| Abstract | 第1-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-9页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第9-12页 |
| ·Significance of This Study | 第9-10页 |
| ·Feasibility and Objectives of This Study | 第10页 |
| ·The Organization of This Thesis | 第10-12页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第12-23页 |
| ·A Review of Iconicity | 第12-17页 |
| ·The Definition of Iconicity | 第12-13页 |
| ·The Debate on Abitrariness and Iconicity in Linguistic Signs | 第13-14页 |
| ·On the Complementarity of Arbitrariness and Iconicity in Linguistic Signs | 第14-16页 |
| ·The Classification of iconicity | 第16-17页 |
| ·A Review of Focus | 第17-23页 |
| ·Definition of Focus and Previous Analysis | 第17-19页 |
| ·Focus is Identification | 第19-20页 |
| ·Basic Lambrechtian Focus Paradigms | 第20-23页 |
| Chapter 3 Principles of Syntactic Iconicity | 第23-38页 |
| ·The principle of order iconicity | 第23-26页 |
| ·Iconicity in the Basic Sentence Order | 第23-24页 |
| ·Semantic Principle of Linear Order | 第24-26页 |
| ·The Principle of Distance Iconicity | 第26-30页 |
| ·The Expression in Coordination | 第28-29页 |
| ·The Expression in Interclausal Relation | 第29-30页 |
| ·The Principle of Quantity Iconicity | 第30-33页 |
| ·Larger Chunk of Information to be More Code | 第31-32页 |
| ·Less Predictable Information to be More Code | 第32-33页 |
| ·More Important Information to be Given More Code | 第33页 |
| ·The Principle of Markedness Iconicity | 第33-38页 |
| ·The Marked Term Corresponding to the Additional Meaning | 第34-35页 |
| ·Markedness Corresponding to the Perceptual and Cultural Saliency | 第35-38页 |
| Chapter 4 A Syntactic Iconicity Study of Focus | 第38-52页 |
| ·Order Iconicity Study of Focus | 第38-43页 |
| ·Principle of End-focus | 第38-42页 |
| ·Cleft Sentences | 第42-43页 |
| ·Distance Iconicity Study of Focus | 第43-45页 |
| ·Degree of Focus Within Syntactic Construction | 第43-44页 |
| ·Degree of Focus Within Accent | 第44-45页 |
| ·Quantity Iconicity Study of Focus | 第45-47页 |
| ·Markedness Iconicity Study of Focus | 第47-52页 |
| ·Marked and Unmarked Stress | 第48-49页 |
| ·Marked and Unmarked Narrow Focus | 第49-52页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第52-53页 |
| Works Cited | 第53-55页 |
| Bibliography | 第55-58页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第58页 |
