| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract in English | 第6-8页 |
| Abstract in Chinese | 第8-9页 |
| Preface | 第9-11页 |
| Chapter One A Historical survey to the theme studies in English | 第11-26页 |
| ·Introduction to theme | 第11-12页 |
| ·Henri Weil's thought on Theme | 第12页 |
| ·Mathesius's conception of Theme | 第12-14页 |
| ·Quirk's research about Theme: Thematization | 第14-17页 |
| ·Halliday's theory of thematic structure | 第17-26页 |
| ·Definition of Theme | 第17-18页 |
| ·Marker of Theme | 第18页 |
| ·Composition of Theme | 第18-23页 |
| ·Within clause | 第18-22页 |
| ·In Clause Complex: Clause Theme | 第22-23页 |
| ·Choice of Theme | 第23-26页 |
| ·Determined by Mood | 第23-25页 |
| ·Determined by Textual Function: Unmarked and Marked Themes | 第25-26页 |
| Chapter 2 Application of Halliday's Theme Theory in Chinese | 第26-54页 |
| ·Application of the notion of Theme and the thematic structure | 第26-31页 |
| ·Application of principles of identifying Theme | 第31-46页 |
| ·General principles of identifying Theme | 第31-32页 |
| ·Principles of identifying Theme in declarative clauses | 第32-39页 |
| ·Principle of identifying Themes in non-declarative clauses | 第39-45页 |
| ·Principles of identifying Theme in elliptical clauses | 第45-46页 |
| ·Application of the principles of classifying Theme | 第46-54页 |
| ·Principle of identifying Simple Theme | 第46-47页 |
| ·Principle of identifying Multiple Theme | 第47-51页 |
| ·Principle of identifying Clause as Theme | 第51-54页 |
| Chapter Three Theme in English and Chinese | 第54-82页 |
| ·A comparison on the syntactic constituents of Theme | 第54-57页 |
| ·A comparison on the Syntactic Forms of Theme | 第57-59页 |
| ·A comparison on the Marked and Unmarked condition of Theme | 第59-65页 |
| ·A comparison on Information status of Theme | 第65-79页 |
| ·The Principle of End-Focus and End-Weight | 第65-68页 |
| ·Theme carrying zero information | 第68页 |
| ·Theme Carrying Give Information | 第68-75页 |
| ·Theme Carrying New Information | 第75-79页 |
| ·A Comparison on Textual Function of Theme | 第79-82页 |
| ·Being Similar in Providing the Background | 第79页 |
| ·Being Similar in cohering with the previous text | 第79-80页 |
| ·Being different in the rule of Theme-Rheme arrangement | 第80-82页 |
| Chapter Four Application to translation | 第82-105页 |
| ·The simple declarative clause | 第86-92页 |
| ·The interrogative clause | 第92-97页 |
| ·The polar question | 第93-95页 |
| ·The alternative question | 第95页 |
| ·The disjunctive question | 第95-96页 |
| ·The special question | 第96-97页 |
| ·The exclamatory clause | 第97-99页 |
| ·The imperative clause | 第99-102页 |
| ·The cleft-clause | 第102-103页 |
| ·The clause-complex | 第103-105页 |
| Conclusion | 第105-108页 |
| Bibliography | 第108-112页 |
| Appendex | 第112-114页 |
