| Abstract | 第5页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-7页 |
| Abbreviations | 第7-10页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第10-13页 |
| 1.1 Orientation of the research | 第10-11页 |
| 1.2 Aims of the research | 第11-12页 |
| 1.3 Methodology and data collection | 第12页 |
| 1.4 Structure of the thesis | 第12-13页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第13-23页 |
| 2.1 Principle of Salience, theoretical base of the F/G theory | 第13-14页 |
| 2.2 Definition of Figure and Ground | 第14-17页 |
| 2.2.1 Talmy’s definition of F/G | 第14-15页 |
| 2.2.2 Langacker’s definition of Figure and Ground | 第15-17页 |
| 2.3 Terms to clarify | 第17-18页 |
| 2.4 Study of Figure-Ground order in English | 第18-21页 |
| 2.4.1 English as an FbG dominant language | 第18-20页 |
| 2.4.2 English being GbF dominant in the structures where F/G could be perceived intuitively | 第20-21页 |
| 2.5 Study of Figure-Ground order in Chinese | 第21-22页 |
| 2.6 Application of the contrastive study of F/G order in English and Chinese | 第22页 |
| 2.7 Summary | 第22-23页 |
| Chapter Three Contrast of F/G order in English and Chinese on phrasal, sentential and textual levels | 第23-40页 |
| 3.1 Contrast of F/G order in E/C on phrasal level | 第23-26页 |
| 3.1.1 The N1N2 endocentric phrases | 第23-25页 |
| 3.1.2 Adj+ N endocentric phrase | 第25-26页 |
| 3.1.3 Summary | 第26页 |
| 3.2 Contrast of F/G order in E/C on a level of simple-sentences | 第26-34页 |
| 3.2.1 F/G order in SVA(C ) | 第26-32页 |
| 3.2.2 F/G order in SVO | 第32-33页 |
| 3.2.3 F/G order in existential sentences | 第33-34页 |
| 3.2.4 Summary | 第34页 |
| 3.3 Contrast of F/G order in E/C on a level of complex sentences | 第34-37页 |
| 3.3.1 F/G order in nominal clause | 第35页 |
| 3.3.2 F/G order in adjective clause | 第35-36页 |
| 3.3.3 F/G order in adverbial clause | 第36-37页 |
| 3.3.4 Summary | 第37页 |
| 3.4 Contrast of F/G order in E/C on textual level | 第37-39页 |
| 3.5 Summary | 第39-40页 |
| Chapter Four The Application of F/G Theory into E-C Translation | 第40-44页 |
| 4.1 Application of F/G theory into the translation of narrative text | 第40-41页 |
| 4.2 Application of F/G theory into the translation of descriptive text | 第41-42页 |
| 4.3 A summary | 第42-44页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第44-46页 |
| References | 第46-49页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第49页 |
