| 摘要 | 第1-9页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第9-10页 |
| INTRODUCTION | 第10-12页 |
| ·GENERAL PURPOSE OF THIS STUDY | 第10页 |
| ·FRAMEWORK OF THIS THESIS | 第10-11页 |
| ·METHODOLOGY | 第11-12页 |
| CHAPTER 1 LITERATURE REVIEW | 第12-18页 |
| ·ICONICITY THEORY | 第12-15页 |
| ·Definition of Iconicity | 第12-13页 |
| ·Classification of Iconicity | 第13-15页 |
| ·ICONICITY RESEARCH IN THE WEST | 第15-16页 |
| ·ICONICITY RESEARCH IN CHINA | 第16-18页 |
| CHAPTER 2 SOUND ICONICITY | 第18-22页 |
| ·SOUND ICONICITY RESEARCH IN MODERN CHINESE | 第18-19页 |
| ·COMMENTS ON EARLIER STUDIES | 第19页 |
| ·SOUND ICONICITY AND ITS RHETORICAL EFFECTS | 第19-21页 |
| ·SUMMARY | 第21-22页 |
| CHAPTER 3 GRAPHOLOGICAL ICONICITY | 第22-27页 |
| ·GRAPHOLOGICAL ICONICITY RESEARCH IN CHINA | 第22页 |
| ·COMMENTS ON EARLIER STUDIES | 第22页 |
| ·GRAPHOLOGICAL ICONICITY AND ITS RHETORICAL EFFECTS | 第22-26页 |
| ·Word-Level Graphological Iconicity and Its Rhetorical Effects .. | 第23-24页 |
| ·Text-Level Graphological Iconicity and Its Rhetorical Effects .. | 第24-26页 |
| ·SUMMARY | 第26-27页 |
| CHAPTER 4 SEQUENCING ICONICITY | 第27-36页 |
| ·SEQUENCING ICONICITY RESEARCH IN MODERN CHINESE | 第27-29页 |
| ·COMMENTS ON EARLIER STUDIES | 第29-30页 |
| ·SEQUENCING ICONICITY AND ITS RHETORICAL EFFECTS | 第30-35页 |
| ·Sentence-Level Sequencing Iconicity and Its Rhetorical Effects | 第30-33页 |
| ·Text-Level Sequencing Iconicity and Its Rhetorical Effects | 第33-35页 |
| ·SUMMARY | 第35-36页 |
| CHAPTER 5 DISTANCE ICONICITY | 第36-43页 |
| ·DISTANCE ICONICITY RESEARCH IN MODERN CHINESE | 第36-38页 |
| ·COMMENTS ON EARLIER STUDIES | 第38页 |
| ·DISTANCE ICONICITY AND ITS RHETORICAL EFFECTS | 第38-41页 |
| ·Sentence-Level Distance Iconicity and Its Rhetorical Effects | 第38-39页 |
| ·Text-Level Distance Iconicity and Its Rhetorical Effects | 第39-41页 |
| ·SUMMARY | 第41-43页 |
| CHAPTER 6 QUANTITY ICONICITY | 第43-49页 |
| ·QUANTITY ICONICITY RESEARCH IN CHINA | 第43-44页 |
| ·COMMENTS ON EARLIER STUDIES | 第44页 |
| ·QUANTITY ICONICITY AND ITS RHETORICAL EFFECTS | 第44-47页 |
| ·Sentence-Level Quantity Iconicity and Its Rhetorical Effects | 第44-45页 |
| ·Text-Level Quantity Iconicity and Its Rhetorical Effects | 第45-47页 |
| ·SUMMARY | 第47-49页 |
| CHAPTER 7 SYMMETRICAL ICONICITY | 第49-56页 |
| ·SYMMETRICAL ICONICITY RESEARCH IN CHINA | 第49页 |
| ·COMMENTS ON EARLIER STUDIES | 第49页 |
| ·SYMMETRICAL ICONICITY AND ITS RHETORICAL EFFECTS | 第49-55页 |
| ·Symmetrical Iconicity at the Sentential Level and Its Rhetorical Effects | 第50-52页 |
| ·Symmetrical Iconicity at the Textual Level and Its Rhetorical Effects | 第52-55页 |
| ·SUMMARY | 第55-56页 |
| CONCLUSION | 第56-58页 |
| ·SUMMARY OF THIS STUDY | 第56页 |
| ·CONCLUSIONS AND SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS STUDY | 第56-57页 |
| ·LIMITATIONS AND FUTURE PROSPECTS OF THIS STUDY | 第57-58页 |
| REFERENCES | 第58-61页 |
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第61-62页 |
| APPENDIX A: PUBLICATIONS DURING THE PROGRAM | 第62-63页 |
| APPENDIX B: INFORMATIVE CHINESE ABSTRACT | 第63-66页 |
