| 摘要 | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-7页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第7-10页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第10-15页 |
| ·Rationale of the Study | 第10-12页 |
| ·Necessity of the Study | 第12页 |
| ·Methodology of the Study | 第12-13页 |
| ·Outline of the Thesis | 第13-15页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第15-27页 |
| ·Introduction | 第15页 |
| ·Previous Studies of Because-clause | 第15-25页 |
| ·The Logic-semantic Perspective | 第16-20页 |
| ·The Functional-pragmatic Perspective | 第20-24页 |
| ·The Cognitive Linguistic Perspective | 第24-25页 |
| ·Evaluations on Previous Studies | 第25-26页 |
| ·Summary | 第26-27页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Framework | 第27-40页 |
| ·Introduction | 第27页 |
| ·About Subjectivity | 第27-31页 |
| ·Conceptualist View of Meaning | 第27-29页 |
| ·Definition of Subjectivity | 第29-30页 |
| ·Subjectivity and Objectivity | 第30-31页 |
| ·About Because-clause | 第31-37页 |
| ·Because-clause under Discussion | 第31-32页 |
| ·Semantic Divergence of Because-clause | 第32-35页 |
| ·Classification of Because-clause | 第35-37页 |
| ·The Cognitive Model for the Analysis of Subjectivity of Because-clause | 第37-40页 |
| Chapter Four The Subjectivity of Because-Clause | 第40-51页 |
| ·Introduction | 第40页 |
| ·The Verification of the Analytic Model in Because-Clause | 第40-45页 |
| ·Subjectivity in Content Domain Because-clause | 第40-41页 |
| ·Subjectivity in Epistemic Domain Because-clause | 第41-43页 |
| ·Subjectivity in Speech-act Domain Because-clause | 第43-45页 |
| ·Rank of Subjectivity in Different Types of Because-clause | 第45-46页 |
| ·Subjectification of the Because-clause | 第46-48页 |
| ·The Conceptualization Processes Related to Because-clause | 第48-51页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusions | 第51-54页 |
| ·Major Findings | 第52页 |
| ·Limitations and Suggestions | 第52-54页 |
| References | 第54-56页 |
