| Introduction | 第1-10页 |
| Chapter Ⅰ The Basic Uses of the Comma | 第10-21页 |
| ·The origin of the comma | 第10-11页 |
| ·The origin of the comma in English | 第10-11页 |
| ·The origin of the comma in Chinese | 第11页 |
| ·The grammatical uses of the comma | 第11-21页 |
| ·The general function of the comma | 第11-13页 |
| ·The grammatical uses of the comma in English | 第13-16页 |
| ·The grammatical uses of the comma in Chinese | 第16-21页 |
| Chapter Ⅱ The Rhetorical Functions of the Comma | 第21-39页 |
| ·Rhetoric and punctuation marks | 第21-25页 |
| ·Defining rhetoric | 第21-22页 |
| ·Punctuation as information code | 第22-24页 |
| ·Punctuation marks as a means of cohesion | 第24-25页 |
| ·The rhetorical functions of the comma in English | 第25-32页 |
| ·The relationship between the grammatical use and rhetorical functions | 第25-26页 |
| ·The chief rhetorical functions of the comma | 第26-32页 |
| ·The rhetorical functions of the comma in Chinese | 第32-39页 |
| ·The relationship between the grammatical uses and rhetorical functions | 第32-33页 |
| ·The chief rhetorical functions of the comma | 第33-39页 |
| Chapter Ⅲ The Semantic Functions of the Comma | 第39-49页 |
| ·Semantics and punctuation marks | 第39-40页 |
| ·Understanding semantics from translatology | 第39页 |
| ·Semantics and punctuation marks | 第39-40页 |
| ·The semantic functions of the comma in English | 第40-46页 |
| ·Commas that endorse meanings | 第41-42页 |
| ·Commas that endorse no meaning but cause semantic change | 第42-46页 |
| ·The semantic functions of the comma in Chinese | 第46-49页 |
| Chapter Ⅳ The Comma in English-Chinese Translation | 第49-62页 |
| ·Translatability | 第49-50页 |
| ·Translation equivalence | 第50-53页 |
| ·A syntactical comparison between English and Chinese | 第53-56页 |
| ·The use of the comma in translation | 第56-62页 |
| Conclusion | 第62-63页 |
| Bibliography | 第63-70页 |
