| Abstract | 第1-20页 |
| 摘要 | 第20-42页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第42-60页 |
| ·Rationale | 第42-50页 |
| ·Research Objectives | 第50-52页 |
| ·Research Values | 第52-54页 |
| ·Research Methodology | 第54-56页 |
| ·Structure of the Dissertation | 第56-60页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第60-132页 |
| ·Introduction | 第60页 |
| ·Conceptualization of Time | 第60-62页 |
| ·Previous Studies of Tense in English | 第62-92页 |
| ·Tense as a Grammaticalised Means of Time-distinctions | 第62-74页 |
| ·Tense as a Deictic Category | 第74-82页 |
| ·Tense as a Grounding Element | 第82-92页 |
| ·Previous Studies of the Perfect Aspect in English | 第92-127页 |
| ·Uses and Problems of the Perfect Aspect in Modern English | 第94-99页 |
| ·Studies of the Perfect Aspect from Three Major Perspectives | 第99-127页 |
| ·Summary | 第127-132页 |
| Chapter 3 Theoretical Foundations | 第132-156页 |
| ·Introduction | 第132-133页 |
| ·Conceptual Metaphor Theory | 第133-140页 |
| ·Image-schema as the Basis of Metaphor | 第133-138页 |
| ·Metaphor as a Means of Conceptualization | 第138-140页 |
| ·Conceptual Metonymy Theory | 第140-145页 |
| ·Metonymy as a Means of Reference | 第140-142页 |
| ·Metonymy as a Means of Conceptualizaiton | 第142-145页 |
| ·Conceptual Blending Theory | 第145-154页 |
| ·Limits of CMT and CMYT | 第146-147页 |
| ·Mechanism of CBT | 第147-152页 |
| ·Conceptual Blending as a Means of Conceptualization | 第152-154页 |
| ·Summary | 第154-156页 |
| Chapter 4 A Study of the Polysemy of the Past Tense from the Perspectives of CMT and CBT | 第156-192页 |
| ·Introduction | 第156-158页 |
| ·Motivations for the Relations among the Various Uses of the Past Tense | 第158-164页 |
| ·Levelling of the Inflectional Endings of the Past Tense in Middle English | 第159-162页 |
| ·Uniform of the Past Tense in Modern English | 第162-164页 |
| ·Towards a Radial Polysemic Category | 第164-189页 |
| ·Infeasibility of the Strategy of Homonymy or Abstraction | 第164-169页 |
| ·Meaning Extension of the Past Tense through Metaphor and Conceptual Blending | 第169-189页 |
| ·Summary | 第189-192页 |
| Chapter 5 A Study of the Polysemy of the Present Tense from the Perspectives of CMYT and CBT | 第192-238页 |
| ·Introduction | 第192-194页 |
| ·Perfective and Imperfective Processes | 第194-197页 |
| ·Motivations for the Relations among the Various Uses of the Present Tense | 第197-203页 |
| ·Levelling of the Inflectional Endings of the Present Tense in Middle English | 第198-201页 |
| ·Near Uniform of the Present Tense in Modern English | 第201-203页 |
| ·Towards a Radial Polysemic Category | 第203-235页 |
| ·The Temporal Meaning of the Present Time | 第203-205页 |
| ·The Basic Meaning of the Present Tense | 第205-218页 |
| ·Meaning Extension of the Present Tense through Metonymy and Conceptual Blending | 第218-235页 |
| ·Summary | 第235-238页 |
| Chapter 6 A Study of the Semantic Interactions between Tense and the Perfect Aspect from the Perspective of CBT | 第238-282页 |
| ·Introduction | 第238-240页 |
| ·A New Construal of the Perfect Aspect | 第240-242页 |
| ·Semantic Interactions between the Present Tense and the Perfect Aspect | 第242-260页 |
| ·CB among a Perfective Process,the Perfect Aspect and the Present Tense | 第243-252页 |
| ·CB among an Imperfective process,the Perfect Aspect and the Present Tense | 第252-258页 |
| ·A Radial Polysemic Model of the Present Perfect Aspect | 第258-260页 |
| ·Semantic Interactions between the Past Tense and the Perfect Aspect | 第260-265页 |
| ·CB between the Past Tense and the Perfect Aspect | 第261-263页 |
| ·A Radial Polysemic Model of the Past Perfect Aspect | 第263-265页 |
| ·Accounts for the Present Perfect Puzzle and Related Problems | 第265-279页 |
| ·Accounts for the Present Perfect Puzzle | 第265-271页 |
| ·Accounts for the Wh-puzzle | 第271-275页 |
| ·Accounts for the Sequence of Tense Puzzle | 第275-279页 |
| ·Summary | 第279-282页 |
| Chapter 7 Conclusion | 第282-290页 |
| ·Major Findings of the Present Study | 第282-287页 |
| ·Revelation of Radial Polysemic Models of the Past Tense and the Present Tense in English | 第282-284页 |
| ·Revelation of Radial Polysemic Models of the PresentPerfect Aspect and the Past Perfect Aspect in English | 第284-287页 |
| ·Revelation of Consistent and Reasonable Accounts for thePresent Perfect Puzzle and Related Problems | 第287页 |
| ·Limitations of the Present Study and Suggestions for Future Studies | 第287-290页 |
| Bibliography | 第290-322页 |
| Appendix | 第322-324页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第324-328页 |
