| Abstract | 第4-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-12页 |
| Introduction | 第12-16页 |
| 0.1 Background of This Study | 第12-14页 |
| 0.2 Aims of This Study | 第14-15页 |
| 0.3 Organization of This Thesis | 第15-16页 |
| Chapter One Literature Review | 第16-30页 |
| 1.1 Different Approaches to English Locative Prepositional Phrases | 第16-26页 |
| 1.1.1 The Traditional Approach | 第17-20页 |
| 1.1.2 The Generative Approach | 第20-22页 |
| 1.1.3 The Systemic-functional Approach | 第22-23页 |
| 1.1.4 The Cognitive Approach | 第23-26页 |
| 1.2 Research on English Locative Prepositional Phrases ExpressingProgressive Meaning | 第26-27页 |
| 1.3 Comments on Previous Studies | 第27-29页 |
| 1.3.1 Merits of the Previous Studies | 第27页 |
| 1.3.2 Demerits of the Previous Studies | 第27-29页 |
| 1.4 Summary | 第29-30页 |
| Chapter Two Theoretical Foundations | 第30-40页 |
| 2.1 Construction Grammar | 第30-33页 |
| 2.1.1 Concept of Construction | 第31-32页 |
| 2.1.2 Compositionality | 第32-33页 |
| 2.2 Orientational Metaphor | 第33-38页 |
| 2.2.1 Concepts of Spatial Metaphor | 第34-37页 |
| 2.2.2 Spatial Metaphorical Mapping | 第37-38页 |
| 2.3 Summary | 第38-40页 |
| Chapter Three "Be+Locative Preposition+Action Noun" as aConstruction | 第40-66页 |
| 3.1 "Be+Locative Preposition+Action Noun" as a Construction in Semantics | 第40-57页 |
| 3.1.1 Meaning of "Be+Locative Preposition+Action Noun" as a Construction | 第41-47页 |
| 3.1.2 Semantic Constraints of "Be+Locative Preposition+Action Noun" as a Construction | 第47-57页 |
| 3.2 "Be+Locative Preposition+Action Noun" as a Construction in Syntax | 第57-64页 |
| 3.2.1 Syntactic Form of "be+Locative Preposition+Action Noun" as a Construction | 第57-60页 |
| 3.2.2 Syntactic Constraints of "Be+Locative Preposition+Action Noun" as a Construction | 第60-64页 |
| 3.3 Summary | 第64-66页 |
| Chapter Four Cognitive Motivation for the "Be+Locative Preposition+Action Noun" Construction | 第66-78页 |
| 4.1 Cognitive Motivation for the Meaning of "Be+Locative Preposition+Action Noun" Construction | 第66-73页 |
| 4.1.1 Essence of the Meaning of "Be+Locative Preposition+Action Noun" Construction | 第67-68页 |
| 4.1.2 Spatial Metaphorical Mapping and the Meaning of the "Be+Locative Preposition+Action Noun" Construction | 第68-73页 |
| 4.2 Cognitive Motivation for the Syntactic Form of the "Be+LocativePreposition+Action Noun" Construction | 第73-76页 |
| 4.2.1 Form-meaning-pairing Feature of Constructions | 第73-74页 |
| 4.2.2 Form-meaning Pairing of the "Be+Locative Preposition+Action Noun" Construction | 第74-76页 |
| 4.3 Summary | 第76-78页 |
| Conclusion | 第78-82页 |
| 01.Work Done in This Thesis | 第78页 |
| 02. Major Findings of This Thesis | 第78-80页 |
| 03. Significance of This Thesis | 第80-81页 |
| 04. Limitations of This Thesis | 第81-82页 |
| Bibliography | 第82-88页 |
| Appendix | 第88-90页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第90-92页 |
