| Abstract | 第1-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-13页 |
| Introduction | 第13-19页 |
| ·The Motivation of the Study | 第13-14页 |
| ·The Scope of the Study | 第14-15页 |
| ·The Significance of the Study | 第15-17页 |
| ·The Organization of the Thesis | 第17-19页 |
| Chapter One Literature Review | 第19-27页 |
| ·Previous Studies of Chinese Alternative Questions | 第19-24页 |
| ·Syntactic Structures | 第19-20页 |
| ·Scope of Alternative Questions | 第20-22页 |
| ·Interrogative Focus | 第22-23页 |
| ·Functions of Alternative Questions | 第23-24页 |
| ·Previous Studies on English Alternative Questions | 第24-26页 |
| ·Summary | 第26-27页 |
| Chapter Two Theoretical Foundation | 第27-37页 |
| ·Constructions in Constuction Grammar | 第27-30页 |
| ·Construction Grammar | 第30-35页 |
| ·Kay and Fillmore's View on Construction Grammar | 第30-31页 |
| ·Goldberg's View on Construction Grammar | 第31-33页 |
| ·Advantages and Disadvantages of Construction Grammar | 第33-35页 |
| ·Summary | 第35-37页 |
| Chapter Three The Syntactic Relations of Chinese and English Alternative Interrogation Constructions | 第37-55页 |
| ·Composition of Chinese and English Alternative Interrogation Construction | 第37-45页 |
| ·Composition of Chinese Alternative Interrogation Construction | 第38-39页 |
| ·Composition of English Alternative Interrogation Construction | 第39-41页 |
| ·Relations between Alternative Questions and Yes-on Questions | 第41-43页 |
| ·Relations between Alternative Questions and Wh-Questions | 第43-45页 |
| ·The Contrast between Chinese and English Alternative Interrogation Constructions | 第45-53页 |
| ·Similarities | 第45-51页 |
| ·Differences | 第51-53页 |
| ·Summary | 第53-55页 |
| Chapter Four Semantic Studies on Chinese and English Alternative Interrogation Constructions | 第55-71页 |
| ·Construction Meaning | 第55-61页 |
| ·Sense of Removing Doubt | 第57-59页 |
| ·Sense of Asking in Retort | 第59-61页 |
| ·Semantic Constraints on Alternatives | 第61-66页 |
| ·Contrastive Relations | 第62-64页 |
| ·Generic Relations | 第64-65页 |
| ·Compatible Relations | 第65-66页 |
| ·Alternative Questions and Chinese A-not-A Questions | 第66-69页 |
| ·The Nature of Chinese A-not-A Questions | 第66-68页 |
| ·The Relationship between Alternative Questions and Chinese A-not-A Questions | 第68-69页 |
| ·Summary | 第69-71页 |
| Chapter Five Pragmatic Functions of Chinese and English Alternative Interrogation Constructions | 第71-85页 |
| ·Interrogative Functions of Alternative Questions | 第71-74页 |
| ·Interrogative Functions of Alternative Questions based on Yes-no Questions | 第72-73页 |
| ·Interrogative Functions of Alternative Questions based on Wh-questions | 第73-74页 |
| ·Non-interrogative Functions of Alternative Questions | 第74-79页 |
| ·Full Negation | 第76-77页 |
| ·Negation of the Forward Alternative X | 第77-78页 |
| ·Negation of Backward Interrogative Y | 第78-79页 |
| ·Position of the Alternatives | 第79-83页 |
| ·Position of Alternatives in Interrogative Functions | 第79-81页 |
| ·Position of Alternatives in Non-interrogative Functions | 第81-83页 |
| ·Summary | 第83-85页 |
| Conclusion | 第85-89页 |
| Bibliography | 第89-97页 |
| Appendix | 第97-99页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第99-101页 |
