| Acknowledgements | 第1-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-8页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-9页 |
| CONTENTS | 第9-11页 |
| List of Figures | 第11-12页 |
| List of Tables | 第12-13页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第13-18页 |
| ·Background of the Research | 第13-14页 |
| ·Significance of the Research | 第14-15页 |
| ·Research Methodology | 第15-16页 |
| ·Organization of the Research | 第16-18页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第18-32页 |
| ·Introduction | 第18页 |
| ·Defining Word Order | 第18-20页 |
| ·Overview of Word Order Studies at Home and Abroad | 第20-25页 |
| ·Word Order Studies Abroad | 第20-22页 |
| ·Word Order Studies at Home | 第22-23页 |
| ·English and Chinese Word Order Studies in Contrast | 第23-25页 |
| ·Application of Figure-Ground Theory in Linguistics | 第25-30页 |
| ·Application of Figure-Ground Theory in Researches Abroad | 第25-29页 |
| ·Application of Figure-Ground Theory in Researches at Home | 第29-30页 |
| ·Summary | 第30-32页 |
| Chapter 3 Theoretical Framework | 第32-41页 |
| ·Introduction | 第32页 |
| ·Cognitive Approach | 第32-33页 |
| ·Origin of Figure-Ground Theory | 第33-34页 |
| ·Figure-Ground Segregation and the Principle of Pragnanz | 第34-37页 |
| ·Figure-Ground Segregation | 第35-36页 |
| ·The Principle of Pragnanz | 第36-37页 |
| ·Properties of Figure-Ground Theory | 第37-40页 |
| ·Summary | 第40-41页 |
| Chapter 4 A Case Study of the Moonstone and Its Chinese Version from the View of Figure-Ground Theory | 第41-59页 |
| ·Introduction | 第41页 |
| ·Contrastive Study and Analysis of Word Order in Original Text and Its Chinese Version of the Moonstone under the Figure-Ground Theory | 第41-56页 |
| ·Contrastive Study of Word Order from Time Order | 第41-49页 |
| ·The Similarities between English and Chinese Word Order from Time Order | 第42-45页 |
| ·Differences between English and Chinese Word Order from Time Order | 第45-49页 |
| ·Contrastive Study of Word Order from Space Order | 第49-54页 |
| ·Contrastive Study of Word Order from Logic Order | 第54-56页 |
| ·Inspirations of Figure-Ground Theory to English-Chinese Translation | 第56-58页 |
| ·Summary | 第58-59页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第59-62页 |
| ·Summary of the Study | 第59-60页 |
| ·Limitations and Suggestions | 第60-62页 |
| References | 第62-64页 |
