| Chapter One Introduction | 第1-20页 |
| 1．1 Research Orientation | 第14-15页 |
| 1．2 Basic Concepts:Sentence Comprehension and Argument Structure | 第15-16页 |
| 1．3 Verb-centered View and Construction-centered View | 第16-18页 |
| 1．4 Rationale for the Present Study | 第18页 |
| 1．5 Contents of Remaining Chapters | 第18-20页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review on Theoretical Studies | 第20-41页 |
| 2．1 Overview | 第20页 |
| 2．2 Problems with Traditional Approach to Argument Structure | 第20-23页 |
| 2．3 Projectionist Model to Verb Meaning | 第23-26页 |
| 2．4 Constructional Approach to Argument Structure | 第26-34页 |
| 2．4．1 Meaning of Constructions | 第27-29页 |
| 2．4．2 Relating Verb and Construction | 第29-34页 |
| 2．5 Kay's View on Goldberg's Approach to Argument Structure | 第34-38页 |
| 2．6 Summary | 第38-41页 |
| Chapter Three Related Literature on Empirical Studies | 第41-48页 |
| 3．1 Overview | 第41页 |
| 3．2 Empirical Studieson Verb-centered View on Sentence Comprehension | 第41-44页 |
| 3．3 Experimental Evidence of Construction as Reliable Predictor of Overall Sentence Meaning | 第44-46页 |
| 3．4 Discussions of Previous Studies | 第46-47页 |
| 3．5 Summary | 第47-48页 |
| Chapter Four Conceptual Framework of the Present Study | 第48-55页 |
| 4．1 Overview | 第48页 |
| 4．2 Theoretical Framework for the Present Study | 第48-52页 |
| 4．3 Specific Research Questions | 第52页 |
| 4．4 Variables under Investigation | 第52-54页 |
| 4．5 Hypotheses | 第54页 |
| 4．6 Summary | 第54-55页 |
| Chapter Five Study I | 第55-83页 |
| 5．1 Overview | 第55页 |
| 5．2 The Sorting Paradigm | 第55-57页 |
| 5．3 General Methods in Study I | 第57-62页 |
| 5．3．1 Participants | 第57-58页 |
| 5．3．2 Stimuli | 第58-59页 |
| 5．3．3 Procedures | 第59-60页 |
| 5．3．4 Computation of raw data | 第60-61页 |
| 5．3．5 Analytical methods | 第61-62页 |
| 5．4 Results | 第62-77页 |
| 5．4．1 Mean scores for verb and construction deviation at different proficiency levels | 第62-64页 |
| 5．4．2 Verb deviation and construction deviation at each proficiency level | 第64-66页 |
| 5．4．3 Verb and construction deviation at different proficiency levels | 第66-69页 |
| 5．4．4 Mean scores for verb and construction spread at different levels | 第69-73页 |
| 5．4．5 Verb spread and construction spread at different proficiency levels | 第73-76页 |
| 5．4．6 A summary of findings for research question 1and 2 | 第76-77页 |
| 5．5 General Discussions | 第77-82页 |
| 5．5．1 Justifications of the results | 第78-79页 |
| 5．5．2 Implications of Latent Semantic Analysis | 第79-81页 |
| 5．5．3 Limitations in study I | 第81-82页 |
| 5．6 Summary | 第82-83页 |
| Chapter Six Study II | 第83-98页 |
| 6．1 Overview | 第83页 |
| 6．2 General Methods in Study II | 第83-84页 |
| 6．3 Statistical Results of Study II | 第84-93页 |
| 6．3．1 Verb and construction deviation at each proficiency level | 第84-88页 |
| 6．3．2 Verb and construction deviation at different proficiency levels | 第88-89页 |
| 6．3．3 Verb spread and construction spread at different proficiency levels | 第89-92页 |
| 6．3．4 A summary of findings for research question 1and 2 | 第92-93页 |
| 6. 4 Analysis of the Verbal Protocol | 第93-94页 |
| 6．5 Discussions | 第94-97页 |
| 6．5．1 Comparisons between Study I and Study II | 第94-95页 |
| 6．5．2 Discussions on the verbal protocol | 第95-96页 |
| 6．5．3 Further speculations on the sorting paradigm in the present study | 第96-97页 |
| 6．6 Summary | 第97-98页 |
| Chapter Seven Conclusion | 第98-105页 |
| 7．1 Overview | 第98页 |
| 7．2 Summary of Major Findings | 第98-100页 |
| 7．3 Limitations of the Present Study | 第100-101页 |
| 7．4 Recommendations for Future Research | 第101-104页 |
| 7．4．1 A brief introduction to Construction Grammar | 第102-103页 |
| 7．4．2 Future Research | 第103-104页 |
| 7．5 Summary | 第104-105页 |
| Appendices | 第105-115页 |
| References | 第115-121页 |
