| Acknowledgements | 第4-8页 |
| Abstract | 第8-9页 |
| 摘要 | 第10-12页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第12-17页 |
| 1.1 Research Necessity | 第12-14页 |
| 1.2 Research Methodology | 第14-15页 |
| 1.3 Research Questions | 第15页 |
| 1.4 Organization of This Thesis | 第15-17页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第17-30页 |
| 2.1 Introduction | 第17页 |
| 2.2 Previous Studies of Causality | 第17-19页 |
| 2.3 Causality Employed in This Study | 第19-20页 |
| 2.4 Because-CCS | 第20-22页 |
| 2.4.1 An Introduction to Because-CCS | 第20页 |
| 2.4.2 Classification of Because-CCS | 第20-22页 |
| 2.5 Previous Studies of Because-CCS | 第22-28页 |
| 2.5.1 Grammatical Approach | 第22-24页 |
| 2.5.2 Pragmatics Approach | 第24-25页 |
| 2.5.3 Cognitive Linguistic Approach | 第25-28页 |
| 2.6 Summary | 第28-30页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Framework | 第30-39页 |
| 3.1 Subjectivity and Subjectification | 第30-34页 |
| 3.2 Intersubjectivity and Intersubjectification | 第34-35页 |
| 3.3 The Analytic Framework of This Thesis | 第35-39页 |
| Chapter Four Subjectivity and Intersubjectivity in Because-CCS | 第39-53页 |
| 4.1 Subjectivity and Intersubjectivity in Descriptive Because-CCS | 第39-42页 |
| 4.2 Subjectivity and Intersubjectivity in Reasoning Because-CCS | 第42-45页 |
| 4.3 Subjectivity and Intersubjectivity in Speech Act Because-CCS | 第45-49页 |
| 4.4 Rank of Subjectivity and Intersubjectivity in Because-CCS | 第49-52页 |
| 4.4.1 Rank of Subjectivity in Because-CCS | 第49-50页 |
| 4.4.2 Rank of Intersubjectivity in Because-CCS | 第50-52页 |
| 4.5 Summary | 第52-53页 |
| Chapter Five Linguistics Representations of Subjectivity and Intersubjectivity inBecause-CCS | 第53-63页 |
| 5.1 Linguistic Representations in Descriptive Because-CCS | 第53-56页 |
| 5.1.1 Semantic Features in Descriptive Because-CCS | 第53-54页 |
| 5.1.2 Syntactic Features in Descriptive Because-CCS | 第54-56页 |
| 5.1.3 Pragmatic Features in Descriptive Because-CCS | 第56页 |
| 5.2 Linguistic Representations in Reasoning Because-CCS | 第56-59页 |
| 5.2.1 Semantic Features in Reasoning Because-CCS | 第56-58页 |
| 5.2.2 Syntactic Features in Reasoning Because-CCS | 第58-59页 |
| 5.2.3 Pragmatic Features in Reasoning Because-CCS | 第59页 |
| 5.3 Linguistic Representations in Speech Act Because-CCS | 第59-61页 |
| 5.3.1 Semantic Features in Speech Act Because-CCS | 第59-60页 |
| 5.3.2 Syntactic Features in Speech Act Because-CCS | 第60-61页 |
| 5.3.3 Pragmatic Features in Speech Act Because-CCS | 第61页 |
| 5.4 Summary | 第61-63页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第63-68页 |
| 6.1 Major Findings of This Study | 第63-65页 |
| 6.2 Theoretical Contributions of This Thesis | 第65-66页 |
| 6.3 Limitations and Suggestions for Further Study | 第66-68页 |
| References | 第68-72页 |
