| List of Abbreviations | 第1-5页 |
| List of Diagrams | 第5-8页 |
| Abstract | 第8-11页 |
| 论文摘要 | 第11-13页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第13-16页 |
| ·The Purpose and Significance of This Study | 第13-14页 |
| ·The Methodology of This Study | 第14-15页 |
| ·The Structure and Organization of This Thesis | 第15-16页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第16-22页 |
| ·The Previous Domestic Studies of the SBU Theory | 第16-18页 |
| ·The Overseas Studies of the SBU Theory | 第18页 |
| ·The Basic Unit in Linguistic Analysis: Its Relativity, Dialecticality, and Adaptability | 第18-19页 |
| ·Theoretical Value of the SBU Theory | 第19-21页 |
| ·Research Questions for This Thesis | 第21-22页 |
| Chapter 3 A Brief Introduction to Contrastive Linguistics | 第22-26页 |
| ·Contrastive Linguistics | 第22-25页 |
| ·Research Objectives of Contrastive Analysis | 第25-26页 |
| Chapter 4 “Zi” as Writing System and “Zi” as Basic Unit of Linguistic Analysis in C-E Contrastive Studies | 第26-42页 |
| ·An Introduction to Sinograms | 第26-28页 |
| ·The Correspondence between Chinese Zis and English Words | 第28-30页 |
| ·Principles about the Formation of Chinese Characters | 第30-33页 |
| ·Morphemes and Chinese Characters | 第33-42页 |
| Chapter 5 A Contrastive Analysis of Chinese Writing and English Writing | 第42-50页 |
| ·F. de Saussure’s Viewpoint of Writing | 第42-43页 |
| ·Chinese Writing and English Alphabetical Writing | 第43-50页 |
| ·The Origins of the Two Writings | 第44-47页 |
| ·The Origin of the Chinese Writing | 第44-46页 |
| ·The Origin of English Alphabetical Writing | 第46-47页 |
| ·Pictographs and English Alphabetical Writing | 第47-50页 |
| ·Chinese Writing Reflecting Images of the Objects | 第47-48页 |
| ·English Alphabetical Writing is in Unity with Sound | 第48-50页 |
| Chapter 6 Differences between the Grammars of Chinese and English | 第50-64页 |
| ·The Visual Feature of Chinese Sentences | 第50-53页 |
| ·The Abstract Feature of English Writing | 第53-56页 |
| ·Semantically Synthetic Chinese | 第56-60页 |
| ·English Characteristic of Analysis | 第60-64页 |
| Chapter 7 A Contrastive Analysis of Ways of Thinking Imposed by Sinograms and Words | 第64-78页 |
| ·The Affinity between Sinograms and Chinese Way of Thinking | 第64-72页 |
| ·Alphabetical Writing and Abstract Thinking | 第72-78页 |
| Chapter 8 Conclusion | 第78-82页 |
| ·Conclusion of This study | 第78页 |
| ·Implications of the Main Findings of This Thesis | 第78-81页 |
| ·Limitations of This Study and Suggestions for Further Study | 第81-82页 |
| Bibliography | 第82-86页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第86-87页 |
| Publications | 第87页 |
