| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-11页 |
| A List of Abbreviations | 第11-12页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第12-18页 |
| ·Background of the Study | 第12-15页 |
| ·Objectives of the Study | 第15-16页 |
| ·Significance of the Study | 第16页 |
| ·Structure of the Study | 第16-18页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第18-26页 |
| ·The Concept of Explicitation | 第18-22页 |
| ·Studies on Explicitation at Home and Abroad | 第22-24页 |
| ·Summary | 第24-26页 |
| Chapter Three Methodology | 第26-35页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第26页 |
| ·Theoretical Framework | 第26-34页 |
| ·Cognitive Domains | 第26-27页 |
| ·Construal Operation | 第27-30页 |
| ·Application of Construal Operation to Explicitation and Its Classification | 第30-34页 |
| ·Data Collection | 第34-35页 |
| Chapter Four Results and Discussions | 第35-72页 |
| ·Quantitative Analysis | 第35-38页 |
| ·Overall Distribution of Explicitation | 第35-36页 |
| ·Distribution of Motivation-Based Subcategories of Explicitation | 第36-38页 |
| ·Qualitative Analysis | 第38-69页 |
| ·Focusing-Altering Explicitation:Foregrounding | 第39-52页 |
| ·Helping Readers Access the Target Domain in a Metaphor | 第39-44页 |
| ·Presenting the Implied Concept behind the Superficial One | 第44-48页 |
| ·Revealing the Meaning Represented by a Symbol | 第48-52页 |
| ·Prominence-Adjusting Explicitation:Profiling | 第52-63页 |
| ·Highlighting a Particular Element among Others | 第52-56页 |
| ·Reinforcing the Underlying Relation | 第56-60页 |
| ·Setting into Relief the Path of Motion in an Event | 第60-63页 |
| ·Specificity-Enhancing Explicitation:Adding | 第63-69页 |
| ·Helping Construct a Historical Event | 第63-66页 |
| ·Helping Understand Literary Works or Classics | 第66-68页 |
| ·Explaining a Concrete Allusion or Idiom | 第68-69页 |
| ·Discussion on Overlapping | 第69-72页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第72-75页 |
| ·Summary of Major Findings | 第72-74页 |
| ·Implications of the Study | 第74页 |
| ·Limitations of the Study and Suggestions for Further Researches | 第74-75页 |
| References | 第75-79页 |
| Appendix | 第79-88页 |
| Publications | 第88页 |
