| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第5-6页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第6-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-10页 |
| CONTENTS | 第10-13页 |
| LIST OFABBREVATIONS | 第13-14页 |
| LIST OFTABLES | 第14-15页 |
| LIST OF FIGURES | 第15-16页 |
| CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION | 第16-22页 |
| 1.1 Rationale of the Study | 第16-17页 |
| 1.2 Research Objectives and Research Questions | 第17-18页 |
| 1.3 Research Methodology | 第18页 |
| 1.4 Research Significance | 第18-19页 |
| 1.5 Working Definition | 第19页 |
| 1.6 Organization of the Thesis | 第19-22页 |
| CHAPTER TWO RELEVANT STUDIES ON THE ENGLISH RESULTATIVE CONSTRUCTION | 第22-40页 |
| 2.1 Definition and Typology of the English RC | 第22-27页 |
| 2.2 Three Major Kinds of Approaches to the English RC | 第27-34页 |
| 2.2.1 Syntactic Approaches to the English RC | 第27-29页 |
| 2.2.2 Semantic Approaches to the English RC | 第29-30页 |
| 2.2.3 Constructional Approaches to the English RC | 第30-34页 |
| 2.3 Semantic and Pragmatic Constraints on the English RC | 第34-36页 |
| 2.4 Contrastive Studies of the English RC and the Chinese RC | 第36-37页 |
| 2.5 Studies on the Acquisition of the RC | 第37-38页 |
| 2.6 Representation of English Constructions in Dictionaries | 第38-39页 |
| 2.7 Summary | 第39-40页 |
| CHAPTER THREE FURTHER ANALYSIS OF THE ENGLISH RESULTATIVE CONSTRUCTION FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF CONSTRUCTION GRAMMAR | 第40-52页 |
| 3.1 Integration of Participant Roles andArgument Roles in the English RC | 第40-42页 |
| 3.2 Semantic and Syntactic Features of the English RC | 第42-49页 |
| 3.2.1 General Features of the English RC | 第42-43页 |
| 3.2.2 Specific Features of Different Subtypes of the English RC | 第43-49页 |
| 3.3 Semantic and Pragmatic Constraints on the English RC | 第49-51页 |
| 3.4 Summary | 第51-52页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR CHINESE EFL LEARNERS’ KNOWLEDGE OF THE ENGLISH RESULTATIVE CONSTRUCTION | 第52-66页 |
| 4.1 Research Design | 第52-55页 |
| 4.1.1 Subjects | 第52-53页 |
| 4.1.2 Tasks and Procedures | 第53-55页 |
| 4.2 Results | 第55-60页 |
| 4.2.1 Results of the Grammatical Judgment Test | 第55-59页 |
| 4.2.2 Results of the Chinese-English Translation Test | 第59-60页 |
| 4.3 Discussion | 第60-65页 |
| 4.4 Summary | 第65-66页 |
| CHAPTER FIVE DEFICIENCIES IN THE REPRESENTATION OF THE ENGLISH RESULTATIVE CONSTRUCTION IN ELDS | 第66-82页 |
| 5.1 Insufficient Inclusion of the English RC in ELDs | 第67-69页 |
| 5.2 Insufficient Representation of the Syntax and Semantics of the English RC in Current ELDs | 第69-78页 |
| 5.2.1 Lack of Representation of Constructional Meanings and Semantic Constraints | 第73-75页 |
| 5.2.2 Lack of Differentiation between Resultatives and Non-resultatives | 第75-76页 |
| 5.2.3 Lack of Differentiation between Resultatives, Depictives, and Pseudo-resultatives | 第76-78页 |
| 5.3 Unsystematic Treatment of Structures of the Same Subtype in Current ELDs | 第78-80页 |
| 5.4 Summary | 第80-82页 |
| CHAPTER SIX OPTIMIZING THE REPRESENTATION OF THE ENGLISH RESULTATIVE CONSTRUCTION IN ELDS | 第82-92页 |
| 6.1 Theories Guiding the Representation of the English RC in ELDs | 第82-84页 |
| 6.2 General Principles for Representing the English RC in ELDs | 第84-85页 |
| 6.3 Representation of the English RC in ELDs | 第85-91页 |
| 6.3.1 Representation of Intransitive Property Resultatives and Selected Transitive Property Resultatives | 第86-88页 |
| 6.3.2 Representation of Unselected Transitive Property Resultatives and Unselected Transitive Path Resultatives | 第88-91页 |
| 6.4 Summary | 第91-92页 |
| CHAPTER SEVEN CONCLUSION | 第92-96页 |
| 7.1 Major Findings of the Present Study | 第92-93页 |
| 7.2 Implications of the Present Study | 第93-94页 |
| 7.3 Limitations of the Present study and Suggestions for Future Research | 第94-96页 |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | 第96-104页 |
| APPENDICES | 第104-113页 |
| Appendix A | 第104-108页 |
| Appendix B | 第108-113页 |
