| Abstract | 第1-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-11页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第11-14页 |
| ·Background Information | 第11-12页 |
| ·Research Aims | 第12页 |
| ·Research Scope and Method | 第12-13页 |
| ·Structure of This Thesis | 第13-14页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第14-19页 |
| ·Previous Studies of English Existential Sentences | 第14-17页 |
| ·The Study of English Existential Sentences by Western Scholars | 第14-16页 |
| ·The Study of English Existential Sentences by Chinese Scholars | 第16-17页 |
| ·Previous Studies of Chinese Existential Sentences | 第17-19页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Framework | 第19-28页 |
| ·Theoretical Basis of Cognitive Linguistics | 第19-21页 |
| ·Image Schema, Prototype Theory | 第19-20页 |
| ·Figure / Ground Segregation & Trajector and Landmark | 第20-21页 |
| ·Mental Space Theory and Conceptual Metaphor | 第21-24页 |
| ·Mental Space Theory | 第21-22页 |
| ·Conceptual Metaphor | 第22-23页 |
| ·Conceptual Integration Theory | 第23-24页 |
| ·Cognitive Perspective of Grammaticalisation | 第24-28页 |
| Chapter Four A Cognitive Study of There-constructions | 第28-47页 |
| ·A Cognitive Analysis of English Existential Constructions | 第28-35页 |
| ·Figure and Ground Segregation: the characteristics of English Existential Constructions | 第28-31页 |
| ·Prototype and Markedness: Why there not here? | 第31-32页 |
| ·The Meaning and Function of Existential There | 第32-35页 |
| ·A Cognitive Explanation of Definiteness Restrictions in English Existential Constructions | 第35-41页 |
| ·The Definiteness Restriction in English Existential Constructions (EEC) | 第35-36页 |
| ·Current Discourse Space (CDS) and Mental Contact: the Definite Article and Indefinite Article | 第36-38页 |
| ·Cognitive Analysis of the Issue | 第38-41页 |
| ·A Comparative Study of There-be and Have | 第41-47页 |
| ·Subjectification: an understanding of possessive Have | 第41-43页 |
| ·Comparisons between There-existentials and Have-existentials | 第43-47页 |
| Chapter Five A Cognitive Study of the Translation of Existential Sentences. | 第47-64页 |
| ·A Brief Introduction to Chinese Existential Sentences | 第47-51页 |
| ·Different Language Families | 第47-48页 |
| ·Ground and Figure: Chinese Existential Sentences and their Classification | 第48-51页 |
| ·A Contrastive Study of English Existential Sentences and Chinese Existential Sentences | 第51-55页 |
| ·Similarities between English and Chinese Existential Sentences | 第51-52页 |
| ·Differences between English and Chinese Existential Sentences | 第52-55页 |
| ·Translation of Existential Sentences from a Cognitive Perspective | 第55-64页 |
| ·Translation Equivalence | 第55-56页 |
| ·Translation and Cognition | 第56-64页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第64-67页 |
| References | 第67-69页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第69-71页 |
| Curriculum Vitae | 第71页 |
