| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第4-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-8页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第8-11页 |
| Chapter One INTRODUCTION | 第18-26页 |
| 1.1 Background of the Research | 第18-22页 |
| 1.2 Significance of the Research | 第22-23页 |
| 1.3 Organization of the Thesis | 第23-26页 |
| Chapter Two LITERATURE REVIEW | 第26-50页 |
| 2.1 A General Description of V-ING Nominalization Construction | 第26-28页 |
| 2.1.1 Definition of verbal nominalization | 第26-27页 |
| 2.1.2 Definition of V-ING nominalization construction | 第27页 |
| 2.1.3 Classification of V-ING nominalization construction | 第27-28页 |
| 2.2 Studies on V-ING Nominalization Construction | 第28-48页 |
| 2.2.1 Studies on V-ING nominalization forms from structuralists | 第28-33页 |
| 2.2.2 Studies on V-ING nominalization forms from transformational generativegrammar | 第33-39页 |
| 2.2.3 Studies on V-ING nominalization forms from systemic-functional grammar | 第39-41页 |
| 2.2.4 Studies on V-ING nominalization construction from cognitive grammar | 第41-46页 |
| 2.2.5 Studies on V-ING nominalization construction from cognitive-functionalgrammar | 第46-48页 |
| 2.3 Summary | 第48-50页 |
| Chapter Three THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS | 第50-64页 |
| 3.1 Coercion Theory in Construction Grammar | 第50-55页 |
| 3.1.1 Construction coercion | 第51-52页 |
| 3.1.2 Lexical coercion | 第52-54页 |
| 3.1.3 Interaction between construction coercion and lexical coercion | 第54-55页 |
| 3.2 Categorization and Decategorization Theory | 第55-58页 |
| 3.3 Prominence Principle and Frame Theory | 第58-61页 |
| 3.4 Conceptual Metonymic Theory | 第61-62页 |
| 3.5 Theoretical Framework and Pattern | 第62-64页 |
| Chapter Four RESEARCH METHODOLOGY | 第64-72页 |
| 4.1 Research Questions | 第64页 |
| 4.2 Corpus of Contemporary American English(COCA) | 第64-65页 |
| 4.3 Data Collection | 第65-70页 |
| 4.4 Data Analysis | 第70-72页 |
| 4.4.1 Constructional analysis | 第70-71页 |
| 4.4.2 Cognitive analysis | 第71-72页 |
| Chapter Five RESULTS AND DISCUSSION | 第72-114页 |
| 5.1 Classification of V-ING Nominalization Construction | 第72-73页 |
| 5.2 V-ING + ? Nominalization Construction Variant | 第73-92页 |
| 5.2.1 Different profiles of V-ING + ? nominalization construction variant | 第74-86页 |
| 5.2.2 Cognitive metonymy of V-ING + ? nominalization construction variant | 第86-89页 |
| 5.2.3 Formal and schematic features of V-ING + ? nominalization constructionvariant | 第89-92页 |
| 5.2.4 Summary | 第92页 |
| 5.3 V-ING OF Nominalization Construction Variant | 第92-100页 |
| 5.3.1 Cognitive mechanism of V-ING OF nominalization construction variant | 第93-94页 |
| 5.3.2 Formal and schematic features of V-ING OF nominalization constructionvariant | 第94-97页 |
| 5.3.3 OF in V-ING OF nominalization construction variant | 第97-99页 |
| 5.3.4 Summary | 第99-100页 |
| 5.4 V-ING + (N) Nominalization Construction Variant | 第100-106页 |
| 5.4.1 Cognitive mechanism of V-ING + (N) nominalization construction variant .. 84 | 第101页 |
| 5.4.2 Formal and semantic features of V-ING + (N) nominalization constructionvariant | 第101-106页 |
| 5.4.3 Summary | 第106页 |
| 5.5 Interaction Within V-ING Nominalization Construction | 第106-114页 |
| 5.5.1 Interaction between lexical items and V-ING nominalization constructionvariants | 第106-109页 |
| 5.5.2 Categorization and decategorization of V-ING nominalization construction | 第109-111页 |
| 5.5.3 Schematic network of different V-ING nominalization construction variants | 第111-112页 |
| 5.5.4 Summary | 第112-114页 |
| Chapter Six CONCLUSION | 第114-120页 |
| 6.1 Major Findings of the Research | 第114-116页 |
| 6.2 Implications of the Research | 第116-117页 |
| 6.3 Limitations of the Research and Suggestions for Further Study | 第117-120页 |
| REFERENCES | 第120-126页 |
| Appendix：V-ING Nominalization Constructions Chosen from COCA | 第126-164页 |
| 附录： 作者在攻读硕士学位期间发表的论文 | 第164页 |
