| Chapter One Introduction | 第1-18页 |
| ·Experientialism: the Philosophical Foundation of the Study | 第12-15页 |
| ·The Theoretical Basis | 第15-16页 |
| ·Methodology and Significance of the Study | 第16页 |
| ·The Organization of the Study | 第16-18页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review of English Words in Pairs and Iconicity | 第18-28页 |
| ·A Historical Survey of English Words in Pairs | 第18-19页 |
| ·A Historical Survey of Iconicity | 第19-26页 |
| ·The Arbitrariness of the language sign | 第20-22页 |
| ·Iconicity: a challenge to arbitrariness | 第22-25页 |
| ·Summary | 第25-26页 |
| ·Conclusion | 第26-28页 |
| Chapter Three English Words in Pairs and Quantitative Iconicity | 第28-33页 |
| ·Quantitative Iconicity | 第28页 |
| ·The Cognitive Significance of Quantitative Iconicity | 第28-29页 |
| ·English Words in Pairs and Quantitative Iconicity | 第29-31页 |
| ·Summary | 第31-33页 |
| Chapter Four English Words in Pairs and Distance Iconicity | 第33-38页 |
| ·Distance Iconicity | 第33-34页 |
| ·The Cognitive Significance of Distance Iconicity | 第34-35页 |
| ·English Words in Pairs and Distance Iconicity | 第35-36页 |
| ·Summary | 第36-38页 |
| Chapter Five English Words in Pairs and Order Iconicity | 第38-51页 |
| ·The Principle of Order Iconicity | 第38-39页 |
| ·Order Iconicity in English Words in Pairs | 第39-49页 |
| ·The iconic usage of and in English words in pairs | 第39-40页 |
| ·Temporal sequence and the ordering of English words in pairs | 第40-41页 |
| ·Spatial relations and the ordering of English Words in Pairs | 第41-45页 |
| ·Sequence of markedness and English words in pairs | 第45-48页 |
| ·Cultural thoughts and word order of English words in pairs | 第48-49页 |
| ·Summary | 第49-51页 |
| Chapter Six Metaphor in English Words in Pairs | 第51-61页 |
| ·The Notion of Domain | 第51-52页 |
| ·Metaphor Theories and Conceptual Metaphor | 第52-54页 |
| ·Image Schemas: The Cognitive Basis of Metaphor | 第54-56页 |
| ·Conceptual Metaphor in English Words in Pairs | 第56-59页 |
| ·Summary | 第59-61页 |
| Chapter Seven The Typological Significance of the Investigation of Iconicity in English Words in Pairs | 第61-68页 |
| ·The Definition of Chinese Words in Pairs | 第61-63页 |
| ·The Comparison of Words in Pairs in Chinese and English | 第63-67页 |
| ·Conclusion | 第67-68页 |
| Chapter Eight Conclusion | 第68-70页 |
| References | 第70-74页 |
| Appendix | 第74-77页 |
| Publications | 第77页 |
