| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-8页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-12页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第12-20页 |
| ·The Scope of The Study | 第12-15页 |
| ·The Necessity of This Study | 第15-17页 |
| ·The Purpose of This Study | 第17页 |
| ·The Methods of This Study | 第17-18页 |
| ·The Organization of This Paper | 第18-20页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第20-32页 |
| ·A Brief Introduction of the Ordering of Multiple Attributives | 第20-21页 |
| ·The Studies on The Ordering of Multiple Attributives | 第21-32页 |
| ·Syntactic Approach | 第21-22页 |
| ·Semantic Approach | 第22-23页 |
| ·Functional Approach | 第23-24页 |
| ·Pragmatic Approach | 第24-27页 |
| ·Cognitive Approach | 第27-29页 |
| ·Contrastive Approach | 第29-32页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Framework | 第32-45页 |
| ·Cognitive Perspective | 第33-39页 |
| ·Iconicity Principles | 第33-37页 |
| ·Economical principle | 第37-39页 |
| ·Pragmatic Perspective | 第39-43页 |
| ·Cooperative Principles | 第39-42页 |
| ·Cooperative Principles in the Linguistic Study | 第42-43页 |
| ·Summary | 第43-45页 |
| Chapter Four A Cognitive Analysis of the Ordering of Multiple Attributives of English Sentences | 第45-68页 |
| ·Cognitive Explanations of the Ordering of Multiple Pre-attributives | 第45-51页 |
| ·The Principles of Proximity Iconicity & the Ordering of Multiple Pre-attributives | 第45-50页 |
| ·Economical Principle& the Ordering of Multiple Pre-attributives | 第50-51页 |
| ·Summary | 第51页 |
| ·Cognitive Explanations of the Ordering of Multiple Mix-Attributives | 第51-60页 |
| ·The Principles of Sequence Iconicity & the Ordering of Multiple Mix-Attributives | 第52-58页 |
| ·Economical Principle & the Ordering of Multiple Mix-Attributives | 第58-59页 |
| ·Summary | 第59-60页 |
| ·Cognitive Explanations of the Ordering of Multiple Post-attributives | 第60-68页 |
| ·The Principles of Quantity Iconicity & the Ordering of Multiple Post-attributives | 第60-65页 |
| ·Economical Principle & the Ordering of Multiple Post-attributives | 第65-66页 |
| ·Summary | 第66-68页 |
| Chapter Five Pragmatic Value of the Ordering of Multiple Attributives | 第68-79页 |
| ·Maxim of Quantity & the Ordering of Multiple Attributives | 第68-71页 |
| ·Maxim of Quality& the Ordering of Multiple Attributives | 第71-73页 |
| ·Maxim of Relation& the Ordering of Multiple Attributives | 第73-75页 |
| ·Maxim of Manner& the Ordering of Multiple Attributives | 第75-77页 |
| ·Summary | 第77-79页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusions | 第79-83页 |
| ·Principal Findings | 第79-81页 |
| ·Implications | 第81-82页 |
| ·Problems to be Solved and Suggestions for Future Study | 第82-83页 |
| Bibliography | 第83-86页 |
| Publications | 第86页 |