| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第1-7页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第7-11页 |
| CONTENTS | 第11-15页 |
| INTRODUCTION | 第15-18页 |
| CHAPTER 1 PREVIOUS RESEARCH AND THE STATEMENT LEFT UNRESOLVED | 第18-24页 |
| ·Introduction | 第18-19页 |
| ·Previous Research | 第19-22页 |
| ·Grammaticalization in the Early Periods | 第19-20页 |
| ·Study of Grammaticalization between 1970s-1980s | 第20页 |
| ·Recent Study | 第20-21页 |
| ·Study at Home | 第21-22页 |
| ·Statement of Problems | 第22页 |
| ·Purpose of this Study | 第22-24页 |
| CHAPTER 2 HEORETICAL ISSUES FROM STUDY OF GRAMMATICALIZATION | 第24-38页 |
| ·Introduction | 第24页 |
| ·Theoretical Issues | 第24-29页 |
| ·Principles of Grammaticalization | 第24-25页 |
| ·Hypothesis of Unidirectionality | 第25-26页 |
| ·Mechanisms: Reanalysis and Analogy | 第26-29页 |
| ·Reanalysis | 第27-29页 |
| ·Analogy/role Generalization | 第29页 |
| ·A Unified Framework: Cognitive and Pragmatic Perspectives | 第29-37页 |
| ·Cognitive Process: Categorial Metaphor | 第29-30页 |
| ·Pragmatic Process: Context-induced Metonymy | 第30-35页 |
| ·Metonymy | 第30-32页 |
| ·Context-induced Reinterpretation | 第32-33页 |
| ·The Role of Context in Grammaticalization | 第33-35页 |
| ·Pragmatic Inference: Metaphoric and Metonymic Process | 第35-36页 |
| ·Discontinuity vs Continuity | 第36-37页 |
| ·Summary | 第37-38页 |
| CHAPTER 3 GRAMMATICALIZATION OF ENGLISH FUTURES | 第38-62页 |
| ·Introduction | 第38页 |
| ·Synchronic Features of English Futures | 第38-42页 |
| ·The Concept of Future | 第38-40页 |
| ·Path of Change | 第40-42页 |
| ·Grammaticalization of English will/shall: From Volition to Futures | 第42-52页 |
| ·Synchronic Patterns of English Modals | 第42-44页 |
| ·Semantic Properties of will/shall Futures | 第44-45页 |
| ·Semantic Development of will/shall Futures | 第45-49页 |
| ·Indications of Grammaticalization of will/shall | 第49-50页 |
| ·Contexts in the Evolution | 第50-51页 |
| ·Motivations: Metaphor and Metonymy | 第51-52页 |
| ·Grammaticalization of be going to construction: Goal-directional Future | 第52-59页 |
| ·Synchronic Patterns of be going to | 第52-53页 |
| ·Semantic Development of be going to Construction | 第53-54页 |
| ·Indications of Grammaticalization of be going to | 第54-55页 |
| ·Contexts in the Evolution | 第55-56页 |
| ·Motivation: Metonymy | 第56-57页 |
| ·Mechanism | 第57-58页 |
| ·Comparison between will/shall and be going to Futures | 第58-59页 |
| ·Aspectual Futures | 第59-61页 |
| ·Summary | 第61-62页 |
| CHAPTER 4 GRAMAMTICALZIATION CHINESE FUTURES | 第62-88页 |
| ·Introduction | 第62页 |
| ·Concept of Chinese | 第62-63页 |
| ·Grammaticalization of Chinese yao/hui Futures: From Volition to Future | 第63-73页 |
| ·Chinese Neng-yuan dongci | 第63-65页 |
| ·Semantic Properties of Chinese Futures | 第65-67页 |
| ·Grammaticalization of yao/hui Futures | 第67-70页 |
| ·Indications of Gramamticalization | 第70-71页 |
| ·Contexts in the Evolution | 第71-72页 |
| ·Motivation: Metaphor and Metonymy | 第72-73页 |
| ·Mechanism: Reanalysis | 第73页 |
| ·Grammaticalization of Chinese Future jiang: From Modals | 第73-75页 |
| ·Synchronic Features | 第73-74页 |
| ·Semantic Development of Chinese Future jiang | 第74-75页 |
| ·Grammaticalization of Chinese lai/qu: Goal-oriented Futures | 第75-78页 |
| ·Synchronic Description | 第75-76页 |
| ·Semantic Development of lai/qu Futures | 第76-77页 |
| ·Contextual Requirements | 第77-78页 |
| ·Synchronic Comparison between English and Chinese Futures | 第78-88页 |
| ·Degree of Grammaticalization | 第78-82页 |
| ·Quantitative Study | 第82-86页 |
| ·Frequency of use of Chinese futures | 第83-84页 |
| ·Correspondence between English and Chinese futures | 第84-86页 |
| ·Summary of Findings | 第86-88页 |
| CONCLUSION | 第88-90页 |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | 第90-93页 |
