| Acknowledgements | 第1-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-9页 |
| 内容摘要 | 第9-11页 |
| Chapter One Introductiction | 第11-17页 |
| ·Background of the study | 第11-12页 |
| ·Rationale and significance | 第12-14页 |
| ·Rationale of the study | 第12-13页 |
| ·Significance of the study | 第13-14页 |
| ·Research questions and methodology | 第14-15页 |
| ·The layout of the paper | 第15-17页 |
| Chapter Two Literature review | 第17-24页 |
| ·Conventional properties of "ADV＋N" structure | 第17-18页 |
| ·"ADV+N" structure in Chinese and English | 第18页 |
| ·Approaches to "ADV＋N" structure in Chinese | 第18-22页 |
| ·Grammatical account | 第18-20页 |
| ·Semantic account | 第20-21页 |
| ·Cognitive account | 第21-22页 |
| ·Construction account | 第22页 |
| ·Summary | 第22-24页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical foundations | 第24-38页 |
| ·Construction grammar theory | 第24-26页 |
| ·Goldbergian construction grammar | 第24-25页 |
| ·The difference between CxG and CG | 第25-26页 |
| ·Other cognitive frameworks | 第26-37页 |
| ·Cognitive semantic basis | 第26-28页 |
| ·Idealized cognitive models(ICMs) | 第28-30页 |
| ·Conceptual metonymy theory | 第30-32页 |
| ·Polysemy | 第32-34页 |
| ·Prototype theory | 第34-37页 |
| ·Summary | 第37-38页 |
| Chapter Four The analysis of "ADV＋N" construction in modern Chinese | 第38-58页 |
| ·Verification of the "ADV＋N" construction | 第38-41页 |
| ·The constructional features of "ADV＋N" | 第38页 |
| ·Constructional schema | 第38-39页 |
| ·Constructional meaning | 第39-40页 |
| ·Entrenchment of "ADV＋N" | 第40-41页 |
| ·Nouns sanctioned in "ADV＋N" construction | 第41-47页 |
| ·Specifications for nouns in "ADV＋N" | 第41-44页 |
| ·Different categories of nouns licensed by "ADV＋N" | 第44-47页 |
| ·Construction coercion and "ADV＋N" | 第47-49页 |
| ·Construction extension and "ADV＋N" | 第49-55页 |
| ·Construction extension | 第49-50页 |
| ·Relationship between "ADV＋N" and "ADV＋ADJ" | 第50-52页 |
| ·Gradable adverbs and cognition | 第52-53页 |
| ·Nouns and cognition | 第53-54页 |
| ·The interpretation of "ADV＋N" by conceptual metonymy | 第54-55页 |
| ·Polysemy and "ADV＋N" | 第55-56页 |
| ·Summary | 第56-58页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第58-60页 |
| ·Major findings | 第58-59页 |
| ·Implications and prospects for further research | 第59-60页 |
| References | 第60-63页 |
