| Acknowledgements | 第4-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第8-12页 |
| 1.1 Preliminaries | 第8-10页 |
| 1.2 Research questions | 第10页 |
| 1.3 Organization of the Thesis | 第10-12页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第12-23页 |
| 2.1 Theoretical backgrounds | 第12-14页 |
| 2.2 le as a perfective marker | 第14-19页 |
| 2.3 le as a realization marker | 第19-21页 |
| 2.4 le as a relative past‐tense marker | 第21-23页 |
| Chapter Three Le’s restrictions for co‐occurring situation types | 第23-42页 |
| 3.1 Accomplishments in Chinese | 第23-30页 |
| 3.1.1 Accomplishments and noun phrases of quantificational interpretation | 第23-25页 |
| 3.1.2 Activities and noun phrases of referential interpretation | 第25-30页 |
| 3.2 Le and accomplishments | 第30-34页 |
| 3.3 Le and activities | 第34-36页 |
| 3.4 Le and state | 第36-39页 |
| 3.5 Le and achievements | 第39-41页 |
| 3.6 Summary | 第41-42页 |
| Chapter Four Le’s temporal meanings | 第42-51页 |
| 4.1 Past temporal meaning | 第43-44页 |
| 4.2 Present temporal meaning | 第44-48页 |
| 4.3 le and future temporal meaning | 第48-50页 |
| 4.4 Summary | 第50-51页 |
| Chapter V Le is an existence‐assertion predicate | 第51-62页 |
| 5.1 Existence‐assertion and the definiteness effect | 第51-55页 |
| 5.2 Existence‐assertion and temporal meaning of le | 第55-57页 |
| 5.3 Completion or termination reading with accomplishments | 第57-60页 |
| 5.4 Le and adverbial subordinators | 第60-62页 |
| Conclusion | 第62-64页 |
| Bibliography | 第64-66页 |
