| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第9-10页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第10-11页 |
| 摘要 | 第12-16页 |
| CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION | 第16-20页 |
| 1.1 Background of the Study | 第16-17页 |
| 1.2 Focus and Significance of the Study | 第17-18页 |
| 1.3 Data Collection and Research Method | 第18-19页 |
| 1.4 Organization of the Thesis | 第19-20页 |
| CHAPTER II AN OVERVIEW OF THEMATIC STRUCTURE | 第20-31页 |
| 2.1 Previous Studies on the Definition of Theme and Rheme | 第20-22页 |
| 2.2 Previous Studies on Thematic Structure | 第22-29页 |
| 2.2.1 Relevant Studies of English | 第22-25页 |
| 2.2.2 Relevant Studies of Chinese | 第25-28页 |
| 2.2.3 Previous Contrastive Studies Between English and Chinese | 第28-29页 |
| 2.3 Comments on Previous Studies | 第29-31页 |
| CHAPTER III THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK | 第31-38页 |
| 3.1 Type Classification and Markedness of Theme by Halliday and Matthiessen (2014) .. | 第31-35页 |
| 3.2 Secondary Theme by Dabir-Moghaddam (2009) | 第35-36页 |
| 3.3 Enhanced Theme by Huang & Fawcett (1995) | 第36-38页 |
| CHAPTER IV THEMATIC STRUCTURE OF ENGLISH AND CHINESE IN CONTRAST | 第38-76页 |
| 4.1 Simple Theme or Topical Theme | 第38-57页 |
| 4.1.1 Similarities and Differences in the Realization of Simple Theme | 第38-55页 |
| 4.1.2 Markedness of Topical Theme in English and Chinese | 第55-57页 |
| 4.2 Multiple Theme | 第57-58页 |
| 4.2.1 Similarities of Multiple Theme Between English and Chinese | 第57页 |
| 4.2.2 Differences of Multiple Theme Between English and Chinese | 第57-58页 |
| 4.3 Sentential Theme | 第58-61页 |
| 4.3.1 Syntactic Features in English and Chinese | 第59-60页 |
| 4.3.2 Markednesss of Sentential Theme in Chinese | 第60-61页 |
| 4.4 New Categories | 第61-67页 |
| 4.4.1 Complex Theme and Appositive in English and Chinese | 第61-66页 |
| 4.4.2 Secondary Theme in English and Chinese | 第66-67页 |
| 4.5 Enhanced Theme | 第67-69页 |
| 4.5.1 Experiential and Evaluative Enhanced Theme in English and Chinese | 第67-68页 |
| 4.5.2 Existential Sentence in English and Chinese | 第68-69页 |
| 4.6 Syntactic Process of Thematization in English and Chinese | 第69-72页 |
| 4.7 Reasons for the Similarities and Differences of Thematic Structure | 第72-74页 |
| 4.8 Summary | 第74-76页 |
| CHPATER V CONCLUSION | 第76-79页 |
| 5.1 Major Findings | 第76-77页 |
| 5.2 Limitations and Suggestions | 第77-79页 |
| REFERENCES | 第79-81页 |
