| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第8-10页 |
| Chapter 2 Thought and Thought Patterns | 第10-15页 |
| 2．1 Thought | 第10-13页 |
| 2．1．1 The term ”thought” | 第10页 |
| 2．1．2 Characteristics of thought | 第10-11页 |
| 2．1．3 Classifications of thought | 第11页 |
| 2．1．3．1 Verbal thought and nonverbal thought | 第11-12页 |
| 2．1．3．1．1 Thought without language | 第11-12页 |
| 2．1．3．1．2 Language as the tool of thought | 第12页 |
| 2．1．3．2 Thought pattern and specialized thought | 第12-13页 |
| 2．2 The access to thought | 第13-15页 |
| Chapter 3 Linguistic Influence on Thought | 第15-37页 |
| 3．1 The differences of language | 第15-16页 |
| 3．2 Whorf Hypothesis | 第16-24页 |
| 3．2．1 A brief introduction to the Whorf Hypothesis | 第16-19页 |
| 3．2．2 Tempts to deny the Whorf Hypothesis | 第19-22页 |
| 3．2．3 Proofs for the Whorf Hypothesis | 第22-24页 |
| 3．3 Linguistic influence on thought | 第24-26页 |
| 3．3．1 ”Differences in language” | 第24-25页 |
| 3．3．2 ”Differences in thinking” | 第25页 |
| 3．3．3 ”Language determines thought” | 第25-26页 |
| 3．4 The correlation between language and thought | 第26-29页 |
| 3．5 Different linguistic thought patterns between Chinese and English | 第29-33页 |
| 3．5．1 Hypotaxis vs． parataxis | 第29-30页 |
| 3．5．2 Postposition vs． preposition | 第30-31页 |
| 3．5．3 End-weight vs． head-weight | 第31-32页 |
| 3．5．4 ”Montage” vs． ”copying” | 第32-33页 |
| 3．6 Cultural input in the thought-language relationship | 第33-37页 |
| Chapter 4 Cultural Influence on Thought | 第37-54页 |
| 4．1 What is culture? | 第37-40页 |
| 4．1．1 Definitions of culture | 第37-38页 |
| 4．1．2 Characteristics of Culture | 第38-40页 |
| 4．2 A deeper discussion on Language, thought, and culture | 第40-54页 |
| 4．2．1 Culture and language | 第40-43页 |
| 4．2．2 Culture and thought | 第43-48页 |
| 4．2．2．1 Cultural causes of thought | 第44-45页 |
| 4．2．2．1．1 Beliefs and thought | 第44页 |
| 4．2．2．1．2 Values and thought | 第44页 |
| 4．2．2．1．3 Cultural patterns and thought | 第44-45页 |
| 4．2．2．2 Collective thought of a culture | 第45-48页 |
| 4．2．2．2．1 Worldview | 第46-47页 |
| 4．2．2．2．2 Family | 第47-48页 |
| 4．2．2．2．3 History | 第48页 |
| 4．4 Cultural thought patterns in language | 第48-54页 |
| 4．4．1 Holistic thought pattern | 第49-51页 |
| 4．4．2 Dialectical thought pattern | 第51页 |
| 4．4．3 Imagistic thought pattern | 第51-54页 |
| Chapter 5 Different thought patterns and Translation | 第54-62页 |
| 5．1 Translation process | 第54-55页 |
| 5．2 Considering thought and thought patterns in translation process | 第55-57页 |
| 5．3 Thought patterns and translation | 第57-62页 |
| 5．3．1 Linguistic thought pattern and translation | 第58-59页 |
| 5．3．2 Cultural thought pattern and translation | 第59-62页 |
| Chapter 6 Conclusion | 第62-63页 |
| Bibliography | 第63-64页 |
