| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第3-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-7页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第7页 |
| LIST OF TABLES | 第11-12页 |
| LIST OF FIGURES | 第12-13页 |
| CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION | 第13-19页 |
| 1.1 Three structures in ditransitive construction | 第13-14页 |
| 1.2 A brief review of the research done in this field | 第14-16页 |
| 1.3 Aim of the thesis | 第16-17页 |
| 1.4 Organization of the thesis | 第17-19页 |
| CHAPTER TWO VERB CLASSES, SEMANTIC ROLES AND DITRANSITIVE CONSTRUCTION AT THE SEMANTIC-SYNTACTIC INTERFACE | 第19-30页 |
| 2.1 Classification of ditransitive construction with reference to verb classes | 第19-25页 |
| 2.2 Classification of ditransitive construction with reference to semantic roles of its NPs | 第25-27页 |
| 2.3 The interplay between verb classes and semantic roles of the NPs at the semantic-syntactic interface | 第27-30页 |
| CHAPTER THREE A COGNITIVE ANALYSIS OF SYNTACTIC CONFIGURATION OF THE TWO NPS IN DITRANSITIVE CONSTRUCTION | 第30-43页 |
| 3.1 Key concepts in cognitive linguistics | 第30-31页 |
| 3.2 Insights into main issues of ditransitive construction from a cognitive perspective | 第31-41页 |
| 3.2.1 Dative alternation | 第32-36页 |
| 3.2.2 Extraction | 第36-38页 |
| 3.2.3 Possession and passivization | 第38-41页 |
| 3.3 The relationship between NP_1 and NP_2 in ditransitive construction | 第41-43页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR TOWARD A COGNITIVE APPROACH TO THE MECHANISMS OF DITRANSITIVE CONSTRUCTION | 第43-54页 |
| 4.1 The prototypical mechanism of ditransitive construction | 第43-48页 |
| 4.1.1 Ditransitive construction as a prototype category | 第43-44页 |
| 4.1.2 The prototypical structure of ditransitive construction in terms of ditransitivity | 第44-47页 |
| 4.1.3 The prototypical properties of NP_1 and NP_2 in ditransitive construction | 第47-48页 |
| 4.2 The generative mechanism of ditransitive construction | 第48-51页 |
| 4.3 The grammaticalization mechanism of ditransitive construction | 第51-52页 |
| 4.4 Coherence among the three mechanisms of ditransitive construction | 第52-54页 |
| CHAPTER FIVE IMPLICATIONS FOR CHINESE LINGUISTICS AND ELT IN CHINA | 第54-56页 |
| 5.1 Typological implications for Chinese linguistics | 第54-55页 |
| 5.2 Pedagogical implications for ELT in China | 第55-56页 |
| CHAPTER SIX CONCLUSION | 第56-58页 |
| 6.1 Summary | 第56页 |
| 6.2 Limitations and recommendations | 第56-58页 |
| NOTES | 第58-60页 |
| REFERENCES | 第60-64页 |
