| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-8页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-13页 |
| List of Tables | 第13-14页 |
| List of Figures | 第14-15页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第15-18页 |
| ·Origin of the Study | 第15-16页 |
| ·Purpose and Significance of the Study | 第16-17页 |
| ·Organization of the Thesis | 第17-18页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第18-34页 |
| ·Relevant Studies Abroad | 第18-30页 |
| ·Studies of Construction Grammar | 第18-25页 |
| ·Studies of Language Acquisition from the Perspective of Construction Grammar | 第25-26页 |
| ·Studies of a Corpus-based Approach to Construction Grammar | 第26-28页 |
| ·Studies of Periphrastic Causative Construction | 第28-30页 |
| ·Relevant Studies at Home | 第30-33页 |
| ·Studies of Construction Grammar | 第30-31页 |
| ·Studies of Second Language Acquisition from the Perspective of Construction Grammar | 第31-32页 |
| ·Studies of English Periphrastic Causative Construction | 第32-33页 |
| ·Summary:Achievements and Limitations | 第33-34页 |
| Chapter Three Methodology | 第34-43页 |
| ·Working Definition and Scope of English periphrastic constructions | 第34-35页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第35-36页 |
| ·Data Source and Instruments | 第36-37页 |
| ·Methods and Procedures | 第37-43页 |
| ·Pretreatment of the Corpus Data | 第37页 |
| ·Retrieval of the Constructions | 第37-38页 |
| ·Post-editing of the Constructions-Sense Annotation of the Verbs in the EFFECT Slot | 第38-39页 |
| ·Statistical Analysis | 第39-43页 |
| Chapter Four Results and Discussion | 第43-63页 |
| ·General Characteristics of Chinese Learners' Acquisition of English Periphrastic Causative Constructions | 第43-45页 |
| ·Chinese Learners' acquisition of the constructional meanings of seven English Periphrastic Causative Constructions | 第45-58页 |
| ·The acquisition of the constructional meaning of [X CAUSE Y V to-inf] | 第45-47页 |
| ·The acquisition of the constructional meaning of [X GET Y V to-inf] | 第47-48页 |
| ·The acquisition of the constructional meaning of [X HAVE Y Vinf] | 第48-49页 |
| ·The acquisition of the constructional meaning of [X MAKE Y Vinf] | 第49-51页 |
| ·The acquisition of the constructional meaning of [X HAVE Y Vpp] | 第51-54页 |
| ·The acquisition of the constructional meaning of [X GET Y Vpp] | 第54-56页 |
| ·The acquisition of the constructional meaning of [X MAKE Y Vpp] | 第56-57页 |
| ·The output degree of Chinese learners' acquisition of the constructional meanings of seven English periphrastic causative constructions | 第57-58页 |
| ·The development pattern for Chinese learners' acquisition of the constructional meanings of seven English periphrastic causative constructions | 第58-61页 |
| ·Comparison of token frequencies of the instances with constructional meanings of seven causative constructions in four grades | 第59-60页 |
| ·Comparison of type/token ratios of the instances with constructional meanings of seven causative constructions in four grades | 第60-61页 |
| ·Summary | 第61-63页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第63-68页 |
| ·Major Findings of the Research | 第63-64页 |
| ·Pedagogical Implications of the Study | 第64-65页 |
| ·Limitations of the study and Suggestions for Further Research | 第65-68页 |
| Works Cited | 第68-74页 |
| Appendices | 第74-80页 |
| Publications | 第80页 |
