| Abstract | 第1-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-12页 |
| Introduction | 第12-18页 |
| ·Research Background | 第12-13页 |
| ·Research Subject and Viewpoint | 第13-14页 |
| ·Research Creation | 第14页 |
| ·Research Significance | 第14-15页 |
| ·Organization of the Thesis | 第15-18页 |
| Chapter 1 Literature Review | 第18-32页 |
| ·Previous Studies on English Cleft Construction | 第18-23页 |
| ·Traditional School | 第18-21页 |
| ·Transformational School | 第21-23页 |
| ·Previous Studies on Chinese Cleft Construction | 第23-31页 |
| ·Constitution of Chinese Cleft Construction | 第23-24页 |
| ·Syntactic Status of"Shi" | 第24-31页 |
| ·A Brief Remark and this Thesis'Research Focus | 第31-32页 |
| Chapter 2 Theoretical Framework | 第32-48页 |
| ·Construction Grammar | 第32-43页 |
| ·A Brief History of Construction Grammar | 第32-33页 |
| ·A Brief Introduction to Construction Grammar | 第33-35页 |
| ·Constructions in Construction Grammar | 第35-38页 |
| ·Branches of Construction Grammar | 第38页 |
| ·Previous Studies on Construction Grammar | 第38-39页 |
| ·Characteristics of Construction Grammar | 第39-41页 |
| ·Advantages of Construction Grammar | 第41-43页 |
| ·Iconicity | 第43-45页 |
| ·Origin of "Iconicity" | 第43页 |
| ·Definition of Iconicity | 第43-44页 |
| ·Iconicity Theory of Cognitive Linguistics | 第44-45页 |
| ·Figure/Ground Theory | 第45-48页 |
| ·Basic Content of Figure/Ground Theory | 第45-46页 |
| ·Figure/Ground's Significance in Linguistics | 第46-48页 |
| Chapter 3 Definition and Existence of English and Chinese Cleft Constructions | 第48-58页 |
| ·Definition of English and Chinese Cleft Constructions | 第48-50页 |
| ·Definition of English Cleft Construction | 第48-49页 |
| ·Definition of Chinese Cleft Construction | 第49-50页 |
| ·Existence of English and Chinese Cleft Constructions | 第50-58页 |
| ·Unpredictable of English and Chinese Cleft Constructions | 第50-52页 |
| ·Non-derivability of English and Chinese Cleft Constructions | 第52-58页 |
| Chapter 4 Properties of English and Chinese Cleft Constructions | 第58-90页 |
| ·Phonetic Properties | 第58-60页 |
| ·Phonetic Stress of English Cleft Construction | 第58-59页 |
| ·Phonetic Stress of Chinese Cleft Construction | 第59-60页 |
| ·Structural Properties | 第60-66页 |
| ·The Way of Marking the Focus | 第61页 |
| ·Restriction to the Number of Focus | 第61-62页 |
| ·Form of Cleft Construction | 第62-66页 |
| ·Semantic Properties | 第66-85页 |
| ·Semantic Relation between the Focus and the Conjunction Clause:Focus—Presupposition | 第67-68页 |
| ·Semantic Restrictions to the Focus | 第68-84页 |
| ·Possibility of Constituents Becoming the Focus and Semantic Categories of Cleft Constructions | 第84-85页 |
| ·Cognitive Explanation to English and Chinese Cleft Constructions | 第85-90页 |
| ·Iconic Explanation to English and Chinese Cleft Constructions | 第85-86页 |
| ·Figure/Ground Explanation to English and Chinese Cleft Constructions | 第86-90页 |
| Conclusion | 第90-94页 |
| Bibliography | 第94-102页 |
| Appendix | 第102-104页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第104-106页 |
