| Abstract | 第1-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-10页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第10-14页 |
| ·Definition of the Way Construction | 第10-11页 |
| ·Objectives of the Thesis | 第11-13页 |
| ·Organization of the Thesis | 第13-14页 |
| Chapter Two Literature review | 第14-20页 |
| ·Introduction | 第14页 |
| ·Previous Research on the Way Construction | 第14-20页 |
| ·The Construction Grammar on the Way Construction | 第14-18页 |
| ·The lexical complex predicate approach | 第18-20页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical framework | 第20-34页 |
| ·Construction Grammar | 第20-30页 |
| ·The Concept of Construction | 第21-23页 |
| ·The Nature of Verb Meaning | 第23-24页 |
| ·The Nature of Constructional Meaning | 第24-25页 |
| ·The Integration between Verb and Construction | 第25-26页 |
| ·Relations among Constructions | 第26-27页 |
| ·Advantages of the Construction Grammar | 第27-30页 |
| ·Metonymy | 第30-32页 |
| ·Metonymy Coercion | 第32-34页 |
| Chapter Four Construction Grammar approach on the Way Construction | 第34-72页 |
| ·Introduction | 第34-35页 |
| ·The Existence of the Way Construction | 第35-43页 |
| ·Conflicts between the Inherent Semantics of Way Verbs and the Constructional Interpretation | 第37-40页 |
| ·Non-derivational Characteristics of the Way Construction | 第40-43页 |
| ·Syntactic Features of the Way Construction | 第43-50页 |
| ·Unergative verbs | 第44-46页 |
| ·POSS WAY as an effected entity | 第46-49页 |
| ·Directional propositional phrase | 第49-50页 |
| ·Semantic Features of the Way Construction | 第50-58页 |
| ·The Means Interpretation: Creation of a path | 第53-54页 |
| ·The Manner Interpretation: unusual manner | 第54-56页 |
| ·The Incidental activity Interpretation | 第56-58页 |
| ·Semantic Constraints | 第58-63页 |
| ·Unbounded Activity | 第58-59页 |
| ·Directed Motion | 第59-61页 |
| ·Self-propelled Motion | 第61-63页 |
| ·Meaning of the Way Construction: Interaction between the Way Construction and its Verbs | 第63-69页 |
| ·R elation between the Way Construction and its Verbs | 第64-66页 |
| ·Integration between the Participant Roles of Way Verbs and the Argument Roles of the Way Construction | 第66-69页 |
| ·Preservation Advantages of the Construction Account | 第69-71页 |
| ·Summary | 第71-72页 |
| Chapter Five Motivations of the Way Construction | 第72-79页 |
| ·Constructional Property Inheritance | 第72-73页 |
| ·Metonymy | 第73-78页 |
| ·Summary | 第78-79页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第79-83页 |
| ·Major Findings of the Study | 第79-81页 |
| ·Limitations | 第81页 |
| ·Remaining Problems | 第81-83页 |
| Bibliography | 第83-88页 |
| Appendix: Sources of Data | 第88-89页 |
| Abbreviations | 第89-90页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第90-91页 |
| Publications | 第91页 |
