| Acknowledgements | 第1-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-10页 |
| 内容提要 | 第10-12页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第12-17页 |
| ·Background of the Study | 第12-14页 |
| ·Rationale of the Study | 第14-15页 |
| ·The Significance and Organization of the Thesis | 第15-17页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第17-38页 |
| ·The Literature Review on the Study of Coercion | 第17-19页 |
| ·Current Interests in Coercion | 第19-34页 |
| ·Current Interests in Nominal Coercion | 第19-22页 |
| ·Current Interests in Aspectual Coercion | 第22-31页 |
| ·Current Interests in Complement Coercion | 第31-33页 |
| ·Current Interests in Other Types of Coercion | 第33-34页 |
| ·Current Interests in Metonymy Associated with Coercion | 第34-38页 |
| Chapter Three The Universality of Coercion Among Different Constructions | 第38-46页 |
| ·Aspectual Coercion and the Need for a Directional Phrase | 第38-40页 |
| ·Classifications of Coercions | 第40-43页 |
| ·Additive Coercion as a Conceptual Phenomenon | 第40页 |
| ·Converse Coercion Among Different Constructions | 第40-43页 |
| ·Grammaticalisation Dealing with Coercion and the Role of the Construction | 第43-46页 |
| Chapter Four Constructional Meaning's Impact on Coerced Lexical Meaning | 第46-70页 |
| ·Unification of Coercion Among Prototype Constructions | 第46页 |
| ·The Conflict Between Constructional and Lexical Meanings | 第46-47页 |
| ·Coercion Among Different Constructions | 第47-68页 |
| ·Nominal Construction Coercion | 第47-50页 |
| ·Complement and Subject Coercion | 第50-52页 |
| ·Coercion in Argument Structure Constructions | 第52-54页 |
| ·Aspectual Coercion due to Frame and Temporal Adverbials | 第54-57页 |
| ·Aspectual Coercion Due to Constructional and Lexical Aspectual Conflict | 第57-65页 |
| ·Coercion in the Prototype Passive | 第65-68页 |
| ·Negation and Metonymy | 第68-70页 |
| Chapter Five Lexical Meaning's Impact on Coerced Construction Meaning | 第70-78页 |
| ·The Peculiar Coercion of the Special Interrogative Construction | 第70-72页 |
| ·The Coercion Principles Required to Shift the Argument Structure of Lexical Items | 第72-73页 |
| ·The Construction Motivated by the Conceptual Metonymy | 第73-74页 |
| ·Coerced Meaning Denoting the Taxonomic Meaning | 第74-76页 |
| ·Summary | 第76-78页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第78-84页 |
| ·Major Findings | 第78-82页 |
| ·Limitations | 第82页 |
| ·Areas for Further Studies | 第82-84页 |
| References | 第84-89页 |
