| 英文摘要 | 第3页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第5-7页 |
| Introduction | 第7-9页 |
| Chapter One Review of the research on Chinese TC | 第9-16页 |
| 1． 1 Definition of Topic | 第9-10页 |
| 1． 2 Difference between Chinese TC and English TC | 第10-11页 |
| 1． 3 Three categories of properties | 第11-13页 |
| 1． 4 The change of properties | 第13-16页 |
| Chapter Two The Cognition-based Semantic Background of TC | 第16-30页 |
| 2． 1 The different status between English and Chinese TC | 第16-21页 |
| 2． 2 The formal and functional theoretical foundation | 第21-24页 |
| 2． 3 The semantic relevance between T and C | 第24-30页 |
| Chapter Three The Cognition-based Semantic Properties of Chinese TC | 第30-48页 |
| 3． 1 TC is a typical word order in Chinese | 第30-33页 |
| 3． 2 TC reflects iconicity principle of cognitive linguistics | 第33-37页 |
| 3． 3 TC’s three properties from this approach | 第37-45页 |
| 3． 4 Possible solutions to some suspending problems | 第45-48页 |
| Chapter Four Conclusion | 第48-50页 |
| Notes | 第50页 |
| Acknowledgement | 第50-51页 |
| Bibliography | 第51-53页 |
