| Acknowledgements | 第1-4页 |
| Abbreviations and symbols | 第4-7页 |
| Chapter One: Introduction | 第7-11页 |
| 1．1 The progressive as a universal conceptual category | 第7页 |
| 1．2 The progressive forms in English and Chinese: a general view | 第7-8页 |
| 1．3 A brief review of the research done in this field and the aim of the present thesis | 第8-9页 |
| 1．4 Arrangement of the thesis | 第9-11页 |
| Chapter Two: The Basic Features of the Progressive and Situation Types | 第11-20页 |
| 2．1 The basic features of the progressive | 第11-13页 |
| 2．2 A description of situations | 第13-20页 |
| 2．2．1 Studies of situations | 第13-15页 |
| 2．2．2 Classification of situations | 第15-17页 |
| 2．2．3 The temporal features of and schema for each type of situations | 第17-20页 |
| Chapter Three: The Realization of the Progressive in Relation to Situation Types in English | 第20-34页 |
| 3．1 The realization of the progressive in English | 第20-21页 |
| 3．2 The uses of the progressive consruction in English | 第21-24页 |
| 3．3 The English progressive construction and dynamic situation types | 第24-34页 |
| 3．3．1 The representation of the temporal stages of Activities and Accomplishments by the progressive construction | 第25-27页 |
| 3．3．2 The representation of the temporal stages of Achievements by the progressive construction | 第27-32页 |
| 3．3．3 Summary | 第32-34页 |
| Chapter Four: The Realization of the Progressive in Relation to Situation Types in Chinese | 第34-55页 |
| 4．1 The realization of the progressive in Chinese | 第34-44页 |
| 4．1．1 The specialized forms to express the progressive in Chinese | 第34-38页 |
| 4．1．2 Other means capable of expressing the progessive in Chinese | 第38-44页 |
| 4．2 The uses of 正，正在，在as the specialized progressive forms in Chinese | 第44页 |
| 4．3 The Chinese specialized progressive forms and dynamic situations | 第44-55页 |
| 4．3．1 The representation of the temporal stages of Activities and Accomplishments by the progressive forms | 第45-48页 |
| 4．3．2 The representation of the temporal stages of Achievements by the progressive forms | 第48-51页 |
| 4．3．3 The selection restrictions on 正，正在and在 | 第51-54页 |
| 4．3．4 Summary | 第54-55页 |
| Chapter Five: A Comparison and its Application to E-C/C-E Translation | 第55-79页 |
| 5．1 A comparison of the progressive forms in English and Chinese in their representation of the temporal stages of Activities and Accomplishments | 第55-67页 |
| 5．2 A comparison of the progressive forms in English and Chinese in their representation of the temporal stages of Achievements | 第67-77页 |
| 5．3 Summary | 第77-79页 |
| Chapter Six: Conclusion | 第79-82页 |
| Selected Bibliography | 第82-84页 |
