| 摘要 | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-10页 |
| 1 Introduction | 第10-13页 |
| ·Background | 第10页 |
| ·Motivation for this study | 第10-11页 |
| ·Research objectives | 第11页 |
| ·Overview of the thesis | 第11-13页 |
| 2 Literature review | 第13-25页 |
| ·Ways of structuring experience | 第13-14页 |
| ·Categorization | 第14-16页 |
| ·Image-schema | 第16-21页 |
| ·Images, schemas and image-schemas | 第16-17页 |
| ·Definition of image-schema | 第17-19页 |
| ·Characteristics of image-schema | 第19-20页 |
| ·Types of image-schema | 第20页 |
| ·Significance of image-schema | 第20-21页 |
| ·Researches on preposition-particles | 第21-23页 |
| ·Rationale and significance of the study in this thesis | 第23-25页 |
| 3 Image-schema and children’s acquisition of preposition-particles | 第25-35页 |
| ·Importance of image-schema | 第25-26页 |
| ·Relationship between image-schema and preposition-particles | 第26-28页 |
| ·Importance and nature of preposition-particles | 第28-31页 |
| ·Definition of preposition-particles | 第28-29页 |
| ·Significance of preposition-particles | 第29-31页 |
| ·Importance of teaching and learning preposition-particles in the beginning | 第31-35页 |
| ·Researches on order of acquisition | 第31页 |
| ·How linguists look at the role of preposition-particles in SLA | 第31-32页 |
| ·Necessity of teaching and learning preposition-particles | 第32-35页 |
| 4 An investigation into existing textbooks for Chinese children learners of English | 第35-43页 |
| ·Attempts invested and results of Chinese children’s English learning | 第35-36页 |
| ·A brief overview of existing textbooks | 第36-38页 |
| ·Their shared characteristics | 第38页 |
| ·Weaknesses of the textbooks | 第38-40页 |
| ·What an English textbook for young learners must include | 第40-43页 |
| 5 A textbook design that incorporates preposition-particles representing image-schemas: an Nexample | 第43-57页 |
| ·Basic philosophy: preposition-particles as an essential ingredient | 第43页 |
| ·The layout of a possible textbook | 第43-46页 |
| ·A sample lesson for one of the senses of in | 第46-57页 |
| 6 Conclusions | 第57-59页 |
| ·A summary of the thesis | 第57-58页 |
| ·Weaknesses of the thesis | 第58页 |
| ·Further researches | 第58-59页 |
| References | 第59-64页 |
| Academic achievements | 第64-65页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第65页 |
