| Acknowledgements | 第4-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-11页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第11-15页 |
| 1.1 Research Background | 第11页 |
| 1.2 Significance and Necessity of the Research | 第11-12页 |
| 1.3 Objectives of the Study | 第12-13页 |
| 1.4 Organization of the Thesis | 第13-15页 |
| Chapter two Literature Review | 第15-21页 |
| 2.1 An Overview of Grammaticalization | 第15-19页 |
| 2.1.1 The Definition of Grammaticalization | 第15-17页 |
| 2.1.2 The Development and Related Studies on Grammaticalization | 第17-18页 |
| 2.1.3 The Methods of Judging the Level of Grammaticalization | 第18-19页 |
| 2.2 Relevant Studies on "Yong" and Use" | 第19-20页 |
| 2.3 Summary | 第20-21页 |
| Chapter Three Methodology | 第21-25页 |
| 3.1 Research Questions | 第21页 |
| 3.2 Corpora and Tools | 第21-22页 |
| 3.3 Data Collection and Analysis Procedures | 第22-25页 |
| Chapter Four Results and Discussion | 第25-60页 |
| 4.1 The Grammaticalization Process of the "Yong" | 第25-48页 |
| 4.1.1 "Yong" Belonging to the Verb Category | 第26-30页 |
| 4.1.1.1 "Yong" As a Transitive Verb | 第26-28页 |
| 4.1.1.2 "Yong" Followed by the Negative Meaning | 第28-30页 |
| 4.1.2 Serial Verb Construction of "Yong" | 第30-32页 |
| 4.1.3 The Fixed Structure of "Yong" | 第32-40页 |
| 4.1.4 The "Yong" as a Preposition | 第40-42页 |
| 4.1.5 The Exceptions of the Fixed Structure of "Yong" | 第42-46页 |
| 4.1.6 The Characteristics of "Yong" | 第46-48页 |
| 4.1.6.1 Graduality | 第47页 |
| 4.1.6.2 Unidirectionality and Abstraction | 第47-48页 |
| 4.1.6.3 Persistence | 第48页 |
| 4.2 The Grammaticalization Process of "Use" | 第48-56页 |
| 4.2.1 "Use" As a Verb | 第50-53页 |
| 4.2.1.1 The Fixed Structure:Used To Do | 第52页 |
| 4.2.1.2 The Fixed Structure of "Use": Get/Be Used to Doing Something/ Noun | 第52-53页 |
| 4.2.2 "Use" Performing as a Noun | 第53-54页 |
| 4.2.3 The Characteristics of "Use" | 第54-56页 |
| 4.3 The Contrastive study between "Yong" and "Use" | 第56-60页 |
| 4.3.1 The Different Grammaticalization Process of "Yong" and "Use" | 第56-58页 |
| 4.3.2 The Different Features of "Yong" and "Use" | 第58-60页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第60-64页 |
| 5.1 Major Findings of the Study | 第60-61页 |
| 5.2 Theoratical and Practical Implications | 第61-62页 |
| 5.3 Limitations of the Study and Suggestions for Further Study | 第62-64页 |
| Works Cited | 第64-67页 |
| Publications | 第67页 |
