| 摘要 | 第1-9页 |
| Abstract | 第9-11页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第11-16页 |
| ·Two Classical Approaches to Meaning | 第11-12页 |
| ·Structural Approach | 第11页 |
| ·Truth-conditional Approach to Meaning | 第11-12页 |
| ·Cognitive Approach to Meaning | 第12-13页 |
| ·Brief Introduction of Semantic Acceptability | 第13页 |
| ·Objective of the Research | 第13-16页 |
| Chapter 2 Cognitive Capacities underlying Cognitive Semantics | 第16-21页 |
| ·Construal | 第16页 |
| ·Figure-ground Segregation | 第16-17页 |
| ·Categorization | 第17页 |
| ·Iconicity | 第17-21页 |
| ·Constraints of Iconicity | 第19-20页 |
| ·Cognitive Motivation | 第20-21页 |
| Chapter 3. Prototypicality of Categories as an Explanatory Device for Semantic Acceptability | 第21-43页 |
| ·Categories in Linguistics | 第21页 |
| ·The Classical Approach to Semantic Category | 第21-23页 |
| ·Basic Assumptions of Classical Approach to Categorization | 第22页 |
| ·Evaluation of the Classical Approach to Categorization | 第22-23页 |
| ·The Prototypical Approach to Semantic Category | 第23-29页 |
| ·Basic Assumptions of Prototypicality of Categories | 第23-26页 |
| ·The Prototypicality of Grammatical Categories | 第26-29页 |
| ·Thematic Roles | 第29-31页 |
| ·The Correspondence between Subjects and Thematic Roles | 第31页 |
| ·The Prototypicality of Categories and the Semantic Acceptability of English Syntactic Constructions | 第31-43页 |
| ·Prototype Effects on Transitive Syntactic Categories | 第31-37页 |
| ·The Mapping between the Prototypicality of Syntactic-narrative Constructions and Their Semantic Acceptability | 第37-41页 |
| ·The Motivation for Semantic Acceptability of Prototypical Syntactic-narrative Constructions | 第41-43页 |
| Chapter 4. Cognitive Normality as an Explanatory Device for Semantic | 第43-56页 |
| ·Interpretation of Cognitive Normality | 第43-44页 |
| ·Motivation through the Effect of Normality of Construal | 第43-44页 |
| ·Cognitive Normality of Semantic Acceptance | 第44-48页 |
| ·Figure-Ground Segregation | 第44-46页 |
| ·Domin | 第46-48页 |
| ·Cognitive Motivation of Figure-Ground Segregation and Domain in Semantic Acceptability of Syntactic Constructions | 第48-56页 |
| ·Realization of Domain in Semantic Acceptability with Transitive Constructions | 第48-49页 |
| ·Realization of Figure—Ground Segregation in Semantic Acceptability with Spatial Relation | 第49-51页 |
| ·Realization of Figure-Ground Segregation in Semantic Acceptability with Temporal Relation | 第51-52页 |
| ·Realization of Figure—Ground segregation in Non—physical Situati | 第52-53页 |
| ·Realization of Figure—Ground segregation in Complex Sentences | 第53-56页 |
| Chapter 5. Wide Distribution as an Explanatory Device for Semantic Acceptability | 第56-72页 |
| ·Markedness Theory | 第56-61页 |
| ·Basic Assumptions of Markedness Theory | 第56-61页 |
| ·Wide Distribution | 第61-65页 |
| ·Wide Distribution on LexicaI Level | 第61-62页 |
| ·Wide Distribution on Syntactic Level | 第62-63页 |
| ·Features of Wide Distribution | 第63-65页 |
| ·Cognitive Motivation of Wide Distribution in Semantic Acceptability of Syntactic Constructions | 第65-70页 |
| ·Wide Distribution of Transitive Constructions | 第66-68页 |
| ·Wide Distribution of 0ther Transitive Constructions | 第68-70页 |
| ·Motivation through Markedness Theory | 第70-72页 |
| Chapter 6 Conclusion | 第72-75页 |
| ·Summary | 第72-73页 |
| ·Enlightenment of the Present Study | 第73页 |
| ·Problems Unsolved and Further Work | 第73-75页 |
| Notes | 第75-77页 |
| 攻读学位期间完成的学术论文 | 第77-78页 |
| 致谢 | 第78页 |
