| Abstract | 第1-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-13页 |
| Introduction | 第13-20页 |
| ·The Background of the Research | 第13-15页 |
| ·The Aim of the Research | 第15-16页 |
| ·The Significance of the Research | 第16-18页 |
| ·Organization of the Thesis | 第18-20页 |
| Chapter 1 Literature Review of the Sequence of Tenses | 第20-36页 |
| ·Studies on the Sequence of Tenses Abroad | 第20-26页 |
| ·Quirk at al's Study of the Sequence of Tenses | 第20-24页 |
| ·F.R.Palmer's Study of the Sequence of Tenses | 第24-26页 |
| ·Studies on the Sequence of Tenses in China | 第26-32页 |
| ·Zhang Daozhen's Study of the Sequence of Tenses | 第26-28页 |
| ·Zhang Zhenbang's Study of the Sequence of Tenses | 第28-30页 |
| ·Qin Yuxiang's Study of the Sequence of Tenses | 第30页 |
| ·Bo Bing's Study of the Sequence of Tenses | 第30-32页 |
| ·Comments on the Previous Studies on the Sequence of Tenses | 第32-35页 |
| ·Comments on the Definition of the Sequence of Tenses | 第32页 |
| ·Comments on the Scope of the Sequence of Tenses | 第32-33页 |
| ·Comments on the Criterion for the Sequence of Tenses | 第33-35页 |
| ·Comments on the Cognitive Basis of the Sequence of Tenses | 第35页 |
| ·Summary | 第35-36页 |
| Chapter 2 Theoretical Framework | 第36-49页 |
| ·Language and Cognition | 第36-39页 |
| ·Cognitive Linguistics and Language Research | 第39-47页 |
| ·Cognitive Linguistics | 第39-41页 |
| ·A Cognitive Approach to Language Research | 第41-42页 |
| ·Metaphor | 第42-43页 |
| ·Image Schema | 第43-47页 |
| ·Summary | 第47-49页 |
| Chapter 3 The Sequence of Tenses of English Verbs and Its Criterion | 第49-68页 |
| ·The Sequence of Tenses | 第49-50页 |
| ·The Criterion of the Sequence of Tenses | 第50-67页 |
| ·The "Form Concord" Criterion | 第50-53页 |
| ·The Connotation of the "Form Concord" Criterion | 第51-52页 |
| ·Limitations of the "Form Concord" Criterion | 第52-53页 |
| ·The "Meaning Concord" Criterion | 第53-64页 |
| ·The Meaning of the Tense of English Verbs | 第54-58页 |
| ·The Connotation of the "Meaning Concord" Criterion | 第58-64页 |
| ·The Cognitive Basis of the "Meaning Concord" Criterion | 第64-67页 |
| ·Tense as an Outcome of Cognition | 第64-66页 |
| ·Sequencing of Tenses as a Cognitive Process | 第66页 |
| ·The Criterion of the Sequence of Tenses as the Objective Reflection of Co(?)(?)les | 第66-67页 |
| ·Summary | 第67-68页 |
| Chapter 4 A Meaning-Concord Account of the Sequence of Tenses of English Verbs | 第68-87页 |
| ·A Meaning-Concord Account of the Sequence of Tenses in Its Narrow Sense | 第68-78页 |
| ·A Meaning-Concord Account of the Backshift of the Present Tense | 第68-70页 |
| ·A Meaning-Concord Account of the Non-Backshift of the Present Tense | 第70-73页 |
| ·A Meaning-Concord Account of the Backshift of the Past Tense | 第73-74页 |
| ·A Meaning-Concord Account of the Non-Backshift of the Past Tense | 第74-78页 |
| ·A Meaning-Concord Account of the Sequence of Tenses in Its Broad Sense | 第78-85页 |
| ·A Meaning-Concord Account of the Sequence of Tenses in Other Complex Sentences | 第79-81页 |
| ·A Meaning-Concord Account of the Sequence of Tenses in Different Texts | 第81-85页 |
| ·Summary | 第85-87页 |
| Conclusion | 第87-91页 |
| 1.Work Done in the Research | 第87-88页 |
| 2.Main Discoveries of the Research | 第88-89页 |
| 3.Limitations of the Research | 第89-91页 |
| Bibliography | 第91-95页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第95-97页 |
