| Acknowledgements | 第4-5页 |
| Abstract (Chinese) | 第5-6页 |
| Abstract (English) | 第6页 |
| 1 Introduction | 第8-9页 |
| 2 Previous Studies of Word Order | 第9-34页 |
| a) Discourse Analyst Views | 第9-31页 |
| i. The Linearization Problem | 第9-10页 |
| ii. Theme | 第10-17页 |
| iii. Thematization and ‘Staging’ | 第17-31页 |
| 1 ‘Staging’ | 第17-18页 |
| 2 ‘Theme’ as Main Character/Topic Entity | 第18-22页 |
| 3 Titles and Thematization | 第22-24页 |
| 4 Thematic Structure | 第24-27页 |
| 5 Natural Order and Point of View | 第27-31页 |
| 6 Theme, Thematization and ‘Staging’ | 第31页 |
| b) Pragmatic Views of Word Order | 第31-33页 |
| c) Association to the Present Study | 第33-34页 |
| 3 Some Concepts of the Present Study | 第34-40页 |
| a) Spoken Chinese | 第34-36页 |
| b) Inverted Sentences | 第36-37页 |
| c) Previous Studies of Inverted Sentences | 第37-40页 |
| 4 Case Analyses | 第40-60页 |
| a) Conversational Discourse and Inverted Sentences | 第40-42页 |
| b) Some General Observations | 第42-43页 |
| c) Data Analyses | 第43-60页 |
| i. Attentioal Focus, Thematization, and Implication Behind | 第45-49页 |
| ii. Thematization and the Principle of Temporal Sequence | 第49-52页 |
| iii. Repair | 第52-54页 |
| iv. Afterthought Appendage | 第54-57页 |
| v. Inverted Sentences and the Concept of Emergent Grammar | 第57-60页 |
| 5 Conclusion | 第60-61页 |
| Notes | 第61-62页 |
| Bibliography | 第62-65页 |
| Resume of the Author | 第65页 |
