| 摘要 | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-10页 |
| Chapter Ⅰ Introduction | 第10-16页 |
| ·Introduction | 第10页 |
| ·Definition of construction and incredulity construction | 第10-14页 |
| ·Basic concept of construction | 第10-12页 |
| ·Concept of incredulity construction | 第12-14页 |
| ·Objective of this study | 第14页 |
| ·Framework of the thesis | 第14-16页 |
| Chapter Ⅱ Literature Review on the incredulity constructions | 第16-22页 |
| ·Akmajian's analysis on the incredulity constructions | 第16-19页 |
| ·Previous studies on the incredulity constructions | 第19-20页 |
| ·A brief summary | 第20-22页 |
| Chapter Ⅲ Constructionist theory | 第22-29页 |
| ·A brief introduction | 第22页 |
| ·Basic tenets of construction grammar | 第22-25页 |
| ·Constructions are the basic units of language | 第23-24页 |
| ·The functions of construction | 第24-25页 |
| ·Inheritance links among elements of constructions | 第25-26页 |
| ·Advantages of the construction account | 第26-29页 |
| ·Unacceptable sentence structures are ruled out | 第26-27页 |
| ·Implausible verb senses are avoided | 第27页 |
| ·Semantic parsimony | 第27-29页 |
| Chapter Ⅳ Incredulity constructions | 第29-46页 |
| ·Introduction | 第29页 |
| ·The existence of the incredulity construction | 第29-33页 |
| ·The semantics of the incredulity construction | 第33-39页 |
| ·The incredulity interpretation | 第33-34页 |
| ·Different senses between constructions with and without copula-be | 第34-36页 |
| ·The obligatory intonation in the incredulity constructions | 第36-39页 |
| ·Constraints on the incredulity construction | 第39-42页 |
| ·Constraints on the subject | 第39-40页 |
| ·A constraint on verbs in the construction | 第40-41页 |
| ·Restriction against the existence of sentential adverbs | 第41页 |
| ·Constraints on the application of movement rules | 第41-42页 |
| ·The polysemy links | 第42-43页 |
| ·Incredulity constructions in Chinese | 第43-46页 |
| Conclusion | 第46-47页 |
| References | 第47-50页 |
| Appendix A 详细中文摘要 | 第50-52页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第52页 |
