| ACKNOWLEDGMENTS | 第5-6页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第6-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-12页 |
| LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS | 第12-13页 |
| CHAPTER ONE GENERAL INTRODUCTION | 第13-17页 |
| 1.1 Object of the study | 第13-14页 |
| 1.2 Rationale and significance of the study | 第14-15页 |
| 1.3 Objective and research questions | 第15页 |
| 1.4 Organization of the thesis | 第15-17页 |
| CHAPTER TWO LITERATURE REVIEW | 第17-27页 |
| 2.1 Introduction | 第17页 |
| 2.2 Key concepts revisited | 第17-19页 |
| 2.2.1 Spatial domain | 第17-18页 |
| 2.2.2 Figure and Ground vs. Trajector and Landmark | 第18-19页 |
| 2.3 Studies on the linguistic encoding of topological relations | 第19-24页 |
| 2.3.1 Studies on Topological Relations in General | 第20-21页 |
| 2.3.2 Semantic perspective: universality | 第21-22页 |
| 2.3.3 Cross-linguistic perspective: variability and typology | 第22-24页 |
| 2.4 Limitations of the existing studies | 第24-25页 |
| 2.5 Summary | 第25-27页 |
| CHAPTER THREE FRAMEWORK AND METHODOLOGY | 第27-39页 |
| 3.1 Introduction | 第27页 |
| 3.2 Analytic framework | 第27-34页 |
| 3.2.1 Operational definition of topological relations | 第27-29页 |
| 3.2.2 Classification of topological relations in the present study | 第29-30页 |
| 3.2.3 Analytical Framework: spatial schematic system | 第30-33页 |
| 3.2.4 The realization of spatial schematic system in the present study | 第33-34页 |
| 3.3 Methodology | 第34-37页 |
| 3.3.1 A sketch of Contrastive Functional Analysis (CFA) | 第35页 |
| 3.3.2 Data collection | 第35-36页 |
| 3.3.3 Analysis procedure | 第36-37页 |
| 3.4 Summary | 第37-39页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR ENCODING TOPOLOGICAL RELATIONS IN ENGLISH AND CHINESE DISCOURSE | 第39-51页 |
| 4.1 Introduction | 第39页 |
| 4.2 Comparing the encodings of topological relations in the data | 第39-48页 |
| 4.2.1 Filtering the primary data | 第39-41页 |
| 4.2.2 Formulating the initial identity hypothesis and testing it | 第41-44页 |
| 4.2.3 Formulating the revised hypothesis and testing it | 第44-47页 |
| 4.2.4 Summing-up | 第47-48页 |
| 4.3 Summary | 第48-51页 |
| CHAPTER FIVE GENERAL DISCUSSION | 第51-61页 |
| 5.1 Introduction | 第51页 |
| 5.2 Where English and Chinese are alike and unlike | 第51-53页 |
| 5.3 Factors leading to the differences in English and Chinese data | 第53-58页 |
| 5.3.1 Semantic/cultural factors and the closed-class forms | 第53-55页 |
| 5.3.2 Cognitive factors and topological encoding patterns | 第55-57页 |
| 5.3.3 Unpacking the contrasting patterns within phrasal units | 第57-58页 |
| 5.4 Summary | 第58-61页 |
| CHAPTER SIX CONCLUSION | 第61-65页 |
| 6.1 Introduction | 第61页 |
| 6.2 Major findings of the present study | 第61-62页 |
| 6.3 Implications of the study | 第62-63页 |
| 6.4 Limitations and suggestions for further study | 第63-65页 |
| REFERENCES | 第65-69页 |
| APPENDICES | 第69-84页 |
| Appendix A | 第69-77页 |
| Appendix B | 第77-84页 |
