| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第1-7页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第7-9页 |
| 摘要 | 第9-11页 |
| Chapter one INTRODUCTION | 第11-15页 |
| ·The Reason and Purpose of Writing This Thesis | 第11-12页 |
| ·The Methodology and Significance of the Study | 第12-13页 |
| ·The Organization of the Thesis | 第13-15页 |
| Chapter Two LITERATURE REVIEW OF ENGLISH PROVERBS AND ICONICITY | 第15-31页 |
| ·Literature Review of Iconicity in Language | 第15-22页 |
| ·The definition of iconicity | 第15页 |
| ·The development of iconicity abroad | 第15-20页 |
| ·The development of iconicity at home | 第20-22页 |
| ·Literature Review of English proverbs | 第22-29页 |
| ·Definition of proverbs | 第22-25页 |
| ·Previous studies on English proverbs abroad | 第25-27页 |
| ·Previous studies on English proverbs at home | 第27-29页 |
| ·Summary | 第29-31页 |
| Chapter Three QUANTITY ICONICITY IN THE SYNTACTIC STRUCTURE OF ENGLISH PROVERBS | 第31-37页 |
| ·The Principle of Quantity Iconicity | 第31-32页 |
| ·Quantity Iconicity and the Syntactic Structure of English Proverbs | 第32-35页 |
| ·Summary | 第35-37页 |
| Chapter Four DISTANCE ICONICITY IN THE SYNTACTIC STRUCTURE OF ENGLISH PROVERBS | 第37-43页 |
| ·The Principle of Distance Iconicity | 第37页 |
| ·Distance Iconicity and the Syntactic Structure of English Proverbs | 第37-42页 |
| ·Summary | 第42-43页 |
| Chapter Five ORDER ICONICITY IN THE SYNTACTIC STRUCTURE OF ENGLISH PROVERBS | 第43-53页 |
| ·The Principle of Order Iconicity | 第43页 |
| ·Order Iconicity and the Syntactic Structure of English Proverbs | 第43-51页 |
| ·Temporal sequence in the syntactic structure of English proverbs | 第44-46页 |
| ·Spatial sequence in the syntactic structure of English proverbs | 第46-49页 |
| ·The principle of perceptual accessibility and egocentricity | 第46-47页 |
| ·Spatial sequence and the syntactic structure of English proverbs | 第47-49页 |
| ·Culture thoughts and the syntactic structure of English proverbs | 第49-51页 |
| ·Summary | 第51-53页 |
| Chapter Six SYMMETRY ICONICITY IN THE SYNTACTIC STRUCTURE OF ENGLISH PROVERBS | 第53-58页 |
| ·The Principle of Symmetry Iconicity | 第53页 |
| ·Symmetry Iconicity in the Syntactic Structure of English Proverbs | 第53-56页 |
| ·Summary | 第56-58页 |
| Chapter Seven ASYMMETRY ICONICITY IN THE SYNTACTIC STRCTURE OF ENGLISH PROVERBS | 第58-63页 |
| ·The Principle of Asymmetry Iconicity | 第58页 |
| ·The Principle of Asymmetry Iconicity in the Syntactic Structure of English Proverbs | 第58-61页 |
| ·Summary | 第61-63页 |
| Chapter Eight CONCLUSION | 第63-66页 |
| REFERENCES | 第66-70页 |
