《英语写作修辞的符号学研究——ESL\\EFL写作的新视角》以符号学的理论为分析工具，结合修辞学、话语言学、认知语言学、跨文化交际等学科的理论，对以英语作为第二外语（ESL/EFL）的写作的修辞特征进行分析，为分析和评价SEL/EFL写作提供新的方法和视角，填补其理论研究的不足，并帮助写作者提高书面沟通和写作的能力。

Preface/1

Acknowledgements/1

Introduction/1

 0.1 The State of Affairs of ESL/EFL Writing/1

0.1.1 The Definitions of ESL/EFL Writing/1

0.1.2 Background to This Research/2

0.1.3 Studies in Europe and America/4

0.1.4 Studies in China/10

 0.2 Summary/16

 0.3 The Problems of ESL/EFL Composition Studies/18

 0.4 Objectives and Research Questions of This Study/19

 0.5 Methodology and Significance of This Study/20

 0.6 Outline of This Book/22

Chapter 1 The Nature and Development of Semiotics/24

 1.1 The Nature of Semiotics/24

 1.2 Research by Western Scholars/25

 1.3 Research by Chinese Scholars/32

1.3.1 Studies of Linguistic Semiotics/33

1.3.2 The Application of Studies of Semiotics/35

 1.4 Summary/37

Chapter 2 Different Semiotic Schools and Key Semiotic Concepts/40

 2.1 Structural Semiotics and Key Concepts/40

2.1.1 Signifier and Signified/42

2.1.2 Syntagmatic and Paradigmatic Relations/44

 2.2 Interpretative Semiotics and Some Key Concepts/46

2.2.1 Semiosis/47

2.2.2 Sign, Object and Interpretant/48

2.2.3 Indexical, Iconic and Symbolic Signs/49

 2.3 Social Semiotics and Some Key Concepts/51

2.3.1 Code, Encode and Decode/53

2.3.2 Mode of Locating a Text/55

 2.4 Cultural Semiotics and Some Key Concepts/57

2.4.1 Connotation, Denotation and Myth/58

2.4.2 Semiosphere/60

 2.5 Summary/61

Chapter 3 Semiotics, Rhetoric and Composition-Rhetoric/66

 3.1 Semiotics and Language/66

 3.2 Semiotics and Rhetoric/69

3.2.1 The Triangle of Rhetoric/70

3.2.2 The Relationship Between Semiotics and Rhetoric/71

 3.3 Semiotics and Composition-Rhetoric/73

3.3.1 The Basic Elements of Classical Rhetoric/74

3.3.2 Composition-Rhetoric and Multimodality/80

3.3.3 Interdisciplinary Composition-Rhetoric/84

 3.4 Summary/86

Chapter 4 Codes and Composition-Rhetoric/88

 4.1 Code and Sign/88

 4.2 Kinds of Code/89

 4.3 Code and Text/90

 4.4 Codes in Composition-Rhetoric/91

4.4.1 Context/91

4.4.2 Rhetorical Situation/93

4.4.3 Strategies for Writing/96

4.4.4 Textual Structures/97

4.4.5 Text Features/100

4.4.6 Figurative Language/101

4.4.7 Punctuation/104

4.4.8 Markers/107

4.4.9 Register and Genre/109

4.4.10 Style/111

 4.5 Summary/114

Chapter 5 Semiotics, Rhetoric and Text/117

 5.1 Sign and Text/ll7

 5.2 Rhetoric and Text/ll9

 5.3 Semiotic Interpretation of Text/120

 5.4 Semiotic Construction of Text/122

 5.5 The Intersemiotic Interaction of Text/124

5.5.1 Interaction of Signs within Text/125

5.5.2 Interaction of Signs with Other Texts/126

5.5.3 Text as a Network of Semiotic Relationships/131

 5.6 Summary/141

Chapter 6 The Semiotic Analysis of Composition-Rhetoric/143

 6.1 Syntactic Realtions/144

6.1.1 The Three Basic Levels of Composition-Rhetoric/144

6.1.2 Cohesion and Coherencef144

6.1.3 Rhetorical Structure/158

 6.2 Semantic Relations/161

6.2.1 Word Meanings/162

6.2.2 Sentence Meanings/165

6.2.3 Textual Meanings/167

 6.3 Pragmatic Relations/170

6.3.1 Pragmatics and Text/170

6.3.2 Pragmatics and Rhetoric/172

6.3.3 Pragmatic and Sign Process/173

 6.4 Summary/175

Chapter 7 Cultural Semiotic Analysis of Composition Rhetoric/177

 7.1 Culture and Semiotics/177

 7.2 Culture and Rhetoric/179

 7.3 Intercultural Composition-Rhetoric/183

 7.4 Intercultural ESL/EFLWriting/185

7.4.1 Aspects of Intercultural Analysis/188

 7.5 Summary/211

Conclusion/214

Works Cited/222