| Abstract | 第7-8页 |
| 摘要 | 第9-11页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第11-15页 |
| 1.1 Research Background | 第11-12页 |
| 1.2 Objectives and Significance of the Study | 第12页 |
| 1.3 Methodology and Data Collection of the Study | 第12-13页 |
| 1.4 Layout of the Study | 第13-15页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第15-27页 |
| 2.1 Traditional Studies of "NP le" construction | 第15-24页 |
| 2.1.1 Studies of NP in "NP le" construction | 第15-19页 |
| 2.1.1.1 Studies on the Properties of NP | 第15-18页 |
| 2.1.1.2 Studies of Nominal Predicate in "NP le" Construction | 第18-19页 |
| 2.1.2 Studies of le in "NP le" Construction | 第19-20页 |
| 2.1.3 Studies of Adverbs Co-occurring with "NP le" Construction | 第20-22页 |
| 2.1.4 Studies of Subjective Quantity in "NP le" Construction | 第22-24页 |
| 2.2 Cognitive Studies of "NP le" Construction | 第24-26页 |
| 2.3 Summary | 第26-27页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Framework | 第27-42页 |
| 3.1 Coercion Theory | 第27-31页 |
| 3.1.1 An Introduction of Constructions | 第27-28页 |
| 3.1.2 Construction Coercion and Lexical Coercion | 第28-31页 |
| 3.2 Figure-Ground Theory | 第31-34页 |
| 3.2.1 Figure-Ground Segregation | 第31-32页 |
| 3.2.2 Characteristics of Figure and Ground | 第32-33页 |
| 3.2.3 The Reversibility of Figure and Ground and Su bjective Construal | 第33-34页 |
| 3.3 The Theory fo ICM | 第34-38页 |
| 3.3.1 A Brief Introduction | 第34-35页 |
| 3.3.2 Sources of Prototype Effects | 第35-38页 |
| 3.4 Theoretical Integration | 第38-40页 |
| 3.5 Summary | 第40-42页 |
| Chapter Four A Cognitive Analysis of "NP le" construction | 第42-70页 |
| 4.1. "NP le" as a Construction | 第42-44页 |
| 4.2 Analysis of Syntactic Features of "NP le" Construction | 第44-49页 |
| 4.2.1 The Syntactic Patterns of "NP le" Construction | 第44-46页 |
| 4.2.2 The Inseparability of NP and le in "NP le" Construction | 第46-47页 |
| 4.2.3 Adverbs Co-occurring with "NP le" construction | 第47-49页 |
| 4.3 Analysis of Semantic Features of "NP le" Construction | 第49-64页 |
| 4.3.1 NP Denoting Time | 第49-54页 |
| 4.3.1.1 NP as temporal nouns with ordinal meaning | 第49-52页 |
| 4.3.1.2 NP as temporal nouns without ordinal meaning | 第52-54页 |
| 4.3.2 NP Denoting People | 第54-59页 |
| 4.3.2.1 NP included in a sequence | 第54-56页 |
| 4.3.2.2 NP not included a sequence | 第56-59页 |
| 4.3.3 NP Denoting Things | 第59-60页 |
| 4.3.4 NP Denoting Locations | 第60-62页 |
| 4.3.5 Constraints on NP in "NP le" Construction | 第62-64页 |
| 4.4 Analysis of Pragmatic Features of "NP le" Construction | 第64-67页 |
| 4.4.1 Economy of Expression | 第64-65页 |
| 4.4.2 Conveying of New Information | 第65-66页 |
| 4.4.3 Implied Meaning | 第66-67页 |
| 4.5 Comparison with Similar Constructions | 第67-69页 |
| 4.5.1 "Tai NP le" Construction | 第67-68页 |
| 4.5.2 "NP le" Construction with NP Used as a Verb | 第68-69页 |
| 4.6 Summary | 第69-70页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第70-72页 |
| 5.1 Major Findings | 第70-71页 |
| 5.2 Limitations and Prospects for Further Study | 第71-72页 |
| References | 第72-75页 |
