| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| English Abstract | 第5-7页 |
| Chinese Abstract | 第7-9页 |
| Contents | 第9-11页 |
| Figures and Tables | 第11-12页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第12-15页 |
| ·Necessity of the Study | 第12-13页 |
| ·Aim of the Study | 第13-14页 |
| ·Organization of the Paper | 第14-15页 |
| Chapter Two A Brief Review of Past Studies of Demonstratives | 第15-21页 |
| ·Studies of Demonstratives Abroad | 第15-18页 |
| ·Studies of Demonstratives in China | 第18-21页 |
| Chapter Three The Cognitive Account of Principle of Proximity | 第21-28页 |
| ·Demonstratives in the Light of Profile/Base | 第21-26页 |
| ·Cognitive Explanation of Demonstrative Reference | 第26-28页 |
| Chapter Four Improved Cognitive Model of Demonstratives | 第28-49页 |
| ·Integration of Two Principles | 第28-42页 |
| ·Plausibility of the Principle of Desired Degree of Attention | 第42-45页 |
| ·The Attitudinal Evaluation Manifested by Demonstratives | 第45-49页 |
| Chapter Five Application of the Integrated Model | 第49-58页 |
| ·Its Application in the Explanation of Changes of Demonstratives | 第49-53页 |
| ·Its Application in the Contrastive Study of"这" and "this" | 第53-54页 |
| ·Contrastive Study of Demonstratives and Its Implication | 第54-58页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第58-60页 |
| Bibliography | 第60-63页 |
| Appendix | 第63-66页 |
| Publications | 第66页 |
