| Acknowledgements | 第3-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-12页 |
| List of Abbreviations | 第12-14页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第14-22页 |
| 1.1 Purpose and Significance | 第14-15页 |
| 1.2 Object of the Research | 第15-19页 |
| 1.3 Methodology and Data Collection | 第19-20页 |
| 1.4 Layout of the Thesis | 第20-22页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第22-30页 |
| 2.1 Introductory Remarks | 第22-28页 |
| 2.1.1 Studies on the Syntactic Approach | 第22-24页 |
| 2.1.2 Studies on the Semantic Approach | 第24-26页 |
| 2.1.3 Studies on the Pragmatic Approach | 第26-27页 |
| 2.1.4 Studies on the Cognitive Approach | 第27-28页 |
| 2.2 Discussion of Previous Studies | 第28-30页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Framework | 第30-50页 |
| 3.1 Brief Introduction to Construction Grammar | 第30-31页 |
| 3.2 Langacker’s Cognitive Grammar | 第31-41页 |
| 3.2.1 Langacker’s Notion of Construction | 第31-34页 |
| 3.2.2 Langacker’s Concept of Construction’s Formation Mechanism | 第34-41页 |
| 3.3 Goldberg’s Construction Grammar | 第41-46页 |
| 3.3.1 Goldberg’s Notion of Construction | 第41-42页 |
| 3.3.2 Goldberg’s Construction Coercion | 第42-46页 |
| 3.4 The Interactive Model | 第46-50页 |
| Chapter Four A Cognitive Description of the“shuo X jiu X”construction in MandarinChinese | 第50-68页 |
| 4.1“shuo X jiu X”in Mandarin Chinese as One Construction | 第50-52页 |
| 4.2 Semantic Features of the Component“X”in“shuo X jiu X”Construction | 第52-59页 |
| 4.2.1 The Word Class of the Component“X” | 第52-57页 |
| 4.2.2 Semantic Relations between the First“X”and the Second“X” | 第57-59页 |
| 4.3 Semantic Relations between“shuo X”and“jiu X” | 第59-65页 |
| 4.3.1 Time Sequential Relation | 第60-61页 |
| 4.3.2 Condition-hypothesis Relation | 第61-62页 |
| 4.3.3 Cause-effect Relation | 第62-65页 |
| 4.4 Constructional Meaning of the Frame “shuo...jiu...” | 第65-68页 |
| Chapter Five Meaning Construction of the“shuo X jiu X”Construction Based on theInteractive Model | 第68-88页 |
| 5.1 Introduction | 第68-69页 |
| 5.2 Function of the“shuo X jiu X”Construction in Meaning Construction | 第69-79页 |
| 5.2.1 The Construction’s Function in the Semantic Meaning of the Fixed Frame “shuo….jiu…” | 第70-74页 |
| 5.2.2 The Construction’s Function in the Component“X” | 第74-79页 |
| 5.3 Contributions from the Constituency in Constructing the Meaning of the“shuo X jiuX”Construction | 第79-85页 |
| 5.3.1 Contributions from the Frame of “shuo...jiu...” | 第79-82页 |
| 5.3.2 Contributions from the Component“X” | 第82-85页 |
| 5.4 The Integration between the Component “shuo…jiu…” and the Component “X” | 第85-88页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第88-92页 |
| 6.1 Major Findings and Contributions | 第88-90页 |
| 6.2 Limitations and Suggestions | 第90-92页 |
| Bibliography | 第92-97页 |
