声明
摘要
Abstract
Contents
1 Introduction
1.1 Background
1.2 Research Questions
1.3 Significance of the Research
1.4 Organization of the Thesis
2 Literature Review
2.1 Cognitive Reference Point Principle
2.2 Researches and Applications of Cognitive Reference Point Model
2.2.1 Langacker’s Researches and Applications of Cognitive Reference Point Model
2.2.2 Wang Yin’s Researches and Applications of Cognitive Reference Point Model
2.2.3 Other Authors’ Applications of Cognitive Reference Point Principle
2.3 An Overview of Discourse and Discourse Coherence
2.3.1 Definition:Discourse and Text
2.3.2 Cohesion and Coherence
2.3.3 Mental Coherence and Discourse Coherence
2.3.4 System Functional Approach to Discourse Coherence
2.3.5 Cognitive Approach to Discourse Coherence
3 Theoretical Frameworks
3.1 Definition of Cognitive Reference Point Principle
3.2 The Properties of Cognitive Reference Point
3.2.1 Salience
3.2.2 Dynamics
3.2.3 Interactive Embodiment
3.2.4 Mental Path
3.3 Core Sentence Pattern
3.4 Discourse Construction Mechanisms
4 Cognitive Reference Analyses of Discourse Coherence
4.1 Analyses of Microscopic Structure of Discourse Coherence
4.1.1 Cognitive Reference Point Analyses of The+NP
4.1.2 Cognitive Reference Point Analyses of Reference
4.1.3 Cognitive Reference Point Analyses of Substitution
4.1.4 Cognitive Referenee Point Analyses of Ellipsis
4.1.5 Cognitive Reference Point Analyses of Conjunction
4.1.6 Cognitive Reference Point Analyses of Lexical Cohesion
4.1.7 Cognitive Reference Point Analyses of Initial
4.2 Analyses of Macroscopic Structure of Discourse Coherence
4.2.1 Cognitive Reference Point Analyses of Discourse Structure
4.2.2 Cognitive Reference Point Analyses of Discourse Context
5 Conclusions
5.1 Major Findings
5.2 Limitations
5.3 Suggestions for Further Researches
References
Appendix A
Appendix B
Acknowledgements