| 摘要 | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-7页 |
| Contents | 第7-9页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第9-12页 |
| ·Research background | 第9-10页 |
| ·Aims and objectives of the study | 第10页 |
| ·Research methods & source of data | 第10-11页 |
| ·Organization of the thesis | 第11-12页 |
| Chapter Two Literature review | 第12-20页 |
| ·Definition of “Adv. + N” structure | 第12-13页 |
| ·Grammatical function of adverbs and nouns | 第12页 |
| ·Grammatical phenomena of “Adv. + N” construction | 第12-13页 |
| ·Traditional approach to “Adv. + N” structure | 第13-15页 |
| ·Discussion of “Adv. + N” structure | 第13-14页 |
| ·Acceptance of “Adv. + N” structure | 第14-15页 |
| ·Cognitive approach to “Adv. + N” structure | 第15-18页 |
| ·Development and application of cognitive linguistics theory | 第15-17页 |
| ·Cognitive explanation of “Adv. + N” construction | 第17-18页 |
| ·Summary | 第18-20页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical framework | 第20-28页 |
| ·Prototype theory | 第20-23页 |
| ·Characteristic of prototype theory | 第20-21页 |
| ·Categorization levels of prototype theory | 第21-23页 |
| ·Cognitive metonymy theory | 第23-27页 |
| ·Definition of metonymy | 第23-24页 |
| ·Classification of metonymy | 第24-26页 |
| ·Cognitive mechanism of metonymy | 第26-27页 |
| ·Summary | 第27-28页 |
| Chapter Four Composition analysis of “Adv. + N” structure | 第28-37页 |
| ·Classification of nouns and adverbs | 第28-29页 |
| ·Classification of nouns | 第28页 |
| ·Classification of adverbs | 第28-29页 |
| ·Different categories of “Adv. + N” structure | 第29-33页 |
| ·Grammatical and rhetorical “Adv. + N" structure | 第29-30页 |
| ·Differences of grammatical and rhetorical “Adv. + N” structure | 第30-32页 |
| ·Features of grammatical and rhetorical “Adv. + N” structure | 第32-33页 |
| ·Reasons for popularity of “Adv. + N” structure | 第33-36页 |
| ·Reason analysis of “Adv. + N” structure | 第33-35页 |
| ·Requirement analysis of “Adv. + N” structure | 第35-36页 |
| ·Summary | 第36-37页 |
| Chapter Five Cognitive approach to “Adv. + N” structure | 第37-46页 |
| ·Cognitive analysis of “Adv. + N” structure | 第37-40页 |
| ·Cognitive mechanism of “Adv. + N” structure | 第37-38页 |
| ·Cognitive semantic analysis of “Adv. + N” structure | 第38-40页 |
| ·Possibilities and constraints of “Adv. + N” structure | 第40-43页 |
| ·Possibilities of “Adv. + N” structure | 第40-43页 |
| ·Constraints of “Adv. + N” construction | 第43页 |
| ·Pragmatic value of “Adv. + N” structure | 第43-45页 |
| ·Summary | 第45-46页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第46-48页 |
| ·Major findings | 第46-47页 |
| ·Suggestions | 第47-48页 |
| Bibliography | 第48-51页 |
| 攻读硕士学位期间发表的论文及科研成果 | 第51-52页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第52-53页 |
