| 摘要 | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-7页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第7-13页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第13-22页 |
| ·Rationale of the Study | 第13-17页 |
| ·Objectives of the Research | 第17-18页 |
| ·Research Design | 第18-20页 |
| ·Layout of the Thesis | 第20-22页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第22-31页 |
| ·Review of POS Studies | 第22-24页 |
| ·Review of Adverb Studies in Modern Chinese | 第24-29页 |
| ·The Study of Individual Adverbs | 第25-27页 |
| ·Adverbs of a Certain Kind | 第27-29页 |
| ·A General Study of the Adverb Word Class | 第29页 |
| ·Review of Adverb Labeling in Modern Chinese Dictionaries | 第29-30页 |
| ·Summary | 第30-31页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Framework | 第31-41页 |
| ·Introduction | 第31页 |
| ·What is Grammaticalization? | 第31-36页 |
| ·The Genesis and Development of Grammaticalization | 第32页 |
| ·Mechanisms of Grammaticalization | 第32-33页 |
| ·Principles of Grammaticalization | 第33-34页 |
| ·Grammaticalization in Chinese | 第34-36页 |
| ·A Short History of Grammaticalization Research in Chinese | 第34页 |
| ·Grammaticalization Applied in Chinese and Chinese Adverbs | 第34-36页 |
| ·Decategorization, Recategoricaiton and Grammaticalization | 第36-39页 |
| ·Category | 第36-37页 |
| ·Categorization | 第37-38页 |
| ·Grammaticalization as a Mechanism of Decategorization and Recategorization | 第38-39页 |
| ·Research Hypothesis | 第39-41页 |
| Chapter Four Results and Discussion | 第41-65页 |
| ·Overall Description of Statistical Results | 第41-42页 |
| ·The Results and Discussion of Seven Major Categories | 第42-63页 |
| ·The Adverb-Verb Class | 第43-49页 |
| ·Overall Description of the Adverb-Verb Class | 第43-45页 |
| ·Discussion of the Adverb-Verb Class | 第45页 |
| ·Case Studies | 第45-49页 |
| ·The Adverb-Adjective Class | 第49-52页 |
| ·An Overall Description of the Adverb-Adjective Class | 第49-50页 |
| ·Discussion of the Adverb-Adjective Class | 第50-51页 |
| ·Case Studies | 第51-52页 |
| ·The Adverb-Noun Class | 第52-57页 |
| ·An Overall Description of the Adverb-Noun Class | 第52-54页 |
| ·Discussion of the Adverb-Noun Class | 第54-56页 |
| ·Case Studies | 第56-57页 |
| ·The Adverb-Noun-Adjective Class, Adverb-Noun-Verb Class and Adverb-Verb-Adjective Class | 第57-62页 |
| ·An Overall Description of the Adverb-Noun-Adjective Class, Adverb-Noun-Verb Class and Adverb-Verb-Adjective Class | 第57-59页 |
| ·Discussion | 第59-60页 |
| ·Case Studies | 第60-62页 |
| ·The Adverb-Conjunction Class | 第62-63页 |
| ·An Overall Description of the Adverb-Conjunction Class | 第62页 |
| ·Discussion of the Adverb-Conjunction Class | 第62-63页 |
| ·Case Studies | 第63页 |
| ·Summary | 第63-65页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第65-68页 |
| ·Major Findings of the Study | 第65-66页 |
| ·Limitations of the Study | 第66页 |
| ·Suggestions for Future Study | 第66-68页 |
| References | 第68-75页 |
| Appendices | 第75-85页 |
| Appendix 1 Data of Adverb-Verb Class | 第75-78页 |
| Appendix 2 Data of Adverb-Adjective Class | 第78-80页 |
| Appendix 3 Data of Adverb-Noun Class | 第80-82页 |
| Appendix 4 Data of Adverb-Noun-Adjective Class | 第82-83页 |
| Appendix 5 Data of Adverb-Verb-Noun Class | 第83-84页 |
| Appendix 6 Data of Adverb-Verb-Adjective Class | 第84-85页 |
| Appendix 7 Data of Adverb-Conjunction Class | 第85页 |
