| Abstract | 第1-8页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-12页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第12-15页 |
| Chapter Two Theories about Time Semantic Category Research | 第15-32页 |
| ·Theoretical Framework of the Study | 第15-26页 |
| ·Brief view of Cognitive Linguistics | 第15-19页 |
| ·Categorization | 第17-18页 |
| ·Prototype | 第18-19页 |
| ·Functional Semantic Field | 第19-21页 |
| ·Complementarities between Functional Linguistics and Cognitive Linguistics | 第21-26页 |
| ·Complementarities of Functional Linguistics for Cognitive Linguistics | 第22-23页 |
| ·Complementarities of Cognitive Linguistics for Functional Linguistics | 第23-26页 |
| ·Time in Different Fields | 第26-32页 |
| ·Time in Natural Science | 第27-28页 |
| ·Time in Philosophy | 第28-29页 |
| ·Time in Cognitive Linguistics | 第29-30页 |
| ·Time in Functional Grammar | 第30-32页 |
| Chapter Three An Overview of Previous Studies of Time Semantic Category Research | 第32-41页 |
| ·Evans' Time Semantic Category | 第32-37页 |
| ·Aspect Category | 第32-35页 |
| ·Grammatical Aspect | 第32-33页 |
| ·Semantic Aspect | 第33-35页 |
| ·Tense Category | 第35-36页 |
| ·Evans' Definition of Tense | 第35页 |
| ·Other Linguistists' Opinions | 第35-36页 |
| ·Means of Expression of Tense | 第36页 |
| ·Time Sequence Category | 第36-37页 |
| ·Gale's Time System | 第37-41页 |
| ·Synchronism or Asynchronism between Action and Time | 第38页 |
| ·Action Occupy the Time Segment Completely or Partly | 第38-39页 |
| ·One-off or Respective Action | 第39页 |
| ·Having Active Relation with or without the Future Tense | 第39-41页 |
| Chapter Four The Analysis of English Time Semantic Category from Cognitive Perspective | 第41-54页 |
| ·Temporal Cognitive Style in English | 第41-49页 |
| ·Temporal Cognitive Style and Time Reference | 第41-42页 |
| ·Temporal Cognitive Style and Speaking Time Orientation | 第42-43页 |
| ·Temporal Cognitive Style and Temporal Relativity/Absoluteness | 第43-47页 |
| ·Temporal Cognitive Style and Temporal Relativity | 第43-46页 |
| ·Temporal Cognitive Style and Temporal Absoluteness | 第46-47页 |
| ·Temporal Cognitive Style and Temporal Certainness | 第47-49页 |
| ·Fundamental Cognitive Models of Time | 第49-51页 |
| ·Linear Cognitive Temporal Models | 第49-50页 |
| ·Cyclical Cognitive Temporal Models | 第50-51页 |
| ·Evans and Green's Cognitive Models of Time | 第51-54页 |
| ·Moving Time Model | 第51-52页 |
| ·Moving Ego Model | 第52-53页 |
| ·Temporal Sequence Model | 第53-54页 |
| Chapter Five Some Implications for Teachers and Students | 第54-61页 |
| ·Some Implications for Teachers | 第54-58页 |
| ·Students as the Teaching Center | 第54-56页 |
| ·Teaching in a Clear and Accurate Way | 第56-58页 |
| ·Some Implications for Students | 第58-61页 |
| ·Learning Synonym with Imaginations | 第58页 |
| ·Learning in an English Cognitive Way | 第58-61页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第61-63页 |
| Bibliography | 第63-67页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第67页 |