| ACKNOWLEDGEMENT | 第1-5页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第5-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-9页 |
| Contents | 第9-12页 |
| List of Figure | 第12-13页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第13-21页 |
| ·Introductory Remarks | 第13-14页 |
| ·Scope of the Study | 第14-16页 |
| ·Necessity of the Study | 第16页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第16-17页 |
| ·Theoretical Basis of the Study | 第17-18页 |
| ·Methods of the Study | 第18页 |
| ·Organization of the Study | 第18-21页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第21-33页 |
| ·Introductory Remarks | 第21页 |
| ·Study of the Definition and Classification of Nianlian | 第21-25页 |
| ·Study of Nianlian from a Formal Approach | 第25-28页 |
| ·Study of Nianlian from a Semantic Approach | 第28-30页 |
| ·Study of Nianlian from a Cognitive Approach | 第30-32页 |
| ·Summary | 第32-33页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Framework | 第33-47页 |
| ·Introductory Remarks | 第33页 |
| ·The Meaning of Expressions | 第33-35页 |
| ·The Elimination of Semantic Anomaly | 第35-37页 |
| ·The Revised Analytical Model of A/D A | 第37-44页 |
| ·Profile | 第37-39页 |
| ·Elaboration | 第39-40页 |
| ·Correspondence | 第40-42页 |
| ·Constituency | 第42-43页 |
| ·The Establishment of Revised A/D A Analytical Model | 第43-44页 |
| ·Hypothesis for the Cognitive Foundation of Nianlian | 第44-45页 |
| ·Summary | 第45-47页 |
| Chapter Four Features of Nianlian | 第47-61页 |
| ·Introductory Remarks | 第47页 |
| ·Syntactic features of Nianlian | 第47-50页 |
| ·Semantic features of Nianlian | 第50-54页 |
| ·Semantic-Logical Features of Nianlian | 第54-58页 |
| ·Causal relationship | 第55页 |
| ·Manner-Act Relationship | 第55-56页 |
| ·Manner-Result Relationship | 第56页 |
| ·Oppositional Relationship | 第56-57页 |
| ·Concurrent Relationship | 第57-58页 |
| ·Conditional Relationship | 第58页 |
| ·Summary | 第58-61页 |
| Chapter Five The Cognitive Analysis of Nianlian | 第61-77页 |
| ·Introductory Remarks | 第61页 |
| ·The Analytical Procedures for Nianlian | 第61-65页 |
| ·The Analysis at the Lower Level | 第62-64页 |
| ·The Analysis at the Higher Level | 第64-65页 |
| ·Analysis of Integrating Motivation and Meaning Construction of Nianlian | 第65-76页 |
| ·Analysis of Nianlian with Causal relationship | 第65-68页 |
| ·Analysis of Nianlian with Manner-Act Relationship | 第68-69页 |
| ·Analysis of Nianlian with Manner-Result Relationship | 第69-71页 |
| ·Analysis of Nianlian with Oppositional Relationship | 第71-73页 |
| ·Analysis of Nianlian with Concurrent Relationship | 第73-74页 |
| ·Analysis of Nianlian with Conditional Relationship | 第74-76页 |
| ·Summary | 第76-77页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第77-81页 |
| ·Concluding Remarks | 第77-78页 |
| ·Predictable Problems and Suggestions | 第78-81页 |
| Bibliography | 第81-85页 |
