| Acknowledgement | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract (English version) | 第5-7页 |
| Abstract (Chinese version) | 第7-9页 |
| Contents | 第9-12页 |
| Chapter Ⅰ Introduction | 第12-20页 |
| ·Introductory remarks | 第12-13页 |
| ·An overview of subjectification on the semantic change of verbs | 第13-15页 |
| ·The scope and purposes of the study | 第15-16页 |
| ·The necessity and rationality of the study | 第16-18页 |
| ·The methods of the study | 第18页 |
| ·The organization of the study | 第18-20页 |
| Chapter Ⅱ Literature review | 第20-29页 |
| ·Different approaches to lexical semantic change | 第20-22页 |
| ·The truth-conditional approach to lexical semantic change | 第20-21页 |
| ·The functional approach to lexical semantic change | 第21-22页 |
| ·The cognitive approach to lexical semantic change | 第22页 |
| ·Different approaches to verb semantic change | 第22-28页 |
| ·The formal school’s views on verb semantic change | 第23-25页 |
| ·The functional school’s view on verb semantic change | 第25-26页 |
| ·The cognitive school’s view on verb semantic change | 第26-28页 |
| ·Summary | 第28-29页 |
| Chapter Ⅲ Subjectification in the framework of Cognitive linguistics | 第29-43页 |
| ·General remarks | 第29页 |
| ·Cognitive linguistics | 第29-30页 |
| ·Subjectivity, subjectification and Grammaticalization | 第30-40页 |
| ·Grammaticalization | 第31-32页 |
| ·Subjectivity and subjectification | 第32-40页 |
| ·The overlook of subjectivity study in the past | 第33页 |
| ·The subjectivity study in the framework of cognitive linguistics | 第33-36页 |
| ·Traugott’s subjectification theory: a historical perspective | 第36-39页 |
| ·Metaphorization and metonymization as the pathways of subjectification | 第39-40页 |
| ·The three domains | 第40-42页 |
| ·Three domains and subjectification | 第42页 |
| ·Summary | 第42-43页 |
| Chapter Ⅳ The semantic change of SEE and its semantic and grammaticall structure changes in the framework of argumentation | 第43-63页 |
| ·General remarks | 第43页 |
| ·The semantic changes of SEE | 第43-53页 |
| ·SEE usages in the concrete physical domain | 第45-49页 |
| ·The original SEE | 第45-46页 |
| ·SEE as a near-synonym of “meet, visit, or consult” | 第46-47页 |
| ·SEE as a near-synonym of “escort, go with, accompany, or take leave of” | 第47-48页 |
| ·SEE as a near-synonym of “make sure, attend to, ensure, or look after” | 第48-49页 |
| ·SEE usages in the mental domain | 第49-52页 |
| ·SEE as a near-synonym of “mentally perceive, understand, realize, grasp,or comprehend” | 第49-50页 |
| ·SEE as a near-synonym of “consider, judge, regard, view, or think of” | 第50-51页 |
| ·SEE as a near-synonym of “find out, check, or ascertain” | 第51-52页 |
| ·SEE as a near-synonym of “experience or go through” | 第52页 |
| ·SEE usages in the speech-act domain | 第52-53页 |
| ·The semantic and grammatical structure changes | 第53-61页 |
| ·The semantic structure changes | 第53-60页 |
| ·The semantic structure of original SEE | 第54-55页 |
| ·The semantic structure of SEE in the physical domain | 第55-56页 |
| ·The semantic structure of SEE in the mental domain | 第56-57页 |
| ·The semantic structure of SEE in the speech-act domain | 第57页 |
| ·The semantic changes of SEE in different domains | 第57-60页 |
| ·The grammatical structure changes | 第60-61页 |
| ·Summary | 第61-63页 |
| Chapter Ⅴ The subjectification process of the “time”or “place”SEE usage | 第63-74页 |
| ·General remarks | 第63页 |
| ·The three stages of the “time”or “place”SEE’s semantic change | 第63-66页 |
| ·The first stage in the physical domain | 第64页 |
| ·The second stage in the mental domain | 第64-66页 |
| ·The third stage in the speech-act domain | 第66页 |
| ·The subjectification process of the “time”or “place”SEE usage | 第66-72页 |
| ·The subjectification process of the “time”or “place”SEE usage in Traugott’s theory | 第67-70页 |
| ·Two mechanisms for the subjectification of the “time”or “place”SEE usagemetaphorization and metonymization | 第70-72页 |
| ·Proximity and similarity: two cognitive motivations for subjectification | 第72页 |
| ·Summary | 第72-74页 |
| Chapter Ⅵ Conclusion | 第74-76页 |
| ·General remarks | 第74-75页 |
| ·Unresolved problems and studies in the future | 第75-76页 |
| Bibliography | 第76-79页 |
