| 摘要 | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-10页 |
| Introduction | 第10-14页 |
| Chapter 1 English v-ing Construction: Earlier Studies and Theoretical Foundations of This Thesis | 第14-30页 |
| ·Earlier Studies of English v-ing Construction | 第14-19页 |
| ·Earlier Studies in the West | 第14-18页 |
| ·Earlier Studies in China | 第18-19页 |
| ·Theoretical Foundations of This Thesis: Theory of Categorization by Prototype Combined with Theory of Decategorization | 第19-28页 |
| ·Classical Approach to Categorization | 第19-21页 |
| ·Standard Prototype Theory | 第21-24页 |
| ·The Theory of Decategorization | 第24-28页 |
| ·Summary | 第28-30页 |
| Chapter 2 A Questionnaire and An Assumption Concerning English V-ing Construction | 第30-40页 |
| ·A Questionnaire | 第30-37页 |
| ·Design | 第31-33页 |
| ·Result | 第33-35页 |
| ·Discussion | 第35-37页 |
| ·An Assumption | 第37页 |
| ·Summary | 第37-40页 |
| Chapter 3 English v-ing Construction in Grammatical Categories | 第40-66页 |
| ·Fuzzy Boundaries Between Basic Grammatical Categories | 第40-45页 |
| ·v-ing Construction and Verb Category | 第45-51页 |
| ·Semantic-syntactic Characterization of Verb Category and Verb Decategorization | 第45-48页 |
| ·Semantic-Syntactic Characterization Comparison Between v-ing Construction and Prototypical Verbs | 第48-51页 |
| ·Gerund and Noun Category | 第51-56页 |
| ·Gerund as Norminalized Product of Verb | 第51-53页 |
| ·the Relation Between Gerund and Noun Category | 第53-56页 |
| ·Adjectival -ing Participle and Adjective Category | 第56-60页 |
| ·Adverbial-ing Participle Used as Background | 第60-63页 |
| ·Summary | 第63-66页 |
| Chapter 4 Characterization of Decategorization of English v-ing Construction | 第66-78页 |
| ·Semantic-Syntactic Characterization of Decategorization Manifested by v-ing Construction | 第66-69页 |
| ·Grammaticalization of Some English Words with v-ing Construction | 第69-76页 |
| ·Summary | 第76-78页 |
| Chapter 5 Mechanisms of Decategorization of English v-ing Construction | 第78-86页 |
| ·Cognitive Economy | 第78-81页 |
| ·The Stative Characterization of English Language | 第81-83页 |
| ·Summary | 第83-86页 |
| Conclusion | 第86-90页 |
| Bibliography | 第90-94页 |
| Appendix I | 第94-96页 |
| Appendix II | 第96-98页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第98-100页 |
| 原创性声明 | 第100页 |
| 湖南师范大学学位论文版权使用授权书 | 第100页 |
