| 摘要 | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-10页 |
| Abbreviations and Symbols | 第10-11页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第11-16页 |
| ·Background information and significance of the study | 第11-12页 |
| ·Purposes of the study | 第12-14页 |
| ·Outline of the thesis | 第14-16页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第16-32页 |
| ·Brief introductions of construction grammar and constructions | 第16-20页 |
| ·Current theories of construction grammar | 第20-29页 |
| ·Construction Grammar by Fillmore, Kay et al | 第21-23页 |
| ·Construction Grammar represented by Lakoff and Goldberg | 第23-25页 |
| ·Cognitive Grammar by Langacker | 第25-26页 |
| ·Radical Construction Grammar | 第26-29页 |
| ·The study of CG both at home and abroad | 第29-32页 |
| ·The study of construction grammar abroad | 第29-30页 |
| ·The study of construction grammar in China | 第30-32页 |
| Chapter 3 Methodology and Data Collection | 第32-36页 |
| ·Research questions | 第32页 |
| ·Method of the Study | 第32-36页 |
| ·Inductive reasoning | 第32-34页 |
| ·Qualitative analysis | 第34-36页 |
| ·The data collection | 第36页 |
| Chapter 4 Data Analysis and Discussion | 第36-65页 |
| ·Existence of the “so what” construction | 第37-41页 |
| ·The Notion of construction and the “so what” construction | 第37-39页 |
| ·Arguments for the Existence of the “so what” construction | 第39-41页 |
| ·The preconditions for generating the “so what” construction | 第41-46页 |
| ·The constructional analysis of the “so what” construction | 第46-56页 |
| ·The syntax of the “so what” construction | 第47-49页 |
| ·The semantics of the “so what” construction | 第49-51页 |
| ·The pragmatics of the “so what” construction | 第51-54页 |
| ·The pairing of the form and meaning of the “so what” construction | 第54-56页 |
| ·The multiple motivations hidden behind the “so what” construction | 第56-65页 |
| ·The psychological motivations hidden behind the “so what” construction | 第56-60页 |
| ·The social-cultural motivations hidden behind the “so what” construction | 第60-65页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第65-69页 |
| ·Main findings of the study | 第65-66页 |
| ·Significance and implications | 第66-68页 |
| ·Limitations of the study and suggestions for further research | 第68-69页 |
| References | 第69-73页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第73-74页 |
| 作者简介 | 第74页 |
