| Abstract | 第1-6页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第6-10页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第10-13页 |
| ·The Definition of the English Ditransitive Construction | 第10-11页 |
| ·The Purpose of this Thesis | 第11页 |
| ·The Organization of the Thesis | 第11-13页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第13-20页 |
| ·Previous Studies of the Ditranstive Construction in the West | 第13-16页 |
| ·Quirk, et al’s Study | 第13-14页 |
| ·Chomsky’s Study from the Perspective of Generative Grammar | 第14-15页 |
| ·Langacker’s Study in His Cognitive Grammar | 第15页 |
| ·Goldberg’s Study from the Perspective of Construction Grammar | 第15-16页 |
| ·Previous Studies of the Ditransitve Construction in China | 第16-18页 |
| ·Xu Shenghuan’s Study | 第16-17页 |
| ·Zhang Bojiang’s Study | 第17-18页 |
| ·Previous Studies on the Polysemy of the Ditransitive Construction | 第18页 |
| ·Comments on the Previous Studies | 第18-19页 |
| ·Summary | 第19-20页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Foundations | 第20-31页 |
| ·The Theoretical Framework: Construction Grammar | 第20-24页 |
| ·The Concept of Construction | 第21页 |
| ·The Interaction between Verbs and Constructions | 第21-24页 |
| ·The Nature of Verb Meaning | 第22页 |
| ·The Nature of Construction Meaning | 第22-23页 |
| ·The Integration of Verb and Construction | 第23-24页 |
| ·Some Cognitive Concepts Related to the Study | 第24-30页 |
| ·Prototype Category | 第24-25页 |
| ·Metonymy | 第25-26页 |
| ·Coercion | 第26-30页 |
| ·Construction Meaning Coercing Verb Meaning | 第27-28页 |
| ·Verb Meaning Coercing Construction Meaning | 第28-30页 |
| ·Summary | 第30-31页 |
| Chapter Four An Analysis of the Polysemy of the English Ditransitive Construction | 第31-46页 |
| ·The Central Sense of the Ditransitive Construction | 第31页 |
| ·Various Senses Involved in the Ditransitive Construction | 第31-33页 |
| ·The Potential Relations between Construction Meaning and Verb Meaning | 第33-41页 |
| ·The Potential Relations between Construction Meaning and Verb Meaning | 第33-37页 |
| ·Match between Construction Meaning and Verb Meaning | 第34-35页 |
| ·Mismatch between Construction Meaning and Verb Meaning | 第35-37页 |
| ·Metonymy and Coercion in the Ditransitive Construction | 第37-41页 |
| ·The Process of Construction Meaning Coercing Verb Meaning | 第37-39页 |
| ·The Process of Verb Meaning Coercing Construction Meaning | 第39-41页 |
| ·The Formation Process of the Polysemy of the English Ditransitive Construction | 第41-45页 |
| ·Summary | 第45-46页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第46-48页 |
| References | 第48-54页 |
| Acknowledgement | 第54页 |
