| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第4-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-7页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第7-9页 |
| Chapter One INTRODUCTION | 第15-23页 |
| 1.1 Background of the Research | 第15-18页 |
| 1.2 Significance of the Research | 第18-21页 |
| 1.3 Organization of the Paper | 第21-23页 |
| Chapter Two LITERATURE REVIEW | 第23-39页 |
| 2.1 Grammaticalization and Construction Grammar | 第23-28页 |
| 2.1.1 Basic terms | 第23-25页 |
| 2.1.2 Constructions in grammaticalization theory | 第25-27页 |
| 2.1.3 Grammaticalization in construction grammar | 第27-28页 |
| 2.2 Approaches to the Study of There-Construction | 第28-33页 |
| 2.2.1 Transformational approach to there-construction | 第28-30页 |
| 2.2.2 Functional approach to there-construction | 第30-31页 |
| 2.2.3 Lakoff’s analysis of there-construction | 第31-33页 |
| 2.3 Current Trend in the Study of There-Construction | 第33-37页 |
| 2.3.1 The relation between deictic and existential There | 第33-35页 |
| 2.3.2 The Corpus methods emp loyed | 第35-37页 |
| 2.4 Summary | 第37-39页 |
| Chapter Three THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK | 第39-49页 |
| 3.1 Constructional C hanges and Constructionalization | 第39-42页 |
| 3.1.1 Definitions of constructional changes and constructionalization | 第39-41页 |
| 3.1.2 The relationship between constructional changes and constructionalization | 第41-42页 |
| 3.2 A Usage-based Model to Language C hange | 第42-46页 |
| 3.2.1. Network in a usage-based model | 第42-45页 |
| 3.2.2 Types of links in the network | 第45-46页 |
| 3.3 Analogization and Analogical Thinking | 第46-48页 |
| 3.4 Summary | 第48-49页 |
| Chapter Four RESEARCH METHODOLOGY | 第49-57页 |
| 4.1 Research Questions | 第49-50页 |
| 4.2 Research Methods and Tools | 第50-53页 |
| 4.3 Data Collection and Analysis Procedures | 第53-55页 |
| 4.4 Summary | 第55-57页 |
| Chapter Five RESULTS AND DISCUSSION | 第57-83页 |
| 5.1 The Analysis of the Use of There in O ld English | 第57-62页 |
| 5.1.1 The distribution of there | 第58-60页 |
| 5.1.2 The behavior of there in grammatical context | 第60-62页 |
| 5.2 The Analysis of There-construction in Middle English | 第62-70页 |
| 5.2.1 The distribution of the use of there | 第62-64页 |
| 5.2.2 The syntactic feature of the existential use of there | 第64-67页 |
| 5.2.3 The semantic and pragmatic features of the existential use of there | 第67-70页 |
| 5.3 The Analysis of Existential There-construction in Early Modern English | 第70-76页 |
| 5.3.1 An overview of the existential use of there | 第71-72页 |
| 5.3.2 The productivity of existential there-construction | 第72-76页 |
| 5.4 The Formation Mechanism and Motivation of Existential There-construction | 第76-80页 |
| 5.4.1 The analogization of existential there-construction | 第76-79页 |
| 5.4.2 The analogical thinking in existential there-construction | 第79-80页 |
| 5.5 Summary | 第80-83页 |
| Chapter Six CONCLUSION | 第83-89页 |
| 6.1 Major Findings of the Research | 第83-85页 |
| 6.2 Implications of the Study | 第85-87页 |
| 6.3 The Limitations and Further Research Suggestions | 第87-89页 |
| REFERENCES | 第89-95页 |
| 附录： 作者在攻读硕士学位期间发表的论文 | 第95页 |
