| Abstract | 第1-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-9页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第9-14页 |
| ·A General Description of Inversion | 第9-10页 |
| ·The Necessity and Feasibility of the Study | 第10-11页 |
| ·The Objective of the Study | 第11-12页 |
| ·The Layout of the Thesis | 第12-14页 |
| Chapter Two Previous Studies of Inversion | 第14-27页 |
| ·Definitions | 第14-16页 |
| ·Definitions in the Dictionaries | 第14-16页 |
| ·Definition in This Thesis | 第16页 |
| ·Functions of Inversion | 第16-19页 |
| ·Foreground | 第17页 |
| ·Contrast | 第17-18页 |
| ·Balance | 第18页 |
| ·Euphony | 第18-19页 |
| ·Literature Review | 第19-26页 |
| ·The Rhetoric Perspective | 第20页 |
| ·The Linguistic Perspective | 第20-26页 |
| ·The Syntactic Approach | 第20-21页 |
| ·The Functional Approach | 第21-24页 |
| ·The Pragmatic Approach | 第24-26页 |
| ·The Cognitive Approach | 第26页 |
| ·Summary | 第26-27页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Foundations | 第27-41页 |
| ·The Figure/Ground Theory | 第27-33页 |
| ·The Figure/Ground Theory | 第27-31页 |
| ·The Characteristics of the Figure and the Ground | 第27-29页 |
| ·The Internal Cause for the Choice of the Figure/Ground | 第29-31页 |
| ·The Reference-point Model | 第31-32页 |
| ·The Realization of the Figure/Ground Alignment in Language | 第32-33页 |
| ·The Prototype Theory | 第33-36页 |
| ·Definition and Properties of Prototype | 第33-35页 |
| ·The Reasons for Using Prototype to Study a Category | 第35-36页 |
| ·A Review of Chen Rong’s GbF Model | 第36-40页 |
| ·A Brief Introduction to Chen Rong’s GbF Model | 第36-38页 |
| ·The Advantages and Disadvantages of Chen Rong’s GbF Model | 第38-40页 |
| ·Summary | 第40-41页 |
| Chapter Four An Analysis of Inversion as an Instantiation of the GbF Model | 第41-71页 |
| ·An Interpretation of the Modified GbF Model | 第42-48页 |
| ·An Illustration of the Modified GbF Model | 第42-44页 |
| ·Elements for the Modified GbF Model | 第44-47页 |
| ·Types of Inversion | 第47-48页 |
| ·The Prototype: Locative Be Inversion | 第48-58页 |
| ·A Questionnaire Investigation to Testify the Prototype | 第48-52页 |
| ·Arguments for Regarding the Locative Be Type as the Prototype | 第52-54页 |
| ·The Locative Be Type as an Instantiation of the GbF Model | 第54-58页 |
| ·Two Extensions from the Prototype | 第58-67页 |
| ·Generated from the Ground | 第59-62页 |
| ·The Spatial Participle + Be Type | 第59-60页 |
| ·The Participle + Locative + Be Type | 第60-61页 |
| ·The Nonspatial + Be Type: from Spatiality to Nonspatiality | 第61-62页 |
| ·Generated from the Linkage | 第62-67页 |
| ·The Locative + Stative Verb Type | 第62-63页 |
| ·The Participle+Locative + Stative Verb Type | 第63-64页 |
| ·The Path + Motion Verb Type: from Stavitity to Motion | 第64-67页 |
| ·The Temporal + Motion Verb Type: from Space to Time | 第67页 |
| ·A Radial Classification | 第67-70页 |
| ·Summary | 第70-71页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第71-74页 |
| ·The Major Findings of This Study | 第71-72页 |
| ·The Suggestions for Future Research | 第72-74页 |
| Bibliography | 第74-78页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第78-79页 |
| Appendix: Articles Published and Science Project | 第79页 |
