| Acknowledgements | 第1-10页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第10-16页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第16-21页 |
| Chapter I Introduction | 第21-31页 |
| ·Research orientation | 第21页 |
| ·Theoretical guidance | 第21-27页 |
| ·Figure-Ground relation | 第22-26页 |
| ·Methodology and approach | 第26-27页 |
| ·Choices of data and reasons | 第27-28页 |
| ·Key terms | 第28-31页 |
| Chapter II Literature Review | 第31-65页 |
| ·Introduction | 第31-32页 |
| ·Studies of English E/P constructions | 第32-43页 |
| ·Studies of English E/P constructions in grammar | 第32-33页 |
| ·Studies of English E/P constructions in systemic functional linguistics | 第33-34页 |
| ·Studies of English E/P constructions by other functional schools | 第34-37页 |
| ·Studies of English E/P constructions in cognitive linguistics | 第37-39页 |
| ·A summary: salient features of English E/P constructions | 第39-43页 |
| ·Studies of Chinese E/P constructions | 第43-59页 |
| ·A summary: salient features of Chinese E/P constructions | 第56-59页 |
| ·Research questions | 第59-61页 |
| ·Theoretical framework | 第61-62页 |
| ·Organization of the dissertation | 第62-65页 |
| Chapter III A Cognitive Explanation of English E/P constructions | 第65-129页 |
| ·English E/P constructions as TtFG constructions | 第65-70页 |
| ·Data analysis | 第70-90页 |
| ·Classification | 第90-97页 |
| ·Type and token | 第90-91页 |
| ·A grammatical classification of English E/P constructions | 第91-93页 |
| ·A cognitive classification of English E/P constructions | 第93-95页 |
| ·Summary | 第95-97页 |
| ·Cognitive explanations of syntactic, semantic and discourse features of English TtFG constructions | 第97-127页 |
| ·On the syntactic, semantic and discourse features of English TtFG constructions | 第97-100页 |
| ·Cognitive explanations of syntactic, semantic and discourse features of English TtFG constructions | 第100-127页 |
| ·A cognitive explanation of word order of English TtFG constructions | 第100-102页 |
| ·A cognitive interpretation of there | 第102-105页 |
| ·A cognitive explanation of restrictions on verbs used in English TtFG constructions | 第105-110页 |
| ·A cognitive explanation of definiteness restrictions on English TtFG constructions | 第110-117页 |
| ·A cognitive explanation of discourse features of English TtFG constructions | 第117-127页 |
| ·A cognitive explanation of discourse functions of English TtFG constructions | 第117页 |
| ·A cognitive explanation of series of English TtFG constructions in discourse | 第117-127页 |
| ·Summary | 第127-129页 |
| Chapter IV A Cognitive Explanation of Chinese E/P Constructions | 第129-179页 |
| ·Chinese E/P constructions as GtF constructions | 第129-133页 |
| ·Data analysis | 第133-138页 |
| ·Classification | 第138-143页 |
| ·A grammatical classification of Chinese E/P constructions | 第138-140页 |
| ·A cognitive classification of Chinese E/P constructions | 第140-142页 |
| ·Summary | 第142-143页 |
| ·Cognitive explanations of syntactic, semantic and discourse features of Chinese GtF constructions | 第143-177页 |
| ·On the syntactic, semantic and discourse features of Chinese TtFG constructions | 第143-147页 |
| ·Cognitive explanations of syntactic, semantic and discourse features of Chinese GtF constructions | 第147-177页 |
| ·A cognitive explanation of word order of Chinese GtF constructions | 第147-151页 |
| ·A cognitive interpretation of phrase of space/time and post-verbal nominal phrase used in Chinese GtF constructions | 第151-152页 |
| ·A cognitive explanation of restrictions on verbs used in Chinese GtF constructions | 第152-159页 |
| ·A cognitive explanation of definiteness restrictions on Chinese GtF constructions | 第159-165页 |
| ·A cognitive explanation of discourse features of Chinese GtF constructions | 第165-177页 |
| ·A cognitive explanation of discourse functions of Chinese GtF constructions | 第165-166页 |
| ·A cognitive explanation of series of Chinese GtF constructions in discourse | 第166-177页 |
| ·Summary | 第177-179页 |
| Chapter V A Contrastive Study of English TtFG Constructions and Chinese GtF Constructions | 第179-203页 |
| ·Introduction | 第179-183页 |
| ·Similarities between English TtFG constructions and Chinese GtF constructions and cognitive motivations for these similarities | 第183-187页 |
| ·Differences between English TtFG constructions and Chinese GtF constructions and cognitive motivations for these differences | 第187-198页 |
| ·Differences between word orders of English TtFG constructions and Chinese GtF constructions and cognitive motivations for them | 第187-194页 |
| ·Differences between verbs used in English TtFG constructions and Chinese GtF constructions and cognitive motivations for them | 第194-196页 |
| ·Differences between series of English TtFG constructions and Chinese GtF constructions in discourse and cognitive motivations for them | 第196-198页 |
| ·Summary | 第198-203页 |
| Chapter VI Summary and Conclusion | 第203-209页 |
| ·Summing up | 第203-205页 |
| ·Principal findings | 第205-208页 |
| ·Areas for further studies | 第208-209页 |
| Data Resources | 第209-210页 |
| Bibliography | 第210-217页 |
