| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-9页 |
| Chapter Ⅰ Introduction | 第9-12页 |
| Chapter Ⅱ A Review of Previous Studies on Discourse Coherence | 第12-23页 |
| ·Introduction | 第12-14页 |
| ·Theories on Discourse Coherence | 第14-23页 |
| ·Halliday and Hasan's Theory | 第14-17页 |
| ·Theory of Thematic Progression | 第17-18页 |
| ·Theory of Macrostructure and Microstructure | 第18-19页 |
| ·Illocutionary Speech Act Theory | 第19-20页 |
| ·Frame Theory | 第20-22页 |
| ·Rhetorical Theory | 第22-23页 |
| Chapter Ⅲ Idealized Cognitive Models | 第23-35页 |
| ·Introduction of Idealized Cognitive Models | 第23-30页 |
| ·The Definition of Idealized Cognitive Models | 第23-27页 |
| ·Theoretical Bases of Idealized Cognitive Models | 第27-29页 |
| ·The Cognitive Status of Idealized Cognitive Models | 第29-30页 |
| ·The Rationale for Analyzing Discourse Coherence in Terms of Idealized Cognitive Models | 第30-32页 |
| ·The Properries of Idealized Cognitive Models | 第32-34页 |
| ·The Functions of Idealized Cognitive Models in Understanding Discourse | 第34-35页 |
| ChapterⅣ Idealized Cognitive Models and Discourse Coherence | 第35-58页 |
| ·The Functions of Idealized Cognitive Models in Achieving Discourse Coherence | 第35-47页 |
| ·The Functions of Propositional Models | 第35-36页 |
| ·The Functions of Image-schematic Models | 第36-41页 |
| ·The Functions of Metaphoric Models | 第41-45页 |
| ·The Functions of Metonymic Models | 第45-47页 |
| ·Explanation of Discourse Coherence with Idealized Cognitive Models | 第47-58页 |
| ·Explicit Coherence | 第49-55页 |
| ·Implicit Coherence | 第55-58页 |
| ChapterⅤ Conclusion | 第58-60页 |
| Bibliography | 第60-62页 |
