| Acknowledgements | 第4-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-8页 |
| 摘要 | 第9-11页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第11-14页 |
| 1.1 Significance of the Study | 第11-12页 |
| 1.2 Research Questions | 第12页 |
| 1.3 Research Methodology | 第12-13页 |
| 1.4 Organization of the Thesis | 第13-14页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第14-29页 |
| 2.1 The Definition of Grammaticalization | 第14-16页 |
| 2.2 Researches on Demonstratives in English and Chinese | 第16-24页 |
| 2.2.1 Syntactic Studies of this/that and zhè/nà | 第17-18页 |
| 2.2.2 Pragmatic Analysis of this/that and zhè/nà | 第18页 |
| 2.2.3 Comparison of the Pragmatic Functions of this/that and zhè/nà | 第18-24页 |
| 2.3 Studies on the Grammaticalization of Demonstratives this/that and zhè/nà | 第24-29页 |
| Chapter Three Grammaticalization of Proximal Demonstratives this/zhè | 第29-40页 |
| 3.1 Grammaticalization of this | 第29-30页 |
| 3.2 Grammaticalization of zhè | 第30-38页 |
| 3.2.1 From Adnominal Demonstrative to Definite Article | 第30-32页 |
| 3.2.2 From Adnominal Demonstrative to Possessive Marker | 第32-34页 |
| 3.2.3 From Adnominal Demonstrative to Relative Clause Marker | 第34-36页 |
| 3.2.4 From Adnominal Demonstrative to Discourse Marker | 第36-38页 |
| 3.3 Grammaticalizations of this and zhè Compared | 第38-39页 |
| 3.4 Summary | 第39-40页 |
| Chapter Four Grammaticalization of Distal Demonstratives that/nà | 第40-57页 |
| 4.1 Grammaticalization of that | 第40-46页 |
| 4.1.1 From Adnominal Demonstrative to Definite Article | 第40-42页 |
| 4.1.2 From Pronominal Demonstrative to Relative Clause Marker | 第42-44页 |
| 4.1.3 From Pronominal Demonstrative to Sentence Connective | 第44页 |
| 4.1.4 From Pronominal Demonstrative to Complementizer | 第44-46页 |
| 4.2 Grammaticalization of nà | 第46-54页 |
| 4.2.1 From Pronominal Demonstrative to Sentence Connective | 第47-49页 |
| 4.2.2 From Adnominal Demonstrative to Definite Article | 第49页 |
| 4.2.3 From Adnominal Demonstrative to Possessive Marker | 第49-51页 |
| 4.2.4 From Adnominal Demonstrative to Relative Clause Marker | 第51-52页 |
| 4.2.5 From Adnominal Demonstrative to Discourse Marker | 第52-54页 |
| 4.3 Grammaticalizations of that and nà compared | 第54-55页 |
| 4.4 Summary | 第55-57页 |
| Chapter Five Mechanisms and Motivations in the Grammaticalization of this/thatand zhè/nà | 第57-69页 |
| 5.1 Mechanisms in the Grammaticalization of this/that and zhè/nà | 第57-60页 |
| 5.1.1 Reanalysis | 第57-59页 |
| 5.1.2 Analogy | 第59-60页 |
| 5.2 Motivations in the Grammaticalization of this/that and zhè/nà | 第60-64页 |
| 5.2.1 Cognitive Motivation | 第61-62页 |
| 5.2.2 Pragmatic Motivation | 第62-64页 |
| 5.3 Principles in the Grammaticalization of this/that and zhè/nà | 第64-66页 |
| 5.3.1 Unidirectionality | 第64-65页 |
| 5.3.2 Graduality | 第65页 |
| 5.3.3 Specialization | 第65-66页 |
| 5.3.4 Divergence | 第66页 |
| 5.4 The Similarities and Differences between this/that and zhè/nà | 第66-69页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第69-73页 |
| References | 第73-77页 |
