| Chapter One Introduction | 第1-20页 |
| ·Markedness theory: form Trubetzkoy and Jakobson to the present | 第13-14页 |
| ·Gender nouns in English and Chinese: a general view | 第14-17页 |
| ·A brief review of the research done in this field and the aim of this thesis | 第17-18页 |
| ·Arrangement of the thesis | 第18-20页 |
| Chapter Two The Markedness Theory | 第20-25页 |
| ·The traditional markedness theory | 第20-21页 |
| ·Markedness neutralization | 第21-22页 |
| ·Markedness reversals | 第22-25页 |
| Chapter Three Asymmetry in the Use of Personal Gender Nouns | 第25-55页 |
| ·The case with English | 第25-38页 |
| ·Unmarkedness of personal masculine: a general view | 第25-26页 |
| ·Asymmetry in the use of personal masculine and feminine | 第26-33页 |
| ·Markedness of kinship terminology | 第33-34页 |
| ·Asymmetry in the use of personal dual gender nouns | 第34-38页 |
| ·The case with Chinese | 第38-48页 |
| ·Indicating of gender differences for personal gender nouns:a general view | 第38-39页 |
| ·Markedness of personal masculine and feminine | 第39-40页 |
| ·Asymmetry in the use of Chinese kinship terminology | 第40-45页 |
| ·Asymmetry in the use of personal dual gender nouns | 第45-48页 |
| ·A comparison | 第48-55页 |
| ·Similarities | 第48-49页 |
| ·Differences | 第49-55页 |
| Chapter Four Choice of 3~(rd) Person Pronouns with Reference to Personal Gender nouns | 第55-71页 |
| ·The case with English | 第55-63页 |
| ·3~(rd) person pronouns and gender: a general view | 第55-56页 |
| ·Generic he used as substitute for the unmarked personal gender nouns | 第56-59页 |
| ·Generic he used as substitute for indefinite pronoun | 第59-60页 |
| ·Psychology of generic masculine he: a case of markedness reversal | 第60-63页 |
| ·The case with Chinese | 第63-68页 |
| ·A general survey of the 3~(rd) person singular pronouns in Chinese | 第63-64页 |
| ·Use of 3~(rd) person singular pronoun | 第64-68页 |
| ·Use of ta in spoken Chinese | 第64-65页 |
| ·Use of 3~(rd) person pronouns in written Chinese | 第65-68页 |
| ·Use of 他 for the unmarked personal gender noun | 第66页 |
| ·3~(rd) person singular pronouns for marked gender nouns | 第66-67页 |
| ·Use of 3~(rd) person plural pronouns | 第67-68页 |
| ·A comparison | 第68-71页 |
| Chapter Five The Application of the Findings to C-E/E-C Translation | 第71-98页 |
| ·Unmarked and marked personal gender nouns and translation | 第71-86页 |
| ·Translation between 'man' and '人' | 第71-75页 |
| ·Translation of other masculine and feminine personal gender nouns | 第75-82页 |
| ·Translation of personal dual gender nouns | 第82-86页 |
| ·Translation of gender-sensitive pronouns | 第86-96页 |
| ·3~(rd) person pronouns and E-C translation | 第87-91页 |
| ·Translation of the written forms of 3~(rd) person pronouns | 第87-90页 |
| ·Interpretation of 3~(rd) person pronouns | 第90-91页 |
| ·3~(rd) person pronouns and C-E translation | 第91-96页 |
| ·Translation of the written forms of 3~(rd) person pronouns | 第91-94页 |
| ·Translation of the 3~(rd) person pronoun ta | 第94-96页 |
| ·Summary | 第96-98页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第98-101页 |
| Selected Bibliography | 第101-105页 |
