| ABSTRACT | 第3页 |
| 摘要 | 第4-5页 |
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第5-9页 |
| CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION | 第9-17页 |
| 1.1 Objectives of the present study | 第9-10页 |
| 1.2 Data collection and Research Methodology | 第10-14页 |
| 1.3 Research questions | 第14-15页 |
| 1.4 Theoretical and practical significances of the study | 第15-16页 |
| 1.5 Overall organization of the paper | 第16-17页 |
| CHAPTER TWO LITERATURE REVIEW | 第17-24页 |
| 2.1 The concept of construction | 第17-18页 |
| 2.2 Domestic studies about KEEP ON V-ING construction | 第18-20页 |
| 2.3 Foreign studies about KEEP ON V-ING construction | 第20-23页 |
| 2.4 Summary | 第23-24页 |
| CHAPTER THREE THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS | 第24-34页 |
| 3.1 Constructional coercion | 第24-27页 |
| 3.2 Lexical coercion | 第27-30页 |
| 3.3 Interactive coercion | 第30-33页 |
| 3.4 Summary | 第33-34页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR COERCIONS OF THE KEEP ON V-ING CONSTRUCTION | 第34-66页 |
| 4.1 The constructional coercion within KEEP ON V-ING construction | 第34-48页 |
| 4.1.1 Constructional coercion on the preposition ON | 第34-41页 |
| 4.1.2 Constructional coercion on the V-ING form | 第41-48页 |
| 4.2 The lexical and interactive coercions within KEEP ON V-ING construction | 第48-54页 |
| 4.2.1 The lexical coercion within KEEP ON V-ING construction | 第48-51页 |
| 4.2.2 The interactive coercion within KEEP ON V-ING construction | 第51-54页 |
| 4.3 Comparison between the KEEP ON V-ING and KEEP V-ING constructions | 第54-64页 |
| 4.3.1 The comparison of verb-choosing | 第54-57页 |
| 4.3.2 The comparison of meanings between two constructions | 第57-64页 |
| 4.4 Summary | 第64-66页 |
| CHAPTER FIVE CONCLUSION | 第66-68页 |
| 5.1 Major findings of the study | 第66-67页 |
| 5.2 Limitations and suggestions for further research | 第67-68页 |
| REFERENCES | 第68-71页 |
| APPENDIX | 第71-74页 |
