| Acknowledgments | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-8页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-12页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第12-16页 |
| ·Setting of the Scope | 第12-13页 |
| ·Objective of the Thesis | 第13-14页 |
| ·The Research Methodology of the Thesis | 第14页 |
| ·The Organization of the Thesis | 第14-16页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第16-26页 |
| ·Defining DOC and Caused-motion Verbs | 第16-19页 |
| ·Pervious Studies of dative alternation | 第19-22页 |
| ·Semantics | 第19-21页 |
| ·Syntax | 第21页 |
| ·Pragmatics | 第21-22页 |
| ·Studies of DOC and Caused-motion Verbs Based on Construction Grammar | 第22-23页 |
| ·Summary | 第23-26页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Framework: Construction Grammar | 第26-38页 |
| ·Introduction | 第26页 |
| ·Research Background | 第26-27页 |
| ·Important Views of Construction Grammar | 第27-36页 |
| ·The Concept of Constructions | 第28-29页 |
| ·The Nature of Verb Meaning | 第29-30页 |
| ·The Nature of Constructional Meaning | 第30-31页 |
| ·The Integration of Verb and Construction | 第31-34页 |
| ·The Relations between Verbs and Constructions | 第34-35页 |
| ·Coercion | 第35-36页 |
| ·Summary | 第36-38页 |
| Chapter 4 Cognitive Motivation Underlying the Compatibility between DOC and Caused-motion Verbs | 第38-54页 |
| ·Introduction | 第38-39页 |
| ·Restrictions on the Compatibility between DOC and Caused-motion Verbs | 第39-41页 |
| ·Parameters of Cognitive Orientation | 第41-48页 |
| ·Structure Argument and Content Argument | 第42-43页 |
| ·Parameters of Cognitive Orientation for the Caused-motion Verbs | 第43-48页 |
| ·Conceptual Framework of Caused-motion events and Cognitive Orientation | 第48-52页 |
| ·Summary | 第52-54页 |
| Chapter 5 Caused-motion Verbs in DOC and its Variants | 第54-62页 |
| ·Introduction | 第54页 |
| ·General Properties of Different Kinds of Caused-motion Verbs in DOC | 第54-60页 |
| ·Caused-motion Verbs of Type Ⅰ | 第56-57页 |
| ·Caused-motion Verbs of Type Ⅱ | 第57-59页 |
| ·Caused-motion Verbs of Type Ⅲ-Ⅴ | 第59-60页 |
| ·Summary | 第60-62页 |
| Chapter 6 Conclusions | 第62-66页 |
| ·Major Findings | 第62-64页 |
| ·Limitation of the Current Research and Suggestions for Further Studies | 第64-66页 |
| Bibliography | 第66-70页 |
| Appendix A | 第70-71页 |
| Appendix B | 第71-74页 |
