| Abstract | 第1-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-12页 |
| Introduction | 第12-16页 |
| ·Background of the Research | 第12-13页 |
| ·Aims of the Research | 第13页 |
| ·Organization of This Thesis | 第13-16页 |
| Chapter One Literature Review | 第16-26页 |
| ·Previous Studies on the de-construction | 第16-22页 |
| ·The "Omission" View on the de-construction | 第17-19页 |
| ·The "Independent Construction" View on the de-construction | 第19-21页 |
| ·The "Reference Point Construction" View on the de-construction | 第21-22页 |
| ·Comments on the Previous Studies on the de-construction | 第22-25页 |
| ·Summary | 第25-26页 |
| Chapter Two Theoretical Foundations | 第26-40页 |
| ·The Cognitive Reference Theory | 第26-32页 |
| ·The Cognitive Context Theory | 第32-37页 |
| ·Summary | 第37-40页 |
| Chapter Three The Syntactic Nature of the de-construction | 第40-50页 |
| ·The de-construction as a Typical Reference Point Construction | 第40-46页 |
| ·Reference Point Construction | 第41-42页 |
| ·Features of the de-construction as a Reference Point Construction | 第42-46页 |
| ·The Syntactic Forms of the de-construction | 第46-48页 |
| ·Summary | 第48-50页 |
| Chapter Four The Meaning of the de-construction | 第50-72页 |
| ·Meanings of the Different Forms of the de-Construction | 第50-66页 |
| ·The Meaning of the "NP+de" Form | 第51-58页 |
| ·The Possessive Relation | 第51-52页 |
| ·The Locative Relation | 第52-53页 |
| ·The Temporal Relation | 第53-54页 |
| ·The Characteristic Relation | 第54-55页 |
| ·The Material Relation | 第55-56页 |
| ·The Quantitative Relation | 第56-57页 |
| ·The Original Relation | 第57-58页 |
| ·The Meaning of the "AP+de" Form | 第58-61页 |
| ·The Meaning of the "VP+de" Form | 第61-66页 |
| ·The Meaning of de in the de-construction | 第66-70页 |
| ·Summary | 第70-72页 |
| Chapter Five Constraints on the Use of the de-construction | 第72-84页 |
| ·Constraints on the Use of the Frozen de-construction | 第72-76页 |
| ·The Frozen de-construction | 第73-74页 |
| ·Contextual Constraints on the Use of the Frozen de-construction | 第74-76页 |
| ·Constraints on the Use of the Non-frozen de-construction | 第76-83页 |
| ·The Non-frozen de-construction | 第76-77页 |
| ·Contextual Constraints on the Use of the Non-frozen de-construction | 第77-83页 |
| ·Summary | 第83-84页 |
| Conclusion | 第84-88页 |
| Bibliography | 第88-94页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第94-96页 |
