| Abstract | 第1-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-12页 |
| Introduction | 第12-16页 |
| ·Background of the Research | 第12-13页 |
| ·Aims of the Research | 第13-14页 |
| ·Arrangement of the Thesis | 第14-16页 |
| Chapter One Literature Review | 第16-24页 |
| ·Researches on the Notion of Creation | 第16-20页 |
| ·Researches on Syntax Based on Cognitive Concepts | 第20-22页 |
| ·Summary | 第22-24页 |
| Chapter 2 Theoretical Foundations | 第24-38页 |
| ·The Prototype Theory | 第24-33页 |
| ·Metaphor | 第33-35页 |
| ·Summary | 第35-38页 |
| Chapter Three The Generation and Expansion of the Creation Concept | 第38-62页 |
| ·The Creational Event:the Experiential Basis of the Creation Concept | 第38-40页 |
| ·The Generation of the Creation Concept | 第40-45页 |
| ·The Conceptualization of the Creational Event | 第41-43页 |
| ·The Creation Concept and Its Componential Elements | 第43-45页 |
| ·The Expansion of the Creation Concept | 第45-61页 |
| ·Prototype of the Creation Concept | 第46-51页 |
| ·Prototype of the Creation Concept as a Whole | 第46-47页 |
| ·Prototypes of the Conceptual Elements of the Creation Concept | 第47-51页 |
| ·Non-prototypes of the Creation Concept | 第51-56页 |
| ·Non-prototype of the Creation Concept as a Whole | 第52-53页 |
| ·Non-prototypes of the Conceptual Elements of the Creation Concept | 第53-56页 |
| ·The Motivation, Process and Mechanism of the Expansion | 第56-61页 |
| ·The Motivation of the Expansion | 第56-57页 |
| ·The Process of the Expansion | 第57-59页 |
| ·The Mechanism of the Expansion | 第59-61页 |
| ·Summary | 第61-62页 |
| Chapter Four The Generation and Expansion of the Creational Sentence in English | 第62-80页 |
| ·The Generation of the Creational Sentence | 第62-66页 |
| ·The Expansion of the Creational Sentence | 第66-78页 |
| ·The Prototypes of the Creational Sentence and Their Syntactic Features | 第67-72页 |
| ·The Prototypes of the Creational Sentence | 第67-68页 |
| ·The Syntactic Features of the Prototypes of the Creational Sentences | 第68-72页 |
| ·The Non-prototypes of the Creational Sentence and Their Syntactic Features | 第72-78页 |
| ·The Non-prototypes of the Creational Sentence | 第73-75页 |
| ·The Syntactic Features of the Non-prototypes of the Creational Sentence | 第75-78页 |
| ·Summary | 第78-80页 |
| Conclusion | 第80-84页 |
| Bibliography | 第84-88页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第88-90页 |
