| 摘要 | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-7页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第7-11页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第11-15页 |
| ·Background of the Study | 第11-12页 |
| ·Research Objectives | 第12页 |
| ·Scope of the Study | 第12-13页 |
| ·Methodology | 第13页 |
| ·Layout of the Study | 第13-15页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第15-26页 |
| ·Introduction | 第15页 |
| ·Degree Adverb + Noun Construction in Modern Chinese Revisited | 第15-20页 |
| ·Previous Studies on “Degree Adverb + Noun” Construction in Modern Chinese | 第20-25页 |
| ·The Grammatical Perspective | 第20-21页 |
| ·The Semantic Perspective | 第21-23页 |
| ·The Pragmatic Perspective | 第23-24页 |
| ·The Cognitive Perspective | 第24-25页 |
| ·Summary | 第25-26页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Framework | 第26-39页 |
| ·Introduction | 第26页 |
| ·Overview | 第26-36页 |
| ·Dynamic Construal Theory and Its Limitations | 第26-29页 |
| ·Construction Coercion Theory and Its Limitations | 第29-33页 |
| ·Metonymy and Its Limitations | 第33-36页 |
| ·The DCCM Model | 第36-38页 |
| ·The Possibilities of the Integration of DCA, CCT and Metonymy | 第36-37页 |
| ·A Description of DCCM Model | 第37-38页 |
| ·Summary | 第38-39页 |
| Chapter Four Application of DCCM Model | 第39-61页 |
| ·Introduction | 第39页 |
| ·Description of Enclosed Corpus | 第39-42页 |
| ·Three Types of Nouns in Degree Adverb + Noun Constructions | 第39-40页 |
| ·Detailed Description of Data Collection | 第40-42页 |
| ·Application of DCCM Model to Degree Adverb + Noun Constructions | 第42-55页 |
| ·DCCM Model to Degree Adverb + Abstract Noun Construction | 第42-46页 |
| ·DCCM Model to Degree Adverb + Concrete Noun Construction | 第46-51页 |
| ·DCCM Model to Degree Adverb + Proper Noun Construction | 第51-55页 |
| ·Constraints for Nouns in the Construction | 第55-57页 |
| ·Syntactic, Semantic and Pragmatic Features of Degree Adverb + Noun Construction | 第57-60页 |
| ·Syntactic Features of the Construction | 第57-58页 |
| ·Semantic and Pragmatic Features of the Construction | 第58-60页 |
| ·Summary | 第60-61页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第61-64页 |
| ·Major Findings and Implications of the Study | 第61-62页 |
| ·Limitations and Suggestions | 第62-64页 |
| References | 第64-68页 |
| Appendix: Enclosed Corpus | 第68-89页 |
