| 摘要 | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-12页 |
| Introduction | 第12-15页 |
| ·Scope of the Current Study | 第12-13页 |
| ·Significance of the Current Study | 第13-14页 |
| ·Arrangement of This Thesis | 第14-15页 |
| Chapter 1 Literature Review of Previous Studies on Causation | 第15-21页 |
| ·Researches Carried out Abroad | 第15-18页 |
| ·Researches Carried out at Home | 第18-19页 |
| ·Summary | 第19-21页 |
| Chapter 2 Theoretical Foundations | 第21-30页 |
| ·A Brief Introduction to Cognitive Linguistics | 第21-23页 |
| ·Prototype Theory | 第23-29页 |
| ·Establishment of Prototype Theory | 第24-25页 |
| ·Sources of Prototypes | 第25-26页 |
| ·Main Features of Prototype Category | 第26-27页 |
| ·Relationships Between Category, Concept and Prototype | 第27-29页 |
| ·Summary | 第29-30页 |
| Chapter 3 The Concept of Caused-motion | 第30-43页 |
| ·Motion and Caused-motion | 第30-32页 |
| ·Internal Elements of the Concept of Caused-motion | 第32-35页 |
| ·Experiential Basis of the Concept of Caused-motion | 第35-42页 |
| ·Origin of the Concept of Caused-motion | 第35-36页 |
| ·Iconic Mapping of Physical Caused-motion Events | 第36-38页 |
| ·Force Image Schema as Basis for the Concept of Caused-motion | 第38-42页 |
| ·Summary | 第42-43页 |
| Chapter 4 A Prototype Study of the Concept of Caused-motion | 第43-63页 |
| ·The Concept of Caused-motion as a Semantic Category | 第43-45页 |
| ·Prototype of the Concept of Caused-motion | 第45-55页 |
| ·Nonprototypical Members of the Concept of Caused-motion | 第55-61页 |
| ·Summary | 第61-63页 |
| Chapter 5 Motivation and Mechanism of the Category Extension of the Caused-motion Concept | 第63-74页 |
| ·Motivation of the Extension of the Caused-motion Concept | 第63-67页 |
| ·Conceptual Organization Principle | 第63-65页 |
| ·Subjectification | 第65-67页 |
| ·Mechanism of the Extension of the Caused-motion Concept | 第67-73页 |
| ·Metaphor and Metaphorical Thinking | 第67-69页 |
| ·Metaphor as a Mechanism of the Extension of the Caused-motion Concept | 第69-73页 |
| ·Summary | 第73-74页 |
| Chapter 6 Syntactic Features of the Concept of Caused-motion | 第74-83页 |
| ·The Concept of Caused-motion and Its Syntactic Reflection in Language | 第74-76页 |
| ·Syntactic Features of the Prototype of the Caused-motion Concept | 第76-77页 |
| ·Syntactic Features of the Nonprototypical Members of the Caused-motion Concept | 第77-79页 |
| ·Syntactic Differences Between the Prototype and the Nonprototypical Members of the Caused-motion Concept | 第79-82页 |
| ·Summary | 第82-83页 |
| Conclusion | 第83-87页 |
| Bibliography | 第87-89页 |
| Appendix | 第89-90页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第90-91页 |