| Chinese Abstract | 第1-5页 |
| English Abstract | 第5-8页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第8-13页 |
| ·Necessity of the Study | 第9-10页 |
| ·Background of the Study | 第10-12页 |
| ·The Aim and Practical Value of the Thesis | 第12-13页 |
| Chapter 2 Theoretical Framework of the Thesis | 第13-19页 |
| ·Understanding Pragmatics | 第13-15页 |
| ·Understanding Grammar | 第15-16页 |
| ·The Relationship Between Grammar and Pragmatics | 第16-17页 |
| ·The Theoretical View and Basis of the Thesis | 第17-19页 |
| Chapter 3 Syntactic Change of Clause Patterns | 第19-28页 |
| ·Explanation of Clause types and forms | 第19-25页 |
| ·Clause Types and Forms in the English Language | 第19-20页 |
| ·R. Quirk et al’s Clause Types | 第20-22页 |
| ·Clause Types and Forms in the Chinese Language | 第22-25页 |
| ·Marked Clauses and Unmarked Clauses | 第25-28页 |
| ·A language With Fixed Word Order | 第25-26页 |
| ·The Definition of Unmarked and Marked Clause | 第26-28页 |
| Chapter 4 Marked Clauses | 第28-40页 |
| ·The Syntactic Means to Express Focus and Emphasis | 第28-29页 |
| ·Syntactic Features of the Marked Clauses in English ---from R. Quirk’s View | 第29-39页 |
| ·Fronting | 第29-31页 |
| ·Inversion | 第31-34页 |
| ·Cleft Sentence and Pseudo-Cleft Sentence | 第34-36页 |
| ·Postponement | 第36-39页 |
| ·Marked Clauses in the Chinese Language | 第39-40页 |
| Chapter 5 Pragmatic Analysis of Syntactic Change in the English language | 第40-51页 |
| ·Context as One Motivation for Syntactic Change | 第40-43页 |
| ·End-Weight as One Motivation for Syntactic Change | 第43-44页 |
| ·To Express Exclamation or Arouse Surprise | 第44-46页 |
| ·Organizing in Discourse as One Motivation | 第46-47页 |
| ·Topic Continuity as One Motivation | 第47-49页 |
| ·Textual Cohesion and Coherence | 第49-51页 |
| Chapter 6 Pragmatic Analysis of Marked Clauses in the Chinese language | 第51-58页 |
| ·Inverted Sentences | 第51-52页 |
| ·Previous Studies of Inverted Sentences | 第52-53页 |
| ·The Pragmatic Motivations of Inverted Sentences | 第53-58页 |
| Chapter 7 Conclusion | 第58-63页 |
| ·Summary of the Research | 第58-59页 |
| ·Pedagogical Implications | 第59-60页 |
| ·Significance of the Research | 第60-61页 |
| ·Limitation of the Research | 第61-63页 |
| References | 第63-69页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第69页 |
