| Abstract | 第1-8页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-14页 |
| Introduction | 第14-22页 |
| ·Background of the Study | 第14-16页 |
| ·Objectives of the Study | 第16页 |
| ·Methodology of the Study | 第16-17页 |
| ·Information of the Sample Chamber | 第17-19页 |
| ·Organization of the Thesis | 第19-22页 |
| Chapter 1 Literature Review | 第22-48页 |
| ·Definitions of English and Chinese E/P Sentences | 第22-27页 |
| ·Definitions of English E/P Sentences | 第22-25页 |
| ·Definitions of Chinese E/P Sentences | 第25-27页 |
| ·Review of English E/P Sentences | 第27-37页 |
| ·Studies from Traditional Grammar | 第27-29页 |
| ·Studies from Transformational-Generative Grammar | 第29-32页 |
| ·Studies from Systemic-Functional Grammar | 第32-35页 |
| ·Studies from Cognitive Linguistics | 第35-37页 |
| ·Review of Chinese E/P Sentences | 第37-44页 |
| ·Earlier Studies | 第38-39页 |
| ·Mid-Term Studies | 第39-42页 |
| ·Recent Studies | 第42-44页 |
| ·Review of Contrastive Studies of English and Chinese E/P Sentences | 第44-46页 |
| ·Summary | 第46-48页 |
| Chapter 2 Theoretical Foundations | 第48-62页 |
| ·Linguistic Typology | 第48-53页 |
| ·Definitions of Linguistic Typology | 第48-49页 |
| ·Development of Linguistic Typology | 第49-52页 |
| ·Implicational Universals and Grammatical Hierarchies | 第52-53页 |
| ·Prototype Theory | 第53-56页 |
| ·Classical Stage | 第54页 |
| ·Modern Stage | 第54-56页 |
| ·Figure-Ground Theory | 第56-60页 |
| ·Origin of Figure-Ground Theory | 第57-58页 |
| ·Definition of Figure-Ground Theory | 第58-59页 |
| ·Figure-Ground Theory in Linguistics | 第59-60页 |
| ·Summary | 第60-62页 |
| Chapter 3 Classification of English and Chinese E/P Sentences | 第62-74页 |
| ·Syntactic Classification | 第62-68页 |
| ·Syntactic Classification of English E/P Sentences | 第62-65页 |
| ·Syntactic Classification of Chinese E/P Sentences | 第65-68页 |
| ·Semantic Classification | 第68-72页 |
| ·Semantic Classification of Chinese E/P Sentences | 第68-71页 |
| ·Semantic Classification of English E/P sentences | 第71-72页 |
| ·Summary | 第72-74页 |
| Chapter 4 Implicational Universals and Grammatical Hierarchies of English and Chinese E/P Sentences | 第74-120页 |
| ·Implicational Universals of English and Chinese E/P Sentences | 第74-99页 |
| ·Implicational Universals of Word Order | 第74-91页 |
| ·Implicational Universal of Componential Co-existence | 第91-99页 |
| ·Grammatical Hierarchies of English and Chinese E/P Sentences. | 第99-118页 |
| ·Grammatical Hierarchies of Componential Co-existence. | 第99-104页 |
| ·Grammatical Hierarchies of E/P Verbs | 第104-110页 |
| ·Grammatical Hierarchies of E/P Entity's Definiteness | 第110-118页 |
| ·Summary | 第118-120页 |
| Chapter 5 Cognitive Explanation of Typological Properties of English and Chinese E/P Sentences | 第120-154页 |
| ·Explanation of E/P sentences' Implicational Universals | 第121-140页 |
| ·Explanation of Implicational Universal of Word Order | 第122-129页 |
| ·Explanation of Implicational Universal of Componential Co-existence | 第129-136页 |
| ·Explanation of Definiteness Properties of E/P Entities | 第136-140页 |
| ·Explanation of Grammatical Hierarchies | 第140-151页 |
| ·Explanation of Grammatical Hierarchy of Componential Co-existence | 第141-144页 |
| ·Explanation of Grammatical Hierarchy of E/P Verbs | 第144-149页 |
| ·Explanation of Grammatical Hierarchy of E/P Entity's Definiteness | 第149-151页 |
| ·Summary | 第151-154页 |
| Conclusion | 第154-162页 |
| Bibliography | 第162-170页 |
| Appendix | 第170-174页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第174-176页 |
