| 摘要 | 第5-6页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第6页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第11-16页 |
| 1.1 Background Information | 第11-12页 |
| 1.2 Significance of This Study | 第12-13页 |
| 1.3 Research Questions | 第13-14页 |
| 1.4 Layout of the Thesis | 第14-16页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第16-31页 |
| 2.1 Theme, Focus and Information Processing | 第16-21页 |
| 2.1.1 The Principles of End-focus and End-weight | 第17-18页 |
| 2.1.2 Thematic Structure | 第18-20页 |
| 2.1.3 Marked and Unmarked Themes | 第20-21页 |
| 2.2 Cleft Sentence from the Perspective of Thematic Structure | 第21-23页 |
| 2.2.1 Cleft Sentence | 第21-22页 |
| 2.2.2 Classification of Cleft Constructions | 第22-23页 |
| 2.3 Pseudo-cleft Sentence from the Perspective of Thematic Structure | 第23-26页 |
| 2.3.1 Pseudo-cleft Sentence | 第23-24页 |
| 2.3.2 Classification of Pseudo-cleft Sentences | 第24-26页 |
| 2.4 Previous Studies | 第26-31页 |
| 2.4.1 Studies from Comparative Perspective | 第26-27页 |
| 2.4.2 Studies from Linguistic Perspective | 第27-28页 |
| 2.4.3 Studies from Translation Perspective | 第28-30页 |
| 2.4.4 Summary | 第30-31页 |
| Chapter 3 Research Methodology | 第31-37页 |
| 3.1 Corpora Used in the Study | 第31-32页 |
| 3.2 Tools for Data Processing | 第32-34页 |
| 3.2.1 Microsoft Excel | 第33页 |
| 3.2.2 SPSS | 第33-34页 |
| 3.3 Qualitative and Quantitative Research | 第34-35页 |
| 3.4 Procedures for Data Analysis | 第35-37页 |
| Chapter 4 Analysis and Discussion | 第37-61页 |
| 4.1 Distribution and Development of Pseudo-cleft Sentences in Different Registers in Corpora | 第37-45页 |
| 4.1.1 Distributions of What-cleft and All-cleft Sentences | 第37-40页 |
| 4.1.2 Comparison between the Distributions of What-cleft and that of All-cleft Sentences | 第40-44页 |
| 4.1.3 The Development of Pseudo-cleft Sentences in COHA | 第44-45页 |
| 4.2 Characteristics of Pseudo-cleft Sentences | 第45-52页 |
| 4.2.1 The Subjects of Pseudo-cleft Sentences | 第46-48页 |
| 4.2.2 Do and Be Forms of Pseudo-cleft Sentences | 第48-52页 |
| 4.3 Factors Causing Information Foci of Pseudo-cleft Sentences | 第52-61页 |
| 4.3.1 End-weight and End-focus of Pseudo-cleft Sentences | 第53-55页 |
| 4.3.2 The Focal Verbs of Pseudo-cleft Sentences | 第55-61页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第61-66页 |
| 5.1 Major Findings | 第61-63页 |
| 5.2 Implications | 第63-64页 |
| 5.3 Limitations and Suggestions | 第64-66页 |
| References | 第66-70页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第70-71页 |
| Resume | 第71页 |
