| Abstract | 第1-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-6页 |
| Table of Contents | 第6-8页 |
| 目录 | 第8-10页 |
| List of Abbreviations | 第10-11页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第11-15页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第15-23页 |
| ·Decategorization as a Mechanism of Grammaticalization | 第15-17页 |
| ·Decategorization as a Cognitive Mechanism | 第17-19页 |
| ·Decategorization in Lexical and Syntactic Categories | 第19-23页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Framework | 第23-33页 |
| ·Categorization and Decategorization | 第23-29页 |
| ·Categorization------Classical Approach or Prototype Model | 第23-28页 |
| ·Flaws of the Prototype Model of Categorization and Decategorization as Categorization's Theoretical Supplement | 第28-29页 |
| ·Metaphor / Metonymy and Decategorization | 第29-33页 |
| Chapter Four Decategorization as the Interpretative Mechanism | 第33-55页 |
| ·Decategorization's Explanatory Force on "Irregular" Lexical Usage | 第33-39页 |
| ·Decategorization's Explanatory Force on "Irregular" Uses of V-O Constructions in Chinese | 第34-37页 |
| ·Decategorization's Explanatory Force on "很+N" in Chinese | 第37-39页 |
| ·Decategorization as the Interpretative Mechanism for "Irregular" Syntactic Constructions in Chinese and English | 第39-55页 |
| ·Decategorization as the Interpretative Mechanism for Tautologies in Chinese and English | 第39-44页 |
| ·Decategorization as the Interpretative Mechanism for Middle Constructions in Chinese and English | 第44-47页 |
| ·Decategorization as the Interpretative Mechanism for the Atypical Passive Constructions BEI+XX in Chinese | 第47-55页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第55-57页 |
| References | 第57-61页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第61-63页 |
| Curriculum Vitae | 第63页 |
