| 摘要 | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-10页 |
| Introduction | 第10-12页 |
| Chapter 1 Previous Studies on the Negative Clause in English | 第12-22页 |
| ·Synchronic Studies on the Negative Clause in English | 第15-18页 |
| ·Diachronic Studies on the Negative Clause in English | 第18-19页 |
| ·Comments on the Previous Studies | 第19-20页 |
| ·Summary | 第20-22页 |
| Chapter 2 Theoretical Foundations | 第22-32页 |
| ·The Prominence View | 第22-25页 |
| ·The Markedness Theory | 第25-26页 |
| ·Prominence and Markedness | 第26-30页 |
| ·The Prominence of Marked Structures | 第26-29页 |
| ·The Prominence of Marker | 第29-30页 |
| ·Summary | 第30-32页 |
| Chapter 3 The Negative Clause in Modern English | 第32-42页 |
| ·Definition of the Negative Clause | 第32-33页 |
| ·The Criteria of Determining the Negative Clause | 第33-34页 |
| ·Negators and the Negative Clause | 第34-38页 |
| ·Absolute Negators and the Negative Clause | 第34-37页 |
| ·Relative Negators and the Negative Clause | 第37-38页 |
| ·Types of Negative Clauses in Modern English | 第38-40页 |
| ·General Negative Clauses | 第38-39页 |
| ·Special Negative Clauses | 第39-40页 |
| ·Summary | 第40-42页 |
| Chapter 4 The Development of the Negative Clause in English | 第42-54页 |
| ·The Reinforcement of the Negator | 第43-48页 |
| ·The Phonetic Reinforcement of the Negator | 第43-45页 |
| ·The Syntactic Reinforcement of the Negator | 第45-48页 |
| ·The Forward Shifting of the Negator | 第48-53页 |
| ·The Shifting of Not from the Postverbal Position to the Preverbal Position | 第48-49页 |
| ·The Shifting of Not from Subordinate Clauses to Main Clauses | 第49-50页 |
| ·The Shifting of Negative Adverbials from the Posterior Position to the Head of the Clause | 第50-53页 |
| ·Summary | 第53-54页 |
| Chapter 5 The Prominence View and the Development of the Negative Clause in English | 第54-68页 |
| ·The Negative Clause as a Marked Structure | 第54-55页 |
| ·Prominence and Markers of Negation | 第55-57页 |
| ·Prominence and the Reinforcement of Markers of Negation | 第57-61页 |
| ·Prominence and the Phonetic Reinforcement of Markers of Negation | 第58-59页 |
| ·Prominence and the Syntactic Reinforcement of Markers of Negation | 第59-61页 |
| ·Prominence and the Forward Shifting of Markers of Negation | 第61-65页 |
| ·Prominence and the Shifting of Not from the Postverbal Position to the Preverbal Position | 第61-63页 |
| ·Prominence and the Shifting of Not from Subordinate Clauses to Main Clauses | 第63-64页 |
| ·Prominence and the Shifting of Negative Adverbials from the Posterior Position to the Head of the Clause | 第64-65页 |
| ·Summary | 第65-68页 |
| Conclusion | 第68-70页 |
| Bibliography | 第70-74页 |
| Appendix | 第74-76页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第76-78页 |
