| Abstract | 第1-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-10页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第10-13页 |
| ·Aims of the Study | 第10页 |
| ·Academic Value and Practical Significance | 第10-11页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第11页 |
| ·Data Collection and Methodology | 第11-12页 |
| ·Organization of the Thesis | 第12-13页 |
| Chapter 2 Properties of Chinese Topic Sentences | 第13-27页 |
| ·Definitions and Characteristics of"Topic and "Topic Sentences" | 第13-16页 |
| ·The Three-Dimension Theory | 第16-17页 |
| ·Subject and Topic | 第17-19页 |
| ·Classification of"Topic" and "Topic Sentences" | 第19-21页 |
| ·"Topic sentences" and "Information Structure" | 第21-22页 |
| ·Previous Studies on Chinese Topic Sentences | 第22-23页 |
| ·Contrastive Studies of Topic Sentences in Chinese and English | 第23-25页 |
| ·Summary | 第25-27页 |
| Chapter 3 Cognitive Perspective and Figure-Ground Theory | 第27-33页 |
| ·Cognitive Approach | 第27-28页 |
| ·Figure-Ground Theory | 第28-31页 |
| ·Figure-Ground Segregation | 第28-29页 |
| ·Principle of"Pragnanz" | 第29页 |
| ·Conceptualizations and Characteristics of "Figure-Ground" in Language | 第29-31页 |
| ·Summary | 第31-33页 |
| Chapter 4 Figure-Ground Approach to Chinese Topic Sentences | 第33-42页 |
| ·Cognitive Perspective to "Topic Sentences" in Previous Researches | 第33-35页 |
| ·Analysis of Chinese Topic Sentences from the Conceptualizations and Characteristics of "Figure-Ground" in Language | 第35-41页 |
| ·Analysis of Chinese Topic Sentences from the Conceptualization in Single Clause | 第35-36页 |
| ·Analysis of Chinese Topic Sentences from the Definitional Characteristics of"Figure-ground" | 第36-39页 |
| ·Analysis of Chinese Topic Sentences from the Associated Characteristics of"Figure-ground" | 第39-41页 |
| ·Summary | 第41-42页 |
| Chapter 5 The Basic Cognitive Structure of Word Order in Chinese and English | 第42-55页 |
| ·Contrasts at Different Levels | 第42-52页 |
| ·Phrase Level | 第42-44页 |
| ·Attributive Phrase | 第42-44页 |
| ·Adverbial Phrase | 第44页 |
| ·Sentence Level | 第44-52页 |
| ·Simple Sentence Level | 第45-49页 |
| ·Complex Sentence Level | 第49-52页 |
| ·The "Regularity" and "Irregularity' in Chinese Word Order | 第52-54页 |
| ·Summary | 第54-55页 |
| Chapter 6 Discussion and Conclusion | 第55-60页 |
| ·Discussion | 第55-56页 |
| ·The Basic Cognitive Structure of Topic Sentences and the Significance | 第55页 |
| ·The Significance of the Contrastive Difference between Chinese and English | 第55-56页 |
| ·Conclusion | 第56-59页 |
| ·Summary of the Study | 第56-58页 |
| ·Implications of the Study | 第58-59页 |
| ·Limitations and Suggestions for Further Research | 第59-60页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第60-61页 |
| References | 第61-64页 |
| 攻读学位期间的研究成果 | 第64页 |
