| 摘要 | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-7页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第7-8页 |
| Academic Achievements | 第8-12页 |
| List of Abbreviations | 第12-13页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第13-21页 |
| ·Definitions of “this/that +adj” Construction | 第13-14页 |
| ·Study Motivations and Questions | 第14页 |
| ·Theory, Methodology and Corpus | 第14-19页 |
| ·Goal and Organization of the Thesis | 第19-21页 |
| Chapter Two Relevant Researches and Brief Comment | 第21-25页 |
| ·Relevant Researches of “this”and “that” | 第21-22页 |
| ·Relevant Researches on Quantification Constructions | 第22-23页 |
| ·Brief Comment | 第23-25页 |
| Chapter Three Diachronic Evolution of “this/that +adj”Construction | 第25-31页 |
| ·Semantic Evolution of “this” | 第25-27页 |
| ·Semantic Evolution of “that” | 第27-29页 |
| ·Diachronic Evolution of “this +adj”Construction | 第29页 |
| ·Diachronic Evolution of “that+adj”Construction | 第29-30页 |
| ·Summary | 第30-31页 |
| Chapter Four Semantic and Syntactic Constraints in “this/that+adj” Construction | 第31-37页 |
| ·Semantic Types of English Adjectives | 第31-32页 |
| ·Semantic Constraints on Adjectives in“this+adj” Construction | 第32-33页 |
| ·Semantic Constraints on Adjectives in“that+adj”Construction | 第33-34页 |
| ·Syntactic Constraints in “this/that+adj” Construction | 第34-36页 |
| ·Summary | 第36-37页 |
| Chapter Five Symmetry and Asymmetry of “this/that+adj”Construction | 第37-44页 |
| ·Symmetry and Asymmetry in Semantics | 第37-39页 |
| ·Symmetry and Asymmetry in Evolution | 第39-40页 |
| ·Symmetry and Asymmetry in Frequency | 第40-41页 |
| ·Symmetry and Asymmetry in Polarity | 第41-42页 |
| ·Summary | 第42-44页 |
| Chapter Six Semantics-Syntax Interaction in and beyond“this/that+adj”Construction | 第44-54页 |
| ·Semantics of adjectives in “this/that + adj” Construction | 第45-47页 |
| ·Semantics of “this/that+adj” Construction | 第47-48页 |
| ·Semantics-Syntax Interaction in “this/that+adj” Construction | 第48-51页 |
| ·Semantics of Other Constructions | 第51页 |
| ·Semantics-Syntax Interaction in the Integration of “this/that+adj” +Other Constructions | 第51-52页 |
| ·Summary | 第52-54页 |
| Chapter Seven Conclusion | 第54-57页 |
| ·Major Findings | 第54-55页 |
| ·Suggestions for Further Study | 第55-57页 |
| References | 第57-60页 |
