| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第5-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-7页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第7页 |
| Chapter One INTRODUCTION | 第11-16页 |
| 1.1 Background of the Study | 第11-13页 |
| 1.2 Significance and Objectives | 第13-14页 |
| 1.3 Organization of the Thesis | 第14-16页 |
| Chapter Two LITERATURE REVIEW | 第16-24页 |
| 2.1 The Word Class of the Adjectives in the“Adjective + Object”Structure | 第16-20页 |
| 2.1.1 Flexible Use of Words | 第16-18页 |
| 2.1.2 Multi-category Words | 第18-19页 |
| 2.1.3 Fixed Class of Words | 第19-20页 |
| 2.2 Classifications Based on Semantic Relationship | 第20-21页 |
| 2.3 Quantitative Analysis of the“Adjective + Object”Structure | 第21-22页 |
| 2.4 Explanations on the“Adjective + Object”Structure | 第22-24页 |
| Chapter Three THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK: COGNITIVE LINGUISTICS | 第24-35页 |
| 3.1 The Term of“Construction” | 第24-25页 |
| 3.2 The Basic Views of Conceptualization | 第25-28页 |
| 3.2.1 Construal | 第25-27页 |
| 3.2.2 Windowing of Attention | 第27-28页 |
| 3.3 The Causal-Chain Event Frame | 第28-31页 |
| 3.3.1 The Definition of the Causal-Chain Event Frame | 第28页 |
| 3.3.2 Discontinuous Windowing in the Causal-Chain Event Frame | 第28-29页 |
| 3.3.3 The Semantics of the Causal-Chain Event Frame | 第29-31页 |
| 3.4 Manner/Result Complementarity Hypothesis | 第31-33页 |
| 3.5 Verbs of Scalar Change | 第33-35页 |
| Chapter Four ANALYSIS OF THE“ADJECTIVE + OBJECT”CONSTRUCTION | 第35-56页 |
| 4.1 The“Adjective + Object”Construction | 第35-41页 |
| 4.1.1 The Meaning of the“Adjective + Object”Construction | 第35-38页 |
| 4.1.2 The Form of Adjectives in the“Adjective + Object”Construction | 第38-41页 |
| 4.2 The Formation Mechanism of the“Adjective + Object”Construction | 第41-45页 |
| 4.2.1 The Perspective of the“Adjective + Object”Construction | 第41-42页 |
| 4.2.2 The Mechanism of Selection in the“Adjective + Object”Construction | 第42-43页 |
| 4.2.3 The Metonymic Construal of the“Adjective + Object”Construction | 第43-45页 |
| 4.3 The Causal-chain of the“Adjective + Object”Construction | 第45-50页 |
| 4.3.1 Windowing of Attention in this Construction | 第45-47页 |
| 4.3.2 The Semantics of the“Adjective + Object”Construction | 第47-50页 |
| 4.3.3 The Comparison between the Two Variants of the“Adjective + Object”Construction | 第50页 |
| 4.4 The Characteristics of Adjective in the“Adjective + Object”Construction | 第50-56页 |
| 4.4.1 Scalar Adjectives | 第50-54页 |
| 4.4.2 The Relationship between Scalar Adjectives and Result Verbs | 第54-56页 |
| Chapter Five CONCLUSION | 第56-59页 |
| 5.1 Major Findings of the Study | 第56-57页 |
| 5.2 Implications of the Study | 第57页 |
| 5.3 Limitations and Suggestions for Future Study | 第57-59页 |
| REFERENCES | 第59-63页 |
