature of Halliday’s Theme | 第16-20页 |
| ·A Comparison with Huang’s Analysis | 第20-22页 |
| 2 Verification of Halliday’s Notion of Topic and the Aboutness Nature of Theme Studies in Other SF linguists | 第22-26页 |
| ·Verification of Halliday’s Notion of Topic | 第22-24页 |
| ·Topic Studies under the Title of Theme within the SF Circle | 第24-26页 |
| 3 Summary and A Word Forward | 第26-28页 |
| 2 Achievements in Topic Studies | 第28-62页 |
| 1 Introduction: Topic in the Aboutness Sense | 第28-30页 |
| ·A Common Feature Shared in Theme and Topic | 第28-29页 |
| ·Topic Notions from Different Linguistic Frameworks | 第29-30页 |
| 2 Topic Studies at the Premature Periods | 第30-33页 |
| ·Topic Concept in the Greek Tradition | 第30-31页 |
| ·Separation of Topic from G-Subject | 第31-33页 |
| 3 D-Topic Studies | 第33-46页 |
| ·The Earlier D-Topic Studies | 第33-35页 |
| ·The Initiatives | 第33-34页 |
| ·Mathesius’s Distinction of Textual Topic from Clausal Theme | 第34-35页 |
| ·Contemporary D-Topic Studies: Sequential/Hierarchical Point of View | 第35-46页 |
| ·Dane?’s “TP”: Beginning of Sequential and Hierarchical Perspective | 第35-36页 |
| ·The Sequential Approach | 第36-40页 |
| ·Keenan & Shieffelin’s Interactional Topic Model | 第36-37页 |
| ·Givón’s “Thematic & Topic Continuity” | 第37-38页 |
| ·Brown & Yule’s Dynamic View | 第38页 |
| ·Hajicova’s Scalar Model | 第38-39页 |
| ·Goutsos’s Sequential Exploration of D-Topic | 第39-40页 |
| ·The Hierarchical/Synthetical Perspective of Topic Studies | 第40-46页 |
| ·“Staging” in Grimes and Discourse Patterns in Hinds | 第40-41页 |
| ·van Dijk’s “MT”, Hlavsa’s “TT” and Luelsdorff’s “FTP” | 第41-42页 |
| ·Chafe’s Hierarchies, Dubois’s SP and Dressler’s “TE” | 第42-43页 |
| ·Duszak’s Double-Layered Paradigm | 第43-44页 |
| ·Goutsos’s Two-Faceted Topic Model | 第44-46页 |
| 4 Other Aspects of D-Topic Studies | 第46-56页 |
| ·Relations to Other Textual Categories | 第46-50页 |
| ·Topic and Information Flow | 第46-48页 |
| ·Topicality and Tonicity | 第48-49页 |
| ·Topicalisation and Cohesion & Coherence | 第49-50页 |
| ·Topicalisation and Its Determinant Factors | 第50-55页 |
| ·Topicalisation and Mode | 第50-52页 |
| ·Topicalisation and Spoken & Written Profiles | 第52-53页 |
| ·Topicalisation and Perspectives | 第53-54页 |
| ·Topicalisation and Genres | 第54-55页 |
| ·Applications of D-Topic Studies | 第55-56页 |
| ·In Teaching and Learning | 第55-56页 |
| ·In Other Related Fields | 第56页 |
| 5 A Working Definition of TOPIC for This Thesis | 第56-60页 |
| ·The ABOUTNESS Nature of Topic | 第57页 |
| ·Problems Concerning the Nature of Topic & Topicalisaton | 第57-59页 |
| ·Further Clarifications and the Proposal | 第59-60页 |
| 6 Summary and A Word Forward | 第60-62页 |
| PART II Topic Systems In Text | 第62-210页 |
| 3 Topic System at the Clause & Complex Ranks | 第64-107页 |
| 1 Introduction | 第64-65页 |
| 2 Topicless, Pseudo and Primary Topics | 第65-84页 |
| ·Primary Topic | 第66-77页 |
| ·The Meaning of Primary Topic | 第66页 |
| ·Types of Primary Topic | 第66-77页 |
| ·Bare Topic | 第66-69页 |
| ·Compound Topic | 第69-72页 |
| ·Padded Topic | 第72-75页 |
| ·Primary Topics in Some Special Syntactic Structures | 第75-77页 |
| ·Zero and Pseudo Topics | 第77-84页 |
| ·Topicless Message | 第77-80页 |
| ·Pseudo Topic | 第80-84页 |
| 3 Background Topic | 第84-97页 |
| ·The Meaning of Background Topic | 第84-85页 |
| ·Types of Background Topic | 第85-97页 |
| ·Time/Temporality | 第85-88页 |
| ·Place/Spatiality | 第88-90页 |
| ·Manner and Cause | 第90-92页 |
| ·Contingency and Accompaniment | 第92-94页 |
| ·Role, Matter and Angle | 第94-97页 |
| 4 Non-Background Topic | 第97-100页 |
| 5 Types of Topic Structure, Topic System, and Recognition & Generation | 第100-106页 |
| ·Topic Structures and Topic System | 第100-103页 |
| ·Chief Differences between Topic and Theme | 第103-106页 |
| 6 Summary and A Word Forward | 第106-107页 |
| 4 Repetitive and Non-repetitive Topic Chains | 第107-155页 |
| 1 Introduction | 第107-108页 |
| 2 Repetitive/Homogeneous Topics | 第108-126页 |
| ·The Meaning and Classification of Repetitives | 第108-111页 |
| ·Successive Chains | 第111-115页 |
| ·Intermittent Chains | 第115-122页 |
| ·A Tentative Step toward the Computer | 第122-126页 |
| 3 Non-Repetitive Topics | 第126-147页 |
| ·The Meaning of Relevant Topics. | 第126-127页 |
| ·Classification of Relevant Chains | 第127-144页 |
| ·Meronomic Chains | 第127-130页 |
| ·Collective Chains | 第130-134页 |
| ·Hyponymic Chains | 第134-136页 |
| ·Possessive Chains | 第136-139页 |
| ·Additional Chains | 第139-144页 |
| ·Contrastive Topics | 第144-147页 |
| 4 A Case Study | 第147-154页 |
| 5 Summary and A Word Forward | 第154-155页 |
| 5 Central and Marginal Topics and Other Related Issues | 第155-204页 |
| 1 Introduction | 第155-157页 |
| 2 Central and Marginal Topics | 第157-188页 |
| ·The Meaning of Central and Marginal Topics | 第157-159页 |
| ·Local Central and Marginal Topics | 第159-172页 |
| ·Holistic Central and Marginal Topics | 第172-188页 |
| 3 Other Related Issues | 第188-203页 |
| ·Central and Marginal Stretches of Text | 第188-196页 |
| ·Topicalisation, Metaphorisation and Intention | 第196-200页 |
| ·Complexity of Processing: A Final Word | 第200-203页 |
| 4 Summary | 第203-204页 |
| 6 Conclusion: For Further Studies | 第204-210页 |
| Bibliography | 第210-228页 |
| Appendix | 第228-245页 |
