| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第1-5页 |
| 前言 | 第5-13页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第13-14页 |
| 英文摘要 | 第14-19页 |
| CHAPTER ONE TWO VIEWS REGARDING LANGUAGE AND THOUGHT | 第19-27页 |
| 1．1 The Inseparability of Language and Thought | 第19-22页 |
| 1．1．1 Monism | 第19-20页 |
| 1．1．2 Unity | 第20页 |
| 1．1．3 Material Composition | 第20页 |
| 1．1．4 Universality and Conception | 第20-21页 |
| 1．1．5 Linguistic Relativity | 第21-22页 |
| 1．2 The Mutual Independence of Language and Thought | 第22-27页 |
| 1．2．1 Phylogenic and Contogenic Development | 第22-23页 |
| 1．2．2 Reason | 第23页 |
| 1．2．3 Function and Purpose | 第23-24页 |
| 1．2．4 Semantics | 第24页 |
| 1．2．5 Biological Foundation | 第24-25页 |
| 1．2．6 Nativism and Modularism | 第25-27页 |
| CHAPTER TWO The Refutations of the Extreme Views on the Relationship between Language and Thought | 第27-46页 |
| 2．1 Comments on the View of the Inseparability of Language and Thought | 第27-34页 |
| 2．1．1 The Difference Between Language and Thought | 第27-28页 |
| 2．1．2 The Inadequacy of Linguistic Relativity | 第28-30页 |
| 2．1．3 The Ignorance of Non-language Thought Forms | 第30-34页 |
| 2．1．3．1 The Thinking Ability of Languageless Animals | 第30-31页 |
| 2．1．3．2 The Thinking Ability of Non-Language Deaf Persons | 第31页 |
| 2．1．3．3 Behavioral Thought with No Language | 第31-32页 |
| 2．1．3．4 Visual Thought without the Use of Language | 第32页 |
| 2．1．3．5 Not All Forms of Abstract Thought Requiring Language | 第32-33页 |
| 2．1．3．6 Propositional Thought without the Involvement of Language | 第33-34页 |
| 2．2 Comments on the View of the Independence of Language and Thought | 第34-43页 |
| 2．2．1 The logical Error of the View in 1．2．1 | 第34-35页 |
| 2．2．2 The Weakness of the Communicative Conception of Language | 第35-38页 |
| 2．2．3 The Incorrect View of Separation of Language from Thought | 第38-43页 |
| 2．2．3．1 The Connection Between Special Faculty and Central Cognition | 第39-42页 |
| 2．2．3．2 The Involvement of Natural Language in Thought | 第42-43页 |
| 2．3 Summary | 第43-46页 |
| CHAPTER THREE LINGUISTIC THOUGHT AND NON-LINGUISTIC THOUGHT | 第46-62页 |
| 3．1 An Integration of Synchronic and Diachronic Approaches | 第46-62页 |
| 3．1．1 A Diachronic Approach | 第46-54页 |
| 3．1．1．1 The Initial State of Human Thought | 第48-50页 |
| 3．1．1．2 The Developmental Stages of Human Thought | 第50-53页 |
| 3．1．1．3 The Formation of Experiential Concepts and Word concepts | 第53-54页 |
| 3．1．2 A Synchronic Approach | 第54-60页 |
| 3．1．2．1 The Centripetal Force of Non-Linguistic Thought | 第54-55页 |
| 3．1．2．2 The Centrifugal Force of Linguistic Thought | 第55-60页 |
| 3．1．2．2．1 The Driving Force of Linguistic Thought | 第56页 |
| 3．1．2．2．2 The Origin of the Cognitive Pressure | 第56-60页 |
| 3．1．3 Summary | 第60-62页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR AN EMPIRICAL STUDY | 第62-79页 |
| 4．1 Experiment one | 第62-67页 |
| 4．1．1 Purpose | 第62页 |
| 4．1．2 Methods | 第62-66页 |
| 4．1．2．1 Participants | 第62页 |
| 4．1．2．2 Materials | 第62-63页 |
| 4．2．2．3 Procedures | 第63页 |
| 4．1．2．4 Statistics and Analysis | 第63-66页 |
| 4．1．3 Implications | 第66-67页 |
| 4．2 Experiment Two | 第67-77页 |
| 4．2．1 Purpose | 第67页 |
| 4．2．2 Methods | 第67-76页 |
| 4．2．2．1 Participants | 第67页 |
| 4．2．2．2 Materials | 第67-68页 |
| 4．2．2．3 Procedures | 第68-69页 |
| 4．2．2．4 Statistics and Analysis | 第69-76页 |
| 4．2．3 Implications | 第76-77页 |
| 4．3 Concluding Remarks | 第77-79页 |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | 第79-83页 |
