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Acknowledgements
List of Tables
List of Figures
Abbreviations
1 Introduction
1.1 ResearchBackground
1.2 Aim and Objectives
1.3 Data Collection and Methodology
1.3.1 Multiple Dimensions
1.3.2 Explanations
1.4 Organization of This Dissertation
2 Review of Related Literature
2.1 Introduction
2.2 A Diachronical Perspective
2.2.1 The Rivalry Period
2.2.2 The Saussurean Period
2.2.3 The Post-Saussurean Period
2.3 A Synchronical Perspective
2.4 Summary
3 Theoretical Framework
3.1 Introduction
3.2 The Nature of Iconicity
3.2.1 ANarrow Sense
3.2.2 A Broad Sense
3.3 The Philosophy of Iconicity
3.3.1 Embodied Philosophy
3.3.2 Endophora
3.3.3 Metaphor
3.4 Motivation and Isomorphism in Iconicity
3.4.1 Motivation
3.4.2 Isomorphism
3.5 The Four Expressions of Iconicity
3.5.1 Sequence
3.5.2 Quantity
3.5.3 Proximity
3.5.4 Markedness
3.6 Summary
4 An application of Syntactic Iconicity in the -ing Clause
4.1 Introduction
4.2 An application of Syntactic Iconicity in the -ing Clause
4.2.1 Sequence
4.2.2 Quantity
4.2.3 Proximity
4.2.4 Markedness
4.3 Summary
5 Conclusions and Implications
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Answers to the Three Research Questions
5.2.1 The Weak Point of Saussure's Arbitrariness
5.2.2 Our Viewpoint towards Iconicity
5.2.3 The Implication of Iconicity to Linguistic Pedagogy
5.3 Summary
Endnotes
References
Appendix 1 A Selection of-ing Clauses from the BNC