| Abstract | 第4-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-13页 |
| Introduction | 第13-19页 |
| 0.1 Motivation of the Study | 第13-14页 |
| 0.2 Scope of the Study | 第14-15页 |
| 0.3 Aims of the Study | 第15-16页 |
| 0.4 Organization of the Thesis | 第16-19页 |
| Chapter One Literature Review | 第19-29页 |
| 1.1 Studies of Interrogatives | 第19-23页 |
| 1.2 Studies of Chinese and English Interrogatives | 第23-24页 |
| 1.3 Studies of the Grammaticalization of Interrogatives | 第24-26页 |
| 1.4 Summary | 第26-29页 |
| Chapter Two The Theory of Grammaticalization | 第29-37页 |
| 2.1 Motivations of Grammaticalization | 第29-33页 |
| 2.1.1 Pragamatic Inference | 第30-31页 |
| 2.1.2 Cognition Motivation | 第31-32页 |
| 2.1.3 Language Contact | 第32-33页 |
| 2.2 Principles of Grammaticalization | 第33-36页 |
| 2.2.1 Generalization | 第33-34页 |
| 2.2.2 Decategorization | 第34页 |
| 2.2.3 Specialization | 第34-35页 |
| 2.2.4 Divergence | 第35-36页 |
| 2.2.5 Layering | 第36页 |
| 2.3 Summary | 第36-37页 |
| Chapter Three A Diachronic Study of the Relation Between Interrogatives and Focus | 第37-61页 |
| 3.1 Interrogatives and Focus Markers | 第37-47页 |
| 3.1.1 Diversity of the Forms of Focus | 第38-39页 |
| 3.1.2 Shared Features between Interrogatives and Focus | 第39-41页 |
| 3.1.3 The Properties of Interrogative focus | 第41-44页 |
| 3.1.4 Focus Markers and Syntactic Position of Interrogatives | 第44-47页 |
| 3.2 Diachronic Relation Between Interrogatives and Focus | 第47-59页 |
| 3.2.1 From Copula to Focus Markers | 第47-51页 |
| 3.2.2 Combination of Focus Markers and Interrogatives | 第51-54页 |
| 3.2.3 Means of Focus Markers' Effect on Question Ways | 第54-58页 |
| 3.2.4 Source of Interrogatives and Clause Markers | 第58-59页 |
| 3.3 Summary | 第59-61页 |
| Chapter Four Transmutation of Chinese and English Interrogatives | 第61-79页 |
| 4.1 Similarities Between the Transmutation of Chinese and English Interrogatives | 第61-69页 |
| 4.1.1 Exclamatory Usages | 第61-64页 |
| 4.1.2 Generalized Usages | 第64-67页 |
| 4.1.3 Indefinite Usages | 第67-69页 |
| 4.2 Differences Between the Transmutation of Chinese Interrogatives and English Interrogatives | 第69-77页 |
| 4.2.1 Transmutation of Chinese Interrogatives | 第69-75页 |
| 4.2.2 Transmutation of English Interrogatives | 第75-77页 |
| 4.3 Summary | 第77-79页 |
| Chapter Five Mechanisms, Paths and Motivations of the Grammaticalization of Chinese and English Interrogatives | 第79-91页 |
| 5.1 Mechanisms of the Grammaticalization of Chinese and English Interrogatives | 第80-83页 |
| 5.1.1 Reanalysis | 第81-82页 |
| 5.1.2 Analogy | 第82-83页 |
| 5.2 Paths of the Grammaticalization of Chinese and English Interrogatives | 第83-88页 |
| 5.2.1 Subjectivity | 第84-87页 |
| 5.2.2 Unidirectionality | 第87-88页 |
| 5.3 Motivations of the Grammaticalization of Chinese and English Interrogatives | 第88-90页 |
| 5.3.1 Syntactic Incentives | 第88-89页 |
| 5.3.2 Semantic Incentives | 第89-90页 |
| 5.3.3 Pragmatic Incentives | 第90页 |
| 5.4 Summary | 第90-91页 |
| Conclusion | 第91-95页 |
| 0.1 Work Done in This Thesis | 第91-93页 |
| 0.2 Marjor Findings of This Thesis | 第93-94页 |
| 0.3 Significance of This Thesis | 第94页 |
| 0.4 Limitations of This Thesis | 第94-95页 |
| Bibliography | 第95-101页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第101-103页 |
