| Abstract | 第1-8页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-14页 |
| Introduction | 第14-20页 |
| ·Background of the Study | 第14-16页 |
| ·Objectives of the Study | 第16-17页 |
| ·Oranization of This Thesis | 第17-20页 |
| Chapter 1 Literature Review | 第20-38页 |
| ·Previous Studies on the Meanings of Infinitives and -ing Participles Used as Object and Object Complement | 第20-26页 |
| ·Descriptive Studies | 第20-22页 |
| ·Explanative Studies | 第22-26页 |
| ·Previous Studies on the Usage Differences Between Infinitives and -ing Participles Used as Object and Object Complement | 第26-33页 |
| ·Descriptive Studies | 第26-27页 |
| ·Explanative Studies | 第27-33页 |
| ·Comments on the Previous Studies | 第33-36页 |
| ·Summary | 第36-38页 |
| Chapter 2 Theoretical Foundations | 第38-58页 |
| ·The Prototype Category Theory | 第38-44页 |
| ·Categorization and Categories | 第38-41页 |
| ·Conceptualization and Concepts of Categories | 第41-44页 |
| ·The Image Schema Theory | 第44-50页 |
| ·Image Schema | 第45-46页 |
| ·Propenies of Image Schema | 第46-48页 |
| ·Image Schema in Cognitive Grammar | 第48-50页 |
| ·The Principle of Semantic Selection | 第50-55页 |
| ·Semantic Selectional Restriction in TG Grammar | 第50-52页 |
| ·Semantic Selection in Cognitive Linguistics | 第52-55页 |
| ·Summary | 第55-58页 |
| Chapter 3 Concepts and Image Schemas of Infinitives and -ing Participles | 第58-76页 |
| ·Concept and Image Schema of Infinitives | 第58-66页 |
| ·Concept of Infinitives | 第59-64页 |
| ·Image Schema of Infinitives | 第64-66页 |
| ·Concept and Image Schemas of -ing Participles | 第66-73页 |
| ·Concept of -ing participles | 第66-70页 |
| ·Image Schema of -ing Participles | 第70-73页 |
| ·Summary | 第73-76页 |
| Chapter 4 Selection Between Infinitives and -ing Participles Used as Object | 第76-100页 |
| ·The Principle for the Selection Between Infinitives and -ing Participles Used as Object | 第77-80页 |
| ·Selection of Infinitives after Verbs of Volition and Effort | 第80-84页 |
| ·Selection of Infinitives after Verbs of Volition | 第81-82页 |
| ·Selection of Infinitives after Verbs of Effort | 第82-84页 |
| ·Selection of -ing Participles after Verbs of Duration, Reality and Near Reality | 第84-90页 |
| ·Selection of -ing Participles after Verbs of Duration | 第84-86页 |
| ·Selection of -ing Participles after Verbs of Reality | 第86-88页 |
| ·Selection of -ing Participles after Verbs of Near Reality | 第88-90页 |
| ·Selection of Both Infinitive and -ing Participles after Verbs of Emotion/Attitude, Retrospection and Beginning/Ceasing | 第90-97页 |
| ·Selection of Both Infinitives and -ing Participles after Verbs of Emotion/Attitude | 第91-93页 |
| ·Selection of Both Infinitives and -ing Participles after Verbs of Retrospection | 第93-95页 |
| ·Selection of Both Infinitives and -ing Participles after Verbs of Beginning/Ceasing | 第95-97页 |
| ·Summary | 第97-100页 |
| Chapter 5 Selection Between Infinitives and -ing Participles Used as Object complement | 第100-114页 |
| ·The Principle for the Selection Between Infinitives and -ing Participles Used as Object Complement | 第100-102页 |
| ·Selection of Infinitives after Verbs of Subjective Causation | 第102-104页 |
| ·Selection of -ing Participle after Verbs of Objective Causation | 第104-105页 |
| ·Selection of Both Infinitives and -ing Participles after Verbs of Causation, Perception and Emotion/Mentation | 第105-111页 |
| ·Selection of Both Infinitives and-ing Participles after #93 Verbs of Causation | 第106-107页 |
| ·Selection of Both Infinitives and -ing Participles after Verbs of Perception | 第107-109页 |
| ·Selection of Both Infinitives and -ing Participles after Verbs of Emotion/Mentation | 第109-111页 |
| ·Summary | 第111-114页 |
| Conclusion | 第114-118页 |
| Bibliography | 第118-126页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第126-128页 |
