| Abstract (English) | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract (Chinese) | 第6-12页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第12-15页 |
| ·Research Scope | 第12-13页 |
| ·Problems to Solve | 第13-14页 |
| ·Data Resources | 第14页 |
| ·Thesis Structure | 第14-15页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第15-35页 |
| ·Previous Studies about Chinese Classifiers before Cognitive Approach | 第15-20页 |
| ·on the Identification and Definition of Classifiers | 第15-16页 |
| ·on the Division of Classifiers | 第16-18页 |
| ·on the Collocation of Classifiers with Nouns | 第18-19页 |
| ·Comparative Studies on Chinese Classifiers and their English Counterparts | 第19-20页 |
| ·Previous Studies about Chinese Classifiers from a Cognitive Perspective | 第20-22页 |
| ·Previous Studies about Classifiers in Cognitive Grammar | 第22-25页 |
| ·Previous Studies about English Quantitative Expressions | 第25-30页 |
| ·Classical View of Quantifier and Partitive Structure | 第25-27页 |
| ·Unit Noun, Quantifier, and an Abrupt Mention of Classifier | 第27页 |
| ·A Most Detailed Description | 第27-29页 |
| ·Partitives Introduced as Only Structure | 第29-30页 |
| ·Comparative Analyses of the Different Scopes of Quantitative Expressions | 第30-35页 |
| ·Comparison among English Terminologies | 第30-32页 |
| ·Comparison between English Quantitative Expressions and Chinese Classifiers | 第32-33页 |
| ·Conclusion | 第33-35页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Background | 第35-41页 |
| ·Cognitive Grammar | 第35页 |
| ·Conceptual Metaphor and Conceptual Blending Theory | 第35-36页 |
| ·Metonymy | 第36-38页 |
| ·Image Schema | 第38页 |
| ·Categorization | 第38-39页 |
| ·Prominence View and Figure-ground Segregation | 第39-40页 |
| ·Idealized Cognitive Model and Context | 第40-41页 |
| Chapter Four A Cognitive Analysis of Classifiers | 第41-67页 |
| ·Classifiers in Cognitive Grammar | 第41-50页 |
| ·Conceptual Metaphor and Conceptual Blending Theory in Classifiers | 第50-55页 |
| ·Metonymy in Classifiers | 第55-57页 |
| ·Image Schema in Classifiers | 第57-59页 |
| ·Categorization in the Usage of One Classifier for Multiple Objects | 第59-62页 |
| ·Prominence in the Usage of One Noun with Multiple Classifiers | 第62-64页 |
| ·Idealized Cognitive Model and Classifier Omission in Chinese | 第64-67页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第67-69页 |
| ·Contributions of this Study | 第67-68页 |
| ·Limitations of thie Study | 第68-69页 |
| References | 第69-73页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第73页 |
