| 中文摘要 | 第1-4页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第4-6页 |
| TABLE OF CONTENTS | 第6-8页 |
| CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION | 第8-12页 |
| ·MOTIVATION OF THE STUDY | 第8-9页 |
| ·NECESSITY OF THE STUDY | 第9-10页 |
| ·AIMS AND SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY | 第10页 |
| ·METHODOLOGY OF THE STUDY | 第10-11页 |
| ·ORGANIZATION OF THE THESIS | 第11-12页 |
| CHAPTER TWO LITERATURE REVIEW | 第12-20页 |
| ·CAUSALITY | 第12-14页 |
| ·Causality from the perspective of philosophy and logic | 第12-13页 |
| ·The cause employed in the thesis | 第13-14页 |
| ·PREVIOUS STUDIES OF BECAUSE-CCS | 第14-20页 |
| ·Previous studies of because-CCS abroad | 第14-17页 |
| ·Previous studies of because-CCS at home | 第17-18页 |
| ·Limitations of previous studies | 第18-20页 |
| CHAPTER THREE THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS | 第20-25页 |
| ·INTRODUCTION OF SUBJECTIVITY AND SUBJECTIFICATION | 第20页 |
| ·TRAUGOTT’S VIEW ON SUBJECTIVITY AND SUBJECTIFICATION | 第20-21页 |
| ·LANGACKER’S VIEW ON SUBJECTIVITY AND SUBJECTIFCATION | 第21-23页 |
| ·SUBJECTIVITY AND SUBJECTIFCATION EMPLOYED IN THIS STUDY | 第23-25页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR CLASSIFICATION OF BECAUSE-CCS | 第25-39页 |
| ·CRITERIA OF THE CLASSIFICATION | 第25-26页 |
| ·LOGICAL BECAUSE-CCS | 第26-27页 |
| ·COGNITIVE BECAUSE-CCS | 第27-29页 |
| ·INFERENTIAL BECAUSE-CCS | 第29-34页 |
| ·Inferential because-CCS based on deduction | 第30-31页 |
| ·Inferential because-CCS based on abduction | 第31-34页 |
| ·SPEECH ACT BECAUSE-CCS | 第34-39页 |
| ·Locutionary act because-CCS | 第36-37页 |
| ·Illocutionary act because-CCS | 第37-39页 |
| CHAPTER FIVE SUBJECTIVITY AND SUBJECTIFICATION OF BECAUSE-CCS | 第39-47页 |
| ·SUBJECTIVITY IN LOGICAL AND COGNITIVE BECAUSE-CCS | 第39-41页 |
| ·SUBJECTIVITY IN INFERENTIAL BECAUSE-CCS | 第41-43页 |
| ·SUBJECTIVITY IN SPEECH ACT BECAUSE-CCS | 第43-45页 |
| ·SUBJECTIFICATION OF BECAUSE-CCS | 第45-47页 |
| CHAPTER SIX CONCLUSION | 第47-49页 |
| ·MAJOR FINDINGS | 第47-48页 |
| ·LIMITATIONS AND SUGGESTIONS | 第48-49页 |
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第49-50页 |
| REFERENCES | 第50-53页 |
| APPENDIX | 第53页 |
