| 摘要 | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-9页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第9-14页 |
| ·Research Background | 第9-10页 |
| ·Research Objectives | 第10-11页 |
| ·Methodology | 第11-13页 |
| ·A Corpus-based Approach | 第11-12页 |
| ·The Corpus used in This Study | 第12页 |
| ·Selection of the Verbs to be Investigated | 第12-13页 |
| ·Organization of the Thesis | 第13-14页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第14-22页 |
| ·Definition of Delexical Verbs and Delexical Structure | 第14-15页 |
| ·Previous Studies on Delexical Verbs | 第15-21页 |
| ·The Transformational Generative Approach | 第15-17页 |
| ·The Functional Approach | 第17-18页 |
| ·The Cognitive Approach | 第18-19页 |
| ·Empirical Studies on Delexical Verbs | 第19-21页 |
| ·Research Gaps and Research Questions | 第21-22页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Framework | 第22-31页 |
| ·Construction Grammar | 第22-23页 |
| ·Construction | 第23-25页 |
| ·The Interaction between Verbs and the Construction | 第25-26页 |
| ·Possible Relations between Verbs and Constructions | 第26-27页 |
| ·Advantages of the Construction Account | 第27-31页 |
| Chapter Four Findings and Discussion | 第31-49页 |
| ·Interaction between Delexical Verbs and Construction | 第31-37页 |
| ·Interaction between give and its construction | 第33-35页 |
| ·Interactions between have, make, take and Constructions | 第35-37页 |
| ·Constructional Meaning of Delexical Structure | 第37-46页 |
| ·Overall Frequency of Delexical Verbs in corpora | 第37-38页 |
| ·Constructional Meaning: give, have, make and take | 第38-46页 |
| ·Delexical Construction in Use | 第46-49页 |
| ·End-weight principle | 第46-47页 |
| ·Adjunct Word | 第47-49页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第49-52页 |
| ·Main Findings and Implications of This Study | 第49-50页 |
| ·Limitations and Suggestions of Study | 第50-52页 |
| References | 第52-56页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第56-57页 |
| Resume | 第57页 |
