| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第4-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-8页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第8-11页 |
| Chapter One INTRODUCTION | 第19-27页 |
| 1.1 Background of the Research | 第19-22页 |
| 1.2 Significance of the Research | 第22-24页 |
| 1.3 Organization of the Thesis | 第24-27页 |
| Chapter Two LITERATURE REVIEW | 第27-49页 |
| 2.1 A General Description of Verb-particle Constructions | 第27-32页 |
| 2.1.1 The Definition of Verb-particle Constructions | 第27-31页 |
| 2.1.2 The Definition of “V + Away” constructions | 第31-32页 |
| 2.2 Previous Studies on Verb-particle Constructions | 第32-44页 |
| 2.2.1 Previous Studies on VPCs from Traditional Grammar | 第32-35页 |
| 2.2.2 Previous Studies on VPCs from Generative Grammar | 第35-37页 |
| 2.2.3 Previous Studies on VPCs from Cognitive Linguistics | 第37-44页 |
| 2.3 Previous Studies on “V + Away” Constructions | 第44-47页 |
| 2.4 Summary | 第47-49页 |
| Chapter Three THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK | 第49-75页 |
| 3.1 Construction Grammar | 第49-56页 |
| 3.1.1 Background of Construction Grammar | 第49-51页 |
| 3.1.2 Definition of Construction in Construction Grammar | 第51-54页 |
| 3.1.3 Relationships between Verbs and Constructions | 第54-56页 |
| 3.2 Principled Polysemy Model | 第56-67页 |
| 3.2.1 Spatial Scene and Proto-scene | 第57-59页 |
| 3.2.2 Criteria for the Distinguishing of Distinct Senses | 第59-63页 |
| 3.2.3 Criteria for the Identification of Primary Sense | 第63-67页 |
| 3.3 Conceptual Integration Theory (CIT) | 第67-75页 |
| 3.3.1 Integration Network of CIT | 第67-69页 |
| 3.3.2 Constitutive Processes of CIT | 第69-72页 |
| 3.3.3 Application of CIT to Constructions | 第72-75页 |
| Chapter Four RESEARCH METHODOLOGY | 第75-91页 |
| 4.1 Research Questions | 第75页 |
| 4.2 Corpus of Contemporary American English (COCA) | 第75-77页 |
| 4.3 Data Collection | 第77-83页 |
| 4.3.1 Identification of “ V + Away” Constructions | 第77-78页 |
| 4.3.2 Research Procedures | 第78-83页 |
| 4.4 Data Analysis | 第83-91页 |
| 4.4.1 Collostructional Analysis | 第83-86页 |
| 4.4.2 Collexeme Analysis | 第86-89页 |
| 4.4.3 R Software | 第89-91页 |
| Chapter Five RESULTS AND DISCUSSION | 第91-145页 |
| 5.1 Verb Collexemes in “V + Away” Constructions | 第91-98页 |
| 5.1.1 Raw Frequencies of Verb Collexemes | 第91-94页 |
| 5.1.2 Collostruction Strengths of Verb Collexemes | 第94-98页 |
| 5.2 The Characteristics of Verb Collexemes in “V + Away” Constructions | 第98-108页 |
| 5.2.1 Classification of the Verb Collexemes | 第98-100页 |
| 5.2.2 Characteristics of the Verb Collexemes | 第100-108页 |
| 5.3 Semantic Analysis of the Particle “Away” | 第108-117页 |
| 5.3.1 Meanings of the Particle “Away” | 第108-112页 |
| 5.3.2 Five Criteria for Determining the Primary Sense of “Away” | 第112-115页 |
| 5.3.3 The Primary Sense of the Particle “Away” | 第115-117页 |
| 5.4 Cognitive Analysis of “V + Away” Constructions | 第117-140页 |
| 5.4.1 Classification of “V + Away” Constructions | 第118-120页 |
| 5.4.2 Formation Mechanism of V + Away” constructions | 第120-133页 |
| 5.4.3 Semantic Network of “V + Away” Constructions | 第133-140页 |
| 5.5 The role of Verb and Away in “V + Away” Constructions | 第140-145页 |
| 5.5.1 The Role of Verb in “ V + Away” Constructions | 第140-142页 |
| 5.5.2 The Role of Away in “ V + Away” Constructions | 第142-145页 |
| Chapter Six CONCLUSION | 第145-151页 |
| 6.1 Major Findings of the Research | 第145-147页 |
| 6.2 Implications of the Research | 第147-148页 |
| 6.3 The Limitations and Further Research Suggestions | 第148-151页 |
| REFERENCES | 第151-158页 |
| 附录：作者在攻读硕士学位期间发表的论文 | 第158页 |
