| 英文摘要 | 第1-11页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第11-13页 |
| Introduction | 第13-15页 |
| Chapter1 A Literature Survey | 第15-27页 |
| 1．1 Definitions of Discourse | 第15-18页 |
| 1．1．1 Clarifications on ”Discourse”and”Text” | 第15-16页 |
| 1．1．2 What Is Discourse | 第16-17页 |
| 1．1．3 The Characteristics of a Discourse | 第17-18页 |
| 1．2 The Development of Discourse Analysis as a Subject | 第18-21页 |
| 1．2．1 Academic Origin for Discourse Analysis | 第19页 |
| 1．2．2 The Rise of Discourse Analysis as a Subject | 第19-20页 |
| 1．2．3 The Shaping of Discourse as a Subject | 第20-21页 |
| 1．3 Some Representative Figures in Discourse Analysis | 第21-24页 |
| 1．3．1 Harris | 第22页 |
| 1．3．2 Widdowson | 第22-23页 |
| 1．3．3 Labov | 第23页 |
| 1．3．4 Stubbs | 第23页 |
| 1．3．5 Brown and Yule | 第23-24页 |
| 1．3．6 Fasold | 第24页 |
| 1．4 Discourse Analysis in Contemporary Linguistics | 第24-27页 |
| Chapter2 Research on Patterns of Thought | 第27-35页 |
| 2．1 Definitions of Patterns of Thought | 第27-28页 |
| 2．2 The Research on Chinese and Western Patterns of Thought | 第28-31页 |
| 2．2．1 Academic Background for Research on Patterns of Thought | 第28-29页 |
| 2．2．2 Early Researches on Chinese and Western Patterns of Thought | 第29-30页 |
| 2．2．3 Further Researches on Chinese and Western Patterns of Thought | 第30-31页 |
| 2．3 Some Representative Figures in the Contrastive Study of Chinese and Western Patterns of Thought | 第31-35页 |
| 2．3．1 Liang Suming | 第32页 |
| 2．3．2 Lin Yutang | 第32-33页 |
| 2．3．3 Zhang Dainian | 第33-35页 |
| Chapter3 A Summary of the Major Features of Chinese and Western Patterns of Thought | 第35-51页 |
| 3．1 Physical and Social Background Contributive to Differences in Chinese and Western Patterns of Thought | 第35-37页 |
| 3．2 The Circular Pattern of Thought and the Linear Pattern of Thought | 第37-39页 |
| 3．3 The Integral Pattern of Thought and the Analytical Pattern of Thought | 第39-44页 |
| 3．3．1 ”Man in Nature”vs．”Man against Nature” | 第40-41页 |
| 3．3．2 ”Harmony with Nature”vs．”Conflict with Nature” | 第41-44页 |
| 3．4 The Concrete Pattern of Thought and the Abstract Pattern of Thought | 第44-48页 |
| 3．4．1 ”Intuition”vs．”Logic” | 第46-47页 |
| 3．4．2 ”Self-introspection”vs．”Extrovert Cognition” | 第47-48页 |
| 3．4．3 ”Ambiguity”vs．”Clarity” | 第48页 |
| 3．5 Some Supplementary Remarks on Chinese and Western Patterns of Thought | 第48-51页 |
| Chapter4 Differences between Chinese and Western Patterns of Thought vs． Differences between Chinese and Western Discourses | 第51-83页 |
| 4．1 The Relation between Language and Thought | 第51-54页 |
| 4．1．1 Which is the Determiner, Language or Thought？ | 第51-53页 |
| 4．1．2 Language is the Reflection of a Nation's Pattern of Thought | 第53-54页 |
| 4．2 Differences between Chinese and Western Discourses | 第54-80页 |
| 4．2．1 ”The Cyclical Structure”vs．”the Linear Structure” | 第54-61页 |
| 4．2．2 ”The General-particular Order”vs．”the Particular-general Order” | 第61-65页 |
| 4．2．3 ”The Correlative Mode”vs．”the Detached Mode” | 第65-69页 |
| 4．2．4 ”Moderation”vs．”Polarization” | 第69-72页 |
| 4．2．5 ”Concreteness”vs．”Abstractness” | 第72-80页 |
| 4．3 Some Supplementary Remarks on Chinese and Western Discoures | 第80-83页 |
| Chapter5 Implications for English Foreign Language Acquisition | 第83-89页 |
| 5．1 The Negative Transfer of Chinese Pattern of Thought in English Acquisition | 第83-84页 |
| 5．2 Thinking in English Language | 第84-86页 |
| 5．3 Some Advice on English Foreign Language Teaching | 第86-89页 |
| Conclusion | 第89-93页 |
| Notes | 第93-95页 |
| Bibliography | 第95-97页 |
