| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-12页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第12-16页 |
| ·Chinese as a satellite-framed language | 第12-13页 |
| ·Chinese as a verb-framed language | 第13-14页 |
| ·Chinese as an equipollently-framed language | 第14页 |
| ·Chinese as a parallel-framed language | 第14-16页 |
| Chapter 2 Talmy's motion event theory | 第16-31页 |
| ·Macro-events | 第16-21页 |
| ·Conceptual structure of macro-events | 第16-17页 |
| ·Five framing events | 第17-21页 |
| ·Salience differences in conceptualization and lexicalization pattern of framing events | 第21-23页 |
| ·Typological classification in terms of lexicalization pattem of framing events | 第23-25页 |
| ·Syntactic mapping of motion events in English and Chinese | 第25-27页 |
| ·Syntactic mapping of motion events in English | 第25-26页 |
| ·Syntactic mapping of motion events in Chinese | 第26-27页 |
| ·The weakness of Talmy's motion event theory | 第27-28页 |
| ·Summary | 第28-31页 |
| Chapter 3 English-Chinese similarities and differences in the representation of motion events | 第31-48页 |
| ·English-Chinese similarities in lexicalization patterns | 第31-36页 |
| ·Motion with conflated manner or cause | 第31-32页 |
| ·Path(direction) expressed by satellites | 第32-33页 |
| ·Aspect expressed by satellites | 第33-36页 |
| ·English-Chinese differences in lexicalization patterns of specific types of events | 第36-46页 |
| ·Motion | 第37-38页 |
| ·Temporal contouring | 第38-40页 |
| ·Change of state | 第40-42页 |
| ·Realization | 第42-46页 |
| ·Summary | 第46-48页 |
| Chapter 4 Causes that lead to the differences in lexicalization | 第48-56页 |
| ·Different thinking patterns | 第48-53页 |
| ·Synthetic vs.analytic pattern | 第48-50页 |
| ·Causes that lead to different thinking patterns | 第50-53页 |
| ·The influence of Zi | 第53-55页 |
| ·The influence of Zi on the Chinese lexicon | 第53-54页 |
| ·The influence of Zi on event integration | 第54-55页 |
| ·Summary | 第55-56页 |
| Chapter 5 Effects of English-Chinese differences in motion event expressions on SLA | 第56-62页 |
| ·Effects on narrative style | 第56-57页 |
| ·Effects on interlingual translation | 第57-58页 |
| ·Effects on lexical teaching | 第58-60页 |
| ·Summary | 第60-62页 |
| Conclusion | 第62-65页 |
| Bibliography | 第65-67页 |
