摘要5-7
ABSTRACT7-10
Chapter One Introduction10-13
1.1 Definition of the cleft sentence10-11
1.2 The significance of the study11
1.3 The objectives of the study11-12
1.4 Thesis structure12-13
Chapter Two Literature Review13-21
2.1 Traditional analyses13-14
2.2 Tranormational analyses14-16
2.3 Information-based Approaches16-17
2.4 Discourse-oriented Approaches17-18
2.5 Studies from other perspectives18
2.6 Comments on the Previous Research18-20
2.7 Summary20-21
Chapter Three Theoretical Framework21-30
3.1 The figure/ground theory21-25
3.1.1 The characteristics of the figure and the ground21-23
3.1.2 The internal cause for the choice of the figure/ground23-24
3.1.3 The reapzation of the figure/ground apgnment in language24-25
3.2 The prominence view25-29
3.3 Summary29-30
Chapter Four A cognitive analysis of the cleft sentence30-51
4.1 The Structural Characteristics of the Cleft Sentence30-35
4.2 Apppcation of the prominence view to the cleft sentence35-45
4.2.1 Conventional prominence and its grammatical reapzation36-38
4.2.1.1 Lexicapzation36-37
4.2.1.2 Profipng37-38
4.2.2 Contextual Prominence and the Appearance of Cleft Sentence38-45
4.2.2.1 Marked Subjects39-42
4.2.2.2 Marked Grammatical Construction42-45
4.3 Apppcation of the figure/ground theory to the cleft sentence45-49
4.4 The cognitive account of cleft sentence49
4.5 Summary49-51
Chapter Five Conclusion51-53
References53-55
Appendix : 攻读硕士学位期间发表论文及科研情况55-56
Acknowledgements56