| Abstract | 第1-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-9页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第9-14页 |
| ·Preliminary Remarks | 第9-11页 |
| ·Study Methodology | 第11页 |
| ·The Purpose and Significance of the study | 第11-12页 |
| ·The Layout of the Thesis | 第12-14页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第14-22页 |
| ·A Brief Introduction to There-be Construction | 第14-17页 |
| ·The Existential Meaning of There-be Construction | 第14页 |
| ·The Variants of There-be Construction | 第14-15页 |
| ·Functions of the Subject There | 第15-17页 |
| ·Previous Studies on There-be Construction | 第17-21页 |
| ·Studies Abroad | 第17-19页 |
| ·Studies at Home | 第19-20页 |
| ·Previous Main Approaches to There-be Construction | 第20-21页 |
| ·Summary | 第21-22页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Framework | 第22-31页 |
| ·A Brief Introduction to Cognitive Grammar | 第22-25页 |
| ·Grammar in Cognitive Grammar | 第22-24页 |
| ·Cognitive Grammaticalization | 第24-25页 |
| ·Framework of Cognitive Grammar | 第25-30页 |
| ·Grammatical Categories in thought and Language | 第26-27页 |
| ·Grammatical Iconicity, Abstraction in Thought and Language | 第27-29页 |
| ·Cognitive Grammaticalization, the Dynamic Construal | 第29-30页 |
| ·Summary | 第30-31页 |
| Chapter Four Cognitive-Grammatical Analysis on There-be Construction | 第31-51页 |
| ·Introduction | 第31-32页 |
| ·Iconicity, the Forming Principles of There-be construction | 第32-37页 |
| ·The Iconic Sequencing in There-be construction | 第33-34页 |
| ·The Iconic Proximity in There-be construction | 第34-36页 |
| ·The Iconic Quantity in There-be construction | 第36-37页 |
| ·Cognitive Grammatical Analysis on Numerals Categorization of There-be Construction | 第37-42页 |
| ·Analysis on Numerals Categorization of Verbal-BE | 第38-40页 |
| ·Analysis on Numerals Categorization of Non- BE Verbs | 第40-41页 |
| ·Analysis on the Unity of Structural Categorization in There-be Construction | 第41-42页 |
| ·Cognitive Working Mechanisms of There-be construction | 第42-48页 |
| ·Grammticalization, the Generation and Expansion of There-be construction | 第43-46页 |
| ·Cognitive Processes of Grammaticalization on There-be construction | 第46-48页 |
| ·Summary | 第48-51页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第51-54页 |
| ·Major Findings | 第51-52页 |
| ·Limitations of the Thesis | 第52-53页 |
| ·Directions for Future Research | 第53-54页 |
| Bibliography | 第54-57页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第57-58页 |
| Publications | 第58页 |
