| 摘要 | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-9页 |
| Introduction | 第9-19页 |
| ·Overview of Cleft Construction | 第9-14页 |
| ·It-type Cleft Sentences | 第11-13页 |
| ·Wh-type Cleft Sentences | 第13-14页 |
| ·Features of Cleft Construction | 第14-17页 |
| ·Structural Features of Cleft Construction | 第15-16页 |
| ·Emphatic Features of Cleft Construction | 第16-17页 |
| ·Content of the Remaining Chapters | 第17-19页 |
| Chapter One: Literature Review | 第19-36页 |
| ·Traditional Grammar View on Cleft Construction | 第19-22页 |
| ·Transformational Generative Grammar View on Cleft Construction | 第22-27页 |
| ·Noam Chomsky (1957) | 第23页 |
| ·Lees (1963) and Fichtner (1993) | 第23-24页 |
| ·Akmajian (1970) | 第24-25页 |
| ·Gundel (1977) | 第25-26页 |
| ·Delahunty (1984) and Knowles (1986) | 第26-27页 |
| ·Semantic View on Cleft Construction | 第27-30页 |
| ·Pragmatic View on Cleft Construction | 第30-31页 |
| ·Systemic-functional Grammar View on Cleft Construction | 第31-33页 |
| ·Research Orientation and Key Research Questions | 第33-36页 |
| Chapter Two: Information Focus in Cleft Construction | 第36-45页 |
| ·Overview of Information Focus | 第36-41页 |
| ·Position of Information Focus in Cleft Construction | 第37-38页 |
| ·Formation of Information Focus in Cleft Construction | 第38-40页 |
| ·Application of Information Focus in Cleft Construction | 第40-41页 |
| ·Features of Information Transfer in Cleft Construction | 第41-45页 |
| ·The Transfer of New Information | 第41-42页 |
| ·Presupposition | 第42-43页 |
| ·Implied Information | 第43-45页 |
| Chapter Three: Analysis of the Cleft Construction Within Framework of Figure Ground Theory | 第45-60页 |
| ·Figure Ground Theory | 第45-52页 |
| ·Figure and Ground | 第45-46页 |
| ·Figure Ground Segregation | 第46-48页 |
| ·Principle of “Pragnanz” | 第48-49页 |
| ·Application of Figure Ground Theory in Cognitive Linguistics | 第49-52页 |
| ·Analysis of Figure Ground Theory on Cleft Construction | 第52-58页 |
| ·Structures of Cleft Construction in Figure Ground Theory | 第52-56页 |
| ·The Cognitive Motivation of Cleft Construction | 第56-58页 |
| ·Summary | 第58-60页 |
| Conclusion, Implication, and Suggestions | 第60-64页 |
| References | 第64-67页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第67-68页 |
| Informative Chinese Abstract | 第68-71页 |
| Resume and Publications since Entering the Program | 第71页 |
