| Abstract | 第4-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-9页 |
| Contents | 第9-12页 |
| Introduction | 第12-18页 |
| 0.1 Background and Significance of the Current Study | 第12-14页 |
| 0.2 Objectives of the Current Study | 第14-15页 |
| 0.3 Layout of This Thesis | 第15-18页 |
| Chapter One Literature Review | 第18-30页 |
| 1.1 Previous Studies on Problems Related to the Quality-state Sentence | 第18-27页 |
| 1.1.1 Traditional Grammar Approach to Problems Related to the Quality-state Sentence | 第19-20页 |
| 1.1.2 Generative Approach to Problems Related to the Quality-state Sentence | 第20-24页 |
| 1.1.3 Functional Approach to Problems Related to the Quality-state Sentence | 第24-25页 |
| 1.1.4 Cognitive Approach to Problems Related to the Quality-state Sentence | 第25-27页 |
| 1.2 Comments on the Previous Studies | 第27-29页 |
| 1.3 Summary | 第29-30页 |
| Chapter Two The Theory of Category | 第30-42页 |
| 2.1 Categorization | 第30-36页 |
| 2.1.1 Classical Theory of Categorization | 第31-33页 |
| 2.1.2 Prototype Category Theory | 第33-36页 |
| 2.2 Conceptualization | 第36-41页 |
| 2.2.1 Perspective | 第39-40页 |
| 2.2.2 Foregrounding | 第40-41页 |
| 2.3 Summary | 第41-42页 |
| Chapter Three The Quality-state Concept and Its Generation and Expansion | 第42-62页 |
| 3.1 The Quality-state Concept and Its Componential Elements | 第42-46页 |
| 3.1.1 The Quality-state Concept | 第43-44页 |
| 3.1.2 Componential Elements of the Quality-state Concept | 第44-46页 |
| 3.2 The Generation of the Quality-state Concept | 第46-50页 |
| 3.2.1 Experiential Basis of the Quality-state Concept | 第47-49页 |
| 3.2.2 Process of the Generation of the Quality-state Concept | 第49-50页 |
| 3.3 The Expansion of the Quality-state Concept | 第50-59页 |
| 3.3.1 Prototypes of the Quality-state Concept and Their Semantic Features | 第51-53页 |
| 3.3.2 Non-prototypes of the Quality-state Concept and Their Semantic Features | 第53-56页 |
| 3.3.3 Motivation and the Mechanism of the Expansion of the Quality-state Concept | 第56-59页 |
| 3.4 Summary | 第59-62页 |
| Chapter Four The Quality-state Sentence in English and Its Generation and Expansion | 第62-78页 |
| 4.1 The Quality-state Sentence in English and Its Componential Elements | 第62-65页 |
| 4.1.1 The Quality-state Sentence in English | 第63页 |
| 4.1.2 Componential Elements of the Quality-state Sentence in English | 第63-65页 |
| 4.2 The Generation of the Quality-state Sentence in English | 第65-71页 |
| 4.3 The Expansion of the Quality-state Sentence in English | 第71-76页 |
| 4.3.1 Prototypes of the Quality-state Sentence and Their Syntactic Features | 第71-73页 |
| 4.3.2 Non-prototypes of the Quality-state Sentence and Their Syntactic Features | 第73-76页 |
| 4.3.2.1 The Quality-state Sentence with Location as the Subject | 第74页 |
| 4.3.2.2 The Quality-state Sentence with Instrument as the Subject | 第74-75页 |
| 4.3.2.3 The Quality-state Sentence with Material as the Subject | 第75-76页 |
| 4.4 Summary | 第76-78页 |
| Conclusion | 第78-82页 |
| Bibliography | 第82-88页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第88-90页 |
