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Chapter 1 Introduction
1.1 A Brief Introduction to Iconicity and Coherence
1.1.1 A Brief Introduction to Iconicity
1.1.2 A Brief Introduction to Coherence
1.2 Originality and Objectives of the Study
1.3 Significance and Feasibility of the Study
1.4 Organization of the Thesis
Chapter2 Literature Review
2.1 Text and Discourse
2.2 An Overview of Discourse Coherence
2.2.1 Coherence
2.2.2 Cohesion
2.2.3 The Relationship between Coherence and Cohesion
2.3 A Review of Relevant Studies on Discourse Coherence
2.3.1 Halliday and Hasan's Research on Coherence
2.3.2 van Dijk's Macrostructure Theory
2.3.3 Widdowson's Illocutionary Acts on Coherence Research
2.3.4 Brown and Yule's Cognitive Frame Theory
2.3.5 Relevance Theory
2.3.6 Schema Theory
2.3.7 Summary
Chapter3 An Overview of Iconicity Theory
3.1 Definition
3.2 Development of Iconicity Theory
3.2.1 Saussure's Arbitrariness Idea
3.2.2 Peirce' s View of Iconicity
3.2.3 Haiman's View of Iconicity
3.2.4 Others' View of Iconicity
3.3 Summary
Chapter4. Function of Iconicity Theory to Discourse Coherence
4.1 Achievement of Discourse Coherence through Imagic Iconicity
4.1.1 Oral Iconicity
4.1.2 Visual Iconicity
4.2 Achievement of Discourse Coherence through Diagrammatic Iconicity
4.2.1 Quantity Iconicity
4.2.2 Distance Iconicity
4.2.3 Order Iconicity
4.2.4 Markedness Iconicity
4.3 Summary
Chapter 5 Conclusion
5.1 Major Findings
5.2 Implications of the Study
5.3 Suggestions
References
Acknowledgements
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