List of Figures List Of Tables Abbreviations 1 introduction and Overview 2 Salience in Aesthetics and Linguistics:Structure and Hierarchy of Consciousness as Molded by Language 2.1 Within Aesthetics:The Phenomenological Approach to Text 2.2 Within Linguistics:The Cognitive and Functional Approaches to Language 2.2.1 Langacker’s Cognitive Linguistics 2.2.2 Discourse Stuldies 2.3 Summary 3 Mapping Textual Salience 3.1 The Notion of Textual Salience 3.2 General Parameters in Mapping Textual Salience 3.2.1 Key Terms 3.2.1.1 THING VS.RELATION 3.2.1.2 Levels and Planes ofReading 3.2.2 General Paralneters 3.2.2.1 Selection.Perspective.Abstraction in a Conceptual Reading oya Linguistic Sign 3.2.2.2 Discourse Performance of a Linguistic Sign wfth Its Contextual Readingt 3.2.2.3 Culture—Specific or Discipline—Specific Association from Intertextual Readings of a Linguistic Sign 3.3 Summary 4 Descriptive Stage One:Textual Salience Projected by the Origina 4.1 Introducing the Corpus3 4.2 Scope of Characterization3 4.3 Characterizing Textual Salience Projected by《荷塘月色》 4.3.1 Textual Salience Observed via THING.Signs3 4.3.1.1 Degree of Objectification of SELF:A Hierarchy of Salience Indexed in Deictic THING—Signs3 4.3.1.2 Formation of a Salience Hierarchr via Non—Deictic THING.Signs 4.3.2 Textual Salience Observed via RELAtiON.Signs 4.3.2.1 Temporality in Construal of Situations:Tw0 Indexes 4.3.2.2 Characterizing the Aspectual Phenomena in《荷塘月色》 4.3.2.3 Findings and Discussions 4.3.2.4 Summary 4.4 Summary:Mapping Textual Salience in the Original 5 Descriptive Stage Two:Textual Salience Projected by the Translations and Comparison with the Original 5.1 Texmal Salience Projected by the Translations 5.1.1 Textual Salience Projected by TT 5.1.1.1 TextualSalience Observedvia THING.Signs 5.1.1.2 Textual Salience 0bserved via RELATION.Signs 5.1.2 Textual Salience Projected by TT 5.1.2.1 TextualSaHence Observedvia THING—SiRns 5.1.2.2 Textual Salience 0bserved via RELATION.Signs 5.1.3 TeXtual Salience Projected by TT 5.1.3.1 TextualSalience Observedvia THING—Signs 5.1.3.2 Textual Salience Observed via RELATION-Signs 5.2 Comparison Between the Translations and the Original with Respect to Textual Salience 5.3 Summary of the Descriptive and Comparative Work 6 Ramifications ofthe Case Study:ATranslation-Related Query into Effect and Shift 6.1 Reflections on Effect:Potentiality VS.Actuality 6.1.1 AnAnalysis ofthe Notion ofEffect 6.1.2 A Review of Views on Effect 6.1.3 Potential Effect: Descriptive and Interpretive Significance in Mapping Textual Salience 6.1.4 Summary 6.2 Reflections on Shift: A Conception of Translation-Original Relationship 6.2.1 A Review of the Existing Approaches to Shift 6.2.2 Limits in the Existing Approaches to Shift: Methodological and Conceptual Contribution of Our Case Study 6.2.3 A Shift-Based Conception of the Translation-Original Relationship 6.3 Summary 7 Conclusion: Summary and Further Studies References Appendixes Appendix Ⅰ Corpus for the Case Study: Five Texts Appendix Ⅱ Recurrent Orthographic Forms in the Original Appendix Ⅲ SELF-Salience in the Original: Data and Chart Appendix Ⅳ Discourse Distribution of a Linguistic Sign with Its Contextual Reading: The Original Appendix Ⅴ Temporality in Construal of Situations: The Original Appendix Ⅵ Recurrent Orthographic Forms in TT(1) Appendix Ⅶ SELF-Salience in TT(1): Data and Chart Appendix Ⅷ Discourse Distribution of a Linguistic Sign with Its Contextual Reading: TT(1) Appendix Ⅸ Temporality in Construal of Situations: TT(1) Appendix Ⅹ Recurrent Orthographic Forms in TT(2) Appendix Ⅺ SELF-Salience in TT(2): Data and Chart Appendix Ⅻ Discourse Distribution of a Linguistic Sign with Its Contextual Reading: TT(2) Appendix ⅩⅢ Temporality in Construal of Situations: TT(2) Appendix ⅩⅣ Recurrent Orthographic Forms in TT(3) Appendix ⅩⅤ SELF-Salience in TT(3): Data and Chart Appendix ⅩⅥ Discourse Distribution of a Linguistic Sign with Its Contextual Reading: TT(3) Appendix ⅩⅦ Temporality in Construal of Situations: TT(3) LIST OF FIGURES Figure 3.1 Illustrated Difference Between THING and RELATION Figure 3.2 Comparison Between THING and RELATION in Terms of Temporality Figure 3.3 Relations Between Readings of a Linguistic Sign Figure 4.1 Viewing Arrangement in Perception Figure 4.2 Perspective Encoded in a Linguistic Expression Figure 4.3 Positioning of a Linguistic Sign at Different Constitutive Levels LIST OF TABLES Table 4.1 Discourse Segmentation Table 4.2 Compatibility Between Situation Type and Viewpoint Aspect in Mandarin Chinese Table 5.1 Variations in SELF-Salience Curves and Orthographic Paragraphing. Table 5.2 Variations in Salience Hierarchy Staged by Discourse Performance Table 5.3 Variations in Temporal Structure and Presentation of Situations