| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-9页 |
| 摘要 | 第9-14页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第14-24页 |
| ·Research Orientation | 第14-15页 |
| ·Research Rationale | 第15-18页 |
| ·Theoretical Basis of the Study | 第15-16页 |
| ·Practical Basis of the Study | 第16-18页 |
| ·Theoretical Foundation | 第18-19页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第19-20页 |
| ·Methodology and Data Collection | 第20-21页 |
| ·Methodology of the study | 第20-21页 |
| ·Data Collection | 第21页 |
| ·Expected Conclusions | 第21-22页 |
| ·Structural Organization | 第22-24页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第24-34页 |
| ·Studies on Grammaticalization of Content Words in China | 第24-26页 |
| ·Earlier Researches about Abstraction | 第24-25页 |
| ·Modern Researches on Grammaticalization of Content Words | 第25-26页 |
| ·Studies on Grammaticalization of Content Words Abroad | 第26-30页 |
| ·Earlier Researches on Grammaticalization of Content Words | 第27-28页 |
| ·More Recent Researches on Grammaticalization of Content Words | 第28页 |
| ·New Trends of Research on Grammaticalization of Content Words | 第28-30页 |
| ·Researches on the Grammaticalization of “you + VP” at Home and Abroad | 第30-32页 |
| ·Studies on “you + VP” in Ancient Chinese | 第30-31页 |
| ·Studies on “you + VP” in Modern Chinese | 第31-32页 |
| ·Summary | 第32-34页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Framework | 第34-48页 |
| ·Introduction | 第34页 |
| ·Grammaticalization Theory | 第34-45页 |
| ·Definition of Grammaticalization | 第34-36页 |
| ·Principles of Grammaticalization | 第36-38页 |
| ·Mechanisms of Grammaticalization | 第38-43页 |
| ·Pragmatic Factors | 第43-44页 |
| ·Grammaticalization across Clause | 第44-45页 |
| ·Some Important Concepts | 第45-47页 |
| ·Language Change | 第46页 |
| ·Abstraction(虚化) | 第46-47页 |
| ·Grammaticalization | 第47页 |
| ·Conclusion | 第47页 |
| ·Summary | 第47-48页 |
| Chapter Four Study on the Chinese Verb “you” | 第48-58页 |
| ·Introduction | 第48页 |
| ·The Usage of “you” in Ancient Chinese | 第48-53页 |
| ·“you” Followed by Noun Phrases | 第48-49页 |
| ·“you” Followed by Verb and Verb Phrase | 第49-52页 |
| ·Other Usage of “you” | 第52-53页 |
| ·Conclusion | 第53页 |
| ·The Usage of “you” in Modern Chinese | 第53-55页 |
| ·“you” as a Content Word | 第53-54页 |
| ·Special Usage of “you” in “you + VP” | 第54-55页 |
| ·The Characteristics of the Usage Change of “you + VP” | 第55-56页 |
| ·Summary | 第56-58页 |
| Chapter Five The Analysis of “you + VP” under Grammaticalization Theory | 第58-74页 |
| ·The Reanalysis of the Construction “you + VP” | 第58-66页 |
| ·“you” Reanalyzed to be a Bound Morpheme | 第58-63页 |
| ·“you” Reanalyzed to be an Auxiliary Used in Perfective Aspect | 第63-66页 |
| ·The Analogy of the Construction “you + VP” | 第66-70页 |
| ·“you + VP” in Ancient Chinese | 第67-68页 |
| ·“you + VP” in Modern Chinese | 第68-70页 |
| ·The Pragmatic Factors of the Usage Change of “you + VP” | 第70-71页 |
| ·The Characteristics of the Grammaticalization in Chinese | 第71-72页 |
| ·Summary | 第72-74页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第74-80页 |
| ·Summary of the Present Study | 第74-75页 |
| ·Main Findings of the Thesis | 第75-76页 |
| ·Theoretical Implications of Present Work | 第76-77页 |
| ·Limitations of the Present Work and Suggestions for FutureResearch | 第77-80页 |
| Bibliography | 第80-84页 |
