| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第6-7页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第7-10页 |
| CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION | 第10-13页 |
| ·PURPOSE AND SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS RESEARCH | 第10-11页 |
| ·QUESTIONS TO BE ANSWERED | 第11-12页 |
| ·THESIS STRUCTURE | 第12-13页 |
| CHAPTER TWO LITERATURE REVIEW | 第13-22页 |
| ·THEORIES CONCERNING THE STUDIES OF (IN)DEFINITENESS | 第13-19页 |
| ·Hawkins’Descriptive Analysis | 第13-16页 |
| ·Chen Ping’s Theory of Identifiability | 第16-17页 |
| ·Theory of Familiarity | 第17-18页 |
| ·Accessibility Theory | 第18页 |
| ·Comparison of the Above Theories | 第18-19页 |
| ·DEFINITIONS OF DEFINITENESS AND DEFINITES | 第19-21页 |
| ·TYPES OF DEFINITES AND INDEFINITES | 第21-22页 |
| CHAPTER THREE (IN)DEFINITENESS | 第22-33页 |
| ·DEFINITE EXPRESSIONS | 第22-28页 |
| ·Definite Noun Phrases | 第22-25页 |
| ·Proper Nouns | 第25-26页 |
| ·Some Pronouns | 第26-28页 |
| ·INDEFINITE MARKERS | 第28-29页 |
| ·Indefinite Noun Phrases | 第28-29页 |
| ·Some Pronouns | 第29页 |
| ·COMPLEXITIES IN JUDGING (IN)DEFINITENESS | 第29-33页 |
| ·Definite Expressions and Indefinite Meanings | 第29-30页 |
| ·Indefinite Expressions and Definite Meanings | 第30-31页 |
| ·Degrees of (In)Definiteness | 第31-33页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR AN EMPIRICAL STUDY OF (IN)DEFINITENESS IN CHINESE | 第33-49页 |
| ·RESEARCH METHODOLOGY | 第33-34页 |
| ·DATA COLLECTION (ENGLISH& CHINESE) | 第34页 |
| ·AN OVERVIEW OF DATA | 第34-35页 |
| ·COMPARISON BETWEEN COUNTERPARTS SHOWING (IN)DEFINITENESS IN ENGLISH AND CHINESE | 第35-44页 |
| ·NPs with the and Their Counterparts in Chinese | 第35-38页 |
| ·NPs with a/an and Their Counterparts in Chinese | 第38-41页 |
| ·Definite Noun Phrases in Chinese and Their Counterparts in English | 第41-43页 |
| ·Indefinite Noun Phrases in Chinese and Their Counterparts in English | 第43-44页 |
| ·MAJOR LINGUISTIC DEVICES OF (IN)DEFINITENESS | 第44-49页 |
| ·Lexical Devices | 第44-47页 |
| ·Positional Devices | 第47-49页 |
| CHAPTER FIVE COMPARATIVE ANALYSES BETWEEN ENGLISH AND CHINESE IN (IN)DEFINITENESS | 第49-56页 |
| ·SIMILARITIES OF ENGLISH AND CHINESE IN (IN)DEFINITENESS | 第49-51页 |
| ·Linguistic Devices of (In)Definiteness | 第49-50页 |
| ·Universal Cognitive Rules for English and Chinese | 第50-51页 |
| ·DIFFERENCES OF ENGLISH AND CHINESE IN (IN)DEFINITENESS | 第51-53页 |
| ·Linguistic Devices of (In)Definiteness | 第51页 |
| ·Cognitive Explanations for Differences | 第51-53页 |
| ·DEFINITENESS AND OTHER GRAMMATICAL CATEGORIES | 第53-56页 |
| ·Definiteness and Tense | 第53-54页 |
| ·Definiteness and Number | 第54-56页 |
| CHAPTER SIX CONCLUSION | 第56-58页 |
| ·SUMMARY OF THE PRESENT RESEARCH | 第56-57页 |
| ·LIMITATIONS AND FUTURE RESEARCH PROPOSALS | 第57-58页 |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | 第58-60页 |
